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Automotive Industry Overview
  Quantity Unit Date Source
Sales
Global Unit Sales, Cars & Light Trucks (estimate) 60.13 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
General Motors 8.39 Mil. 2010 GM
Toyota 7.31 Mil. 2011* Toyota
Ford 5.52 Mil. 2010 Ford
Honda 3.51 Mil. 2011* Honda
Chrysler 1.52 Mil. 2010 Chrysler
Daimler 1.89 Mil. 2010 Daimler
Volkswagen 7.28 Mil. 2010 Volkswagen
Nissan 4.19 Mil. 2010 Nissan
U.S. New Car & Truck Sales
Cars & Light Trucks Sold, U.S. (estimate) 12.7 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
Hybrids Sold, U.S. 274.2 Thous. 2010 hybridcar.com
Total Number of New-Car Dealerships, U.S., Jan. 1st 17.7 Thous. 2010 NADA
Total Revenue: New-Car & Light Truck Dealers, U.S. 552.9 Bil. US$ 2010 NADA
Market Share
General Motors 18.8 % 2010 Ford
Toyota 15.0 % 2010 Ford
Ford 16.4 % 2010 Ford
Chrysler 9.2 % 2010 Ford
Honda 10.4 % 2010 Ford
Nissan 7.7 % 2010 Ford
All Others  14.9 % 2010 Ford
Car Service & Part Sales 77.63 Bil. US$ 2010 NADA
Passenger Cars Sold by Selected Country/Region (estimate)
Asia 23.08 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
China 10.35 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
India 2.10 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
Western Europe 13.28 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
South America 4.74 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
Russia 2.48 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
Canada 1.59 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
Mexico 0.91 Mil. 2011 Scotiabank
Operations and Transportation
Total Vehicles in Operation, Cars & Light Trucks, U.S. 248.4 Mil. 2009 R. L. Polk & Co.
Total Vehicles in Operation, Cars & Light Trucks, Global 1.0 Bil. 2010 R. L. Polk & Co.
Total Highway Miles Traveled, U.S. 2,999.97 Bil. 2010 DOT
* Fiscal year ending March 31.
NADA = National Automobile Dealers Association; DOE = Department of Energy; DOT = Department of Transportation.
Scotiabank = Projections by Scotia Economics, "Global Auto Report," July 2011.
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