U.S. car sales increased by 11% year-on-year to 913,000 units in January 2012

Comprehensive foreign reports, the data of US light vehicle sales (headings and the following as “car sales”) in January 2012 have been released a few days ago, with total sales of 913,000 units, an increase of 11% year-on-year.

In January 2012, the United States sold 913,284 vehicles, compared with 819,886 vehicles in January 2010, an increase of 11.4% year-on-year.

Among the car companies, the highlights of the 2011 troika Chrysler, Volkswagen and Hyundai-Kia are still leading the way. Among US car companies, Chrysler still maintained a 40% year-on-year increase, but GM declined, and Ford’s growth remained stable. Japanese car companies recovered fully and their sales both increased by nearly 10%, especially when Honda ended the decline. In the European car industry, Volkswagen also achieved a 40% year-on-year increase.

The increase in January made the latest quarterly adjustment of the annual sales volume of the US auto market, SAAR (Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate), to a record high of 14.2 million vehicles.

The following is a summary of the sales of each car company (constantly updated):

GM: Stimulation policy withdrawal leads to a year-on-year drop In January 2012, the GM US market sold 167,962 vehicles, compared to 178,896 sales in January 2011, down 6.1% year-on-year. Among them, the sales volume of passenger cars maintained a 3% year-on-year growth rate, while those of pickup trucks, light goods and SUVs dropped by 6%, and those of cross-border vehicles also dropped by 18% year-on-year.

The highest-selling Chevrolet brand sales volume was 123,864 units, which was a year-on-year increase of 1.2% compared to 2011; GMC brand sales were 24,966 units, an increase of 9.7% compared to 2011; Buick brand sales were 10,208 units, a year-on-year increase of 23.1. %; Cadillac brand sales 8,924 vehicles, an increase of 29.1% from the same period in 2011.

Ford Motor: Steady growth overall while Lincoln fell Ford Motor Co. sales in the US market in January 2012 were 136,710 units, an increase of 7.4% year-on-year.

In January, the Ford brand sold 131,589 vehicles in the United States, an increase of 8.3% year-on-year, and 121,511 units in the same period of 2011. The Lincoln brand sold 5,121 vehicles in the U.S. market in January, a year-on-year decrease of 7.9% compared with 5,558 units in the same period last year.

Chrysler Group: The Chrysler brand increased by 80% The sales volume of the Chrysler Group in the US market in January 2012 was 101,149 units, which was a year-on-year increase of 44% compared with 70,118 units in January 2011.

The Chrysler brand increased by 81% year-on-year to 17,604 units from 9,705 units in January 2011; the Dodge brand increased by 29% to 31,454 units from 24,314 units in January 2011; Ram RAM brand from 2011 In January, 13,020 vehicles increased by 42% year-on-year to 18,470; Jeep increased by 37% to 31,710 from 23,079 vehicles in January 2011; Fiat 500 sold 1,911 vehicles.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.: It has picked up, and Civic has led the sales of Honda Motors in the US market in January 2012 to 83,009 units, an increase of 8.8% year-on-year. In the same period of 2011, sales volume was 76,269 units.

In January of this year, the Honda brand sold 74,628 vehicles in the United States, an increase of 9.3% year-on-year, and sales of 68,308 units in the same period last year; Acura brand sales in the United States reached 8,381 units in January this year, an increase of 5.3% year-on-year. The sales volume was 7,961 vehicles.

BMW Group: Growth slows down The sales volume of the BMW Group in the US market in January 2012 was 19,739 units (including the BMW brand and the MINI brand), which was an increase of 5.8% year-on-year. The sales volume for the same period last year was 18,656 units.

The sales volume of the BMW brand in the United States in January was 16,405, an increase of 3.1% year-on-year, and sales were 15,905 vehicles in the same period of last year. The sales volume of the MINI brand in the US market in January 2012 was 3,334 units, an increase of 21.2% year-on-year. In the same period last year, the sales volume was 2,751 units.

Volkswagen branded passenger vehicles: an increase of over 40% In January 2012, Volkswagen’s Volkswagen brand sold 27,209 vehicles in the US market, an increase of 47.9% year-on-year. In the same period of 2011, sales volume was 18,401 units.

Last month, Passat's sales totaled 6,318 units, an increase of 5750.0% year-on-year, and 108 units in the same period of 2011. VW Golf's sales in January 2012 increased by 32.2% year-on-year, and Jetta's sales decreased by 4.3% year-on-year.