FACTBOX-Key facts about U.S. February auto sales

Posted on March 5, 2009
Filed Under Chevy Silverado News and Info

March 3 (Reuters) – U.S. auto sales fell 41 percent in February from a year earlier to the lowest monthly level since December 1981, according to data from auto manufacturers on Tuesday. The following are highlights from the largest carmakers in the U.S. market.

Overall industry

* Total light vehicle sales 688,909 units.

* Seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate 9.12 mln vs 15.36 mln a year earlier.

General Motors Corp. (GM.N)

* Light vehicle sales down 52.9 percent (127,296 units)

* Year-to-date sales down 51 percent.

* Vehicle inventories at month-end: 781,000, down about 160,000 from a year earlier.

* Cars/trucks: Car sales down 50 percent/light truck sales down 55 percent.

* Key vehicles: Chevrolet Impala down 69 percent, Chevrolet Malibu down 7.6 percent, Chevrolet Silverado down 55.1 percent, Chevrolet Tahoe down 47.7 percent, GMC Sierra down 57.6 percent.

* Incentives: average $3,584 per vehicle, up from $3,328 a year earlier.

Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) (TM.N)

* Vehicle sales down 37.3 percent (109,583 units).

* Year-to-date sales down 35.9 percent.

* Cars/trucks: Car sales down 33.6 percent, trucks down 42.1 percent.

* Key vehicles: Tundra down 58.6 percent, Camry down 38.4 percent, Prius down 30.8 percent, Corolla down 11.1 percent.

* Incentives: averaged $1,744 per vehicle, up from $1,044 a year earlier.

Ford Motor Co (F.N)

* Vehicle sales excluding the Volvo unit down 48 percent (96,044 units).

* Year-to-date sales down 44.1 percent.

* Inventories at month-end 405,000 units, down 191,000 units from a year earlier.

* Cars/trucks: Car sales down 40.8 percent, truck sales down 51.6 percent.

* Key vehicles: F-Series down 55.1 percent, Explorer down 67.5 percent, Expedition down 75.2 percent, Focus down 39.2 percent, Fusion down 49.2 percent.

* Incentives: averaged $3,430 per vehicle, up from $3,317 a year earlier.

Chrysler LLC [CBS.UL]

* Car and light truck sales down 44 percent (84,050 units).

* Year-to-date sales down 49 percent.

* Cars/trucks: Car sales down 64 percent, truck sales down 34 percent.

* Inventories at month-end 350,966 units, down 20 percent from year ago.

* Key vehicles: Jeep Wrangler up 28 percent, Dodge Ram pickup down 36 percent, Dodge Caliber down 77 percent.

* Incentives: average $5,566 per vehicle, up from $3,520 a year earlier.

Honda Motor Co (7267.T) (HMC.N)

* Vehicle sales down down 35.4 percent (71,575 units).

* Year-to-date sales down 33.3 percent.

* Cars/trucks: cars down 32.1 percent, trucks down 39.3 percent.

* Key vehicles: Civic down 31.3 percent, Fit up 2.3 percent, Accord down 39.8 percent, Pilot down 46 percent, Odyssey down 40.4 percent, CR-V down 17.9 percent.

* Incentives: average $1,249 per vehicle, up from $1,209 a year earlier.

Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T)(NSANY.O)

* Car and light truck sales down 37.1 percent year over year (54,249 units).

* Year-to-date sales down 33.6 percent.

* Cars/trucks: Cars down 28.3 percent, trucks down 48.8 percent.

* Key vehicles: Altima down 31.5 percent, Versa down 11.6 percent, Sentra down 21.2 percent, Titan down 60.3 percent, Murano down 59 percent.

* Incentives: average $2,509 per vehicle, up from $2,159 a year earlier.

Sources: Company releases. Autodata Corp and industry tracking firm Edmunds.com for incentives and market share.

February 2009 had 24 selling days, compared with 25 selling days in February 2008. (Reporting by Soyoung Kim, editing by Matthew Lewis)