I had not actually seen the numbers, but http://www.autoblog.com/ has them all Detroit must be weaping. The August shows the year-to-year comparison of August 2008 vs August 2007. I was actually shocked how small shipments are for some brands.
By the Numbers – August 2008: New Digs Edition – Autoblog
Nissan North America bucked the trend entirely reporting a 13.6% gain for the combined brands of Nissan and Infiniti with each marque reporting its own individual increases. Credit goes to VW (2.9%), as well, which posted a solid number, and the BMW Group (1.0%), which barely earned a positive increase in sales thanks to a strong 34.1% increase in MINI sales.
While GM (-20.4%), FoMoCo (-25.6%) and Chrysler LLC (-34.5%) sales were all down in a big way, Toyota MoCo and Honda America were also not immune falling 9.4% and 7.3%.
Here were some of the stunners. I had not seen these numbers. I didn’t realize BMW shipped so many cars or that Hond so outsold US brands:
| Brand | YTY | Monthly |
| Cadillac | -20.9 | 15,405 |
| BMW | -4.1% | 25,462 |
| Chevrolet | -19.2% | 185,080 |
| Chrysler | -44.2% | 24,337 |
| Ford | -26.2% | 133,088 |
| Honda | -7.2% | 131,766 |
| Lexus | -9.1% | 29,21 |
| Mercedes | -11.8% | 18,507 |
| MINI | +34.1% | 5469 |
| Pontiac | -38.3% | 24,257 |
| Nissan | +14.2% | 97,417 |
| Toyota | -9.4% | 182,252 |
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