The US auto industry sold 860,000 units in June, a disappointing showing for the month when many analysts had expected a rebound.  The sales equal a Seasonally-Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 9.7 million units.  Many analysts had expected June’s sales to be the first of the year at 10 million SAAR.  Subaru, with a 3.4% increase, was the only manufacturer whose sales were up from last year.  Total industry sales were down 28% from 2008, but that is better than the 35% decline for the whole first half of the year.  June marked the 10th month in a row that total industry sales fell below 1,000,000 units after not having fell below that mark in many years.

One major bright spot was Ford, if you can call an 11% decrease a bright spot.  When the entire industry is down 28%, an 11% decline equals a big market share.  Ford’s share was 18% for the month, up from 15% last year.  It was also Ford’s highest share in more than 3 years, since an 18.2% share in May 2006.  Ford has an impressive lineup these days (as does GM), and they are also benefitting from the recent/current troubles of GM and Chrysler.  There are many out there who prefer a domestic product, for a variety of reasons, but are “uncomfortable” supporting either GM or Chrysler while they are owned by the government.  I disagree with those people, but the point is that they have 1 option - Ford.  As a result, Ford’s sales have outperformed many of the other manufacturers recently, leading them to increase their production schedules to meet the demand.

See the table below for the summary by manufacturer:

	Volume				Market Share
	June, 2009	June, 2008	% Change		June, 2009	June, 2008	Change
Aston Martin	95	140	-32%		0.0%	0.0%	-
BMW	20,879	26,192	-20%		2.4%	2.2%	0.2
Chrysler	68,297	117,457	-42%		7.9%	9.9%	(2.0)
Daimler	16,286	22,139	-26%		1.9%	1.9%	-
Ferrari	105	142	-26%		0.0%	0.0%	-
Ford	154,873	173,462	-11%		18.0%	14.6%	3.4
General Motors	174,785	262,329	-33%		20.3%	22.1%	(1.8)
Honda	100,420	142,539	-30%		11.7%	12.0%	(0.3)
Hyundai	64,788	78,325	-17%		7.5%	6.6%	0.9
Isuzu	-	364	-100%		0.0%	0.0%	-
Lamborghini	50	62	-19%		0.0%	0.0%	-
Lotus	150	180	-17%		0.0%	0.0%	-
Maserati	111	213	-48%		0.0%	0.0%	-
Mazda	13,729	23,771	-42%		1.6%	2.0%	(0.4)
Mitsubishi	4,362	7,494	-42%		0.5%	0.6%	(0.1)
Nissan	58,298	75,848	-23%		6.8%	6.4%	0.4
Porsche	902	2,650	-66%		0.1%	0.2%	(0.1)
Subaru	18,620	18,007	3%		2.2%	1.5%	0.7
Suzuki	2,149	9,784	-78%		0.2%	0.8%	(0.6)
Tata	2,875	3,560	-19%		0.3%	0.3%	-
Toyota	131,653	193,234	-32%		15.3%	16.2%	(0.9)
Volkswagen	26,674	31,626	-16%		3.1%	2.7%	0.4
Total	860,101	1,189,518	-28%