By the Numbers - November 2010: Almost Done With Oh-Ten Edition

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Subaru, Hyundai and Kia set full-year sales records

The subtitle above should surprise no one. Of all the automakers operating in the U.S., Subaru, Hyundai and Kia are the only automakers to increase sales month after month through this years-long recession while their competitors have faltered. As such, all three are enjoying new full-year sales records a month ahead of the Times Square ball dropping.

The rest of the industry, however, is apparently done fumbling around and is clearly finding its footing. The vast majority of brands saw increased sales last month except for the usual suspects (GM's non-core brands that are just about dead, also-dying Mercury, along with Smart and Jaguar) and a few cellar-dwelling surprises like Chrysler, Dodge, Toyota and Lexus. We're not sure what Toyota's banking on to turn things around, aside from mass amnesia of its recall woes, while Chrysler is doing its best to either fully redesign or substantially upgrade its existing models to keep customers interested.

Either way, when the book closes on 2010, automotive historians will write that the competitive landscape on December 31 looked markedly different than it did 365 days earlier. With one more month to go, we doubt the list of winners and losers is going to look very different from what you see below.

Brand/Company	Volume %	Nov-10	Nov-09	DSR %*	Nov-10	Nov-09
Ram	66.89	19,040	11,409	59.93	793	496
Jeep	57.78	24,202	15,339	51.21	1,008	667
Suzuki	51.43	2,332	1,540	45.12	97	67
Porsche	48.59	2,416	1,626	42.39	101	71
Kia	48.15	26,601	17,955	41.98	1,108	781
Mitsubishi	47.21	4,306	2,925	41.08	179	127
Hyundai	45.21	40,723	28,045	39.16	1,697	1,219
Infiniti	44.97	8,182	5,644	38.93	341	245
Audi	37.52	9,365	6,810	31.79	390	296
Buick	35.91	11,725	8,627	30.25	489	375
Land Rover	34.90	2,922	2,166	29.28	122	94
BMW	30.18	20,097	15,438	24.75	837	671
GMC	29.52	27,590	21,301	24.13	1,150	926
Ford	27.02	133,544	105,133	21.73	5,564	4,571
Nissan	24.76	63,184	50,644	19.56	2,633	2,202
Volkswagen	24.24	20,189	16,250	19.06	841	707
Subaru	22.39	20,792	16,988	17.29	866	739
Acura	22.23	10,718	8,769	17.13	447	381
Cadillac	21.40	11,801	9,721	16.34	492	423
Honda	20.95	78,899	65,234	15.91	3,287	2,836
Lincoln	19.33	7,648	6,409	14.36	319	279
Chevrolet	17.56	117,588	100,023	12.66	4,900	4,349
Mercedes-Benz	13.34	19,037	16,797	8.61	793	730
Mini	8.66	2,786	2,564	4.13	116	111
Mazda	7.36	15,304	14,255	2.89	638	620
Saab	7.01	397	371	2.55	17	16
Lexus	-1.41	18,240	18,500	-5.51	760	804
Jaguar	-3.12	1,117	1,153	-7.16	47	50
Toyota	-3.58	111,077	115,200	-7.60	4,628	5,009
Volvo	-11.94	4,078	4,631	-15.61	170	201
Mercury	-12.12	6,146	6,994	-15.79	256	304
Dodge	-12.45	21,246	24,268	-16.10	885	1,055
Chrysler	-22.96	9,664	12,544	-26.17	403	545
Smart	-67.49	211	649	-68.84	9	28
(Hummer)	-88.69	25	221	-89.16	1	10
(Pontiac)	-99.91	7	7,426	-99.91	0	323
(Saturn)	-99.92	3	3,737	-99.92	0	162
COMPANIES
BMW Group	27.11	22,883	18,002	21.82	953	783
Nissan NA	26.79	71,366	56,288	21.50	2,974	2,447
Ford Mo Co	24.30	147,338	118,536	19.12	6,139	5,154
Jaguar/LR NA	21.69	4,039	3,319	16.62	168	144
America Honda	21.10	89,617	74,003	16.05	3,734	3,218
GM (Core)	20.79	168,704	139,672	15.75	7,029	6,073
Chrysler Group	16.66	74,152	63,560	11.80	3,090	2,763
General Motors	11.43	168,739	151,427	6.79	7,031	6,584
Toyota Mo Co	-3.28	129,317	133,700	-7.31	5,388	5,813

*Brands and companies are displayed in descending order according to their percentage change in volume sales. There were24 selling days in November 2010 versus 23 selling days in November 2009, so the change in monthly sales volume will be different than the change in average daily sales rate (DSR) for each brand/company.

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