Woes mount for frazzled industry
Carmakers pump fleet sales as retail traffic cools
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Fleet sales in the United States,
January to March 2003
The following chart lists first-quarter fleet and retail sales by make. The brands are ranked according to fleet sales as a percentage of total sales.
Make Total Retail Fleet Fleet %
Jan-Mar Jan-Mar Jan.-Mar
TH!NK 1,857 582 1,275 68.70%
OLDS 29,595 13,302 16,293 55.10%
MITSU 78,683 45,162 33,521 42.60%
SUZUKI 15,775 9,679 6,096 38.60%
BUICK 95,753 61,200 34,553 36.10%
PONTIAC 117,241 81,686 35,555 30.30%
MERCURY 53,875 37,834 16,041 29.80%
FORD 714,203 502,099 212,104 29.70%
CHRYS 110,724 80,398 30,326 27.40%
DODGE 297,193 216,570 80,623 27.10%
LINCOLN 38,857 28,850 10,007 25.80%
DAEWOO 2,872 2,247 625 21.80%
CHEVY 594,806 473,647 121,159 20.40%
CADILL 50,438 41,390 9,048 17.90%
RLLS RYC 6 5 1 16.70%
LND RVR 9,014 7,547 1,467 16.30%
JAGUAR 12,102 10,356 1,746 14.40%
LOTUS 14 12 2 14.30%
VOLVO 30,694 26,858 3,836 12.50%
NISSAN 155,326 135,952 19,374 12.50%
GMC 124,850 109,959 14,891 11.90%
JEEP 103,225 91,452 11,773 11.40%
HYUNDAI 93,544 83,274 10,270 11.00%
SAAB 11,960 10,672 1,288 10.80%
SATURN 73,008 65,928 7,080 9.70%
TOYOTA 374,365 339,153 35,212 9.40%
KIA 57,589 52,267 5,322 9.20%
FERRARI 253 230 23 9.10%
ISUZU 10,151 9,346 805 7.90%
MAZDA 54,926 50,633 4,293 7.80%
ASTON 119 110 9 7.60%
HUMMER 9,445 8,867 578 6.10%
MASRTI 215 202 13 6.00%
SUBARU 47,212 44,517 2,695 5.70%
BENTLEY 106 100 6 5.70%
BENZ 52,944 50,120 2,824 5.30%
LEXUS 58,662 55,948 2,714 4.60%
BMW 56,020 53,861 2,159 3.90%
PORSCHE 4,389 4,223 166 3.80%
VW 70,903 68,310 2,593 3.70%
AUDI 19,684 19,057 627 3.20%
ACURA 37,193 36,316 877 2.40%
INFINITI 26,035 25,469 566 2.20%
HONDA 285,498 281,532 3,966 1.40%
MINI 8,834 8,727 107 1.20%
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TOTAL 3,990,161 3,245,651 744,510 18.70%
Source: R. L. Polk & Co.
Note: The chart is based on new-vehicle registration data compiled by R.L. Polk. Commercial fleets include any customer who buys ten or more vehicles per year.