Automotive News - December 12, 2011 - 45

DECEMBER 12, 2011 • 45

Scheduled plant overtime
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Nov. output is up 18%
North America car and truck production in November was up 18 percent from November 2010, with 1,215,797 units produced. Car production rose 28 percent in the United States, 30 percent in Canada and 13 percent in Mexico. North America was up 23 percent. Truck output rose 13 percent in the United States, 16 percent in Canada and 23 percent in Mexico. North America was up 15 percent. Light-vehicle output was up 18 percent in the United States, 22 percent in Canada and 17 percent in Mexico. — Debi Domby

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AM GENERAL VPG MV-1 (trk.)† 68 Ford Mustang 1,455 Mazda Mazda6 1,340 AUTOALLIANCE 2,795 X3 (trk.) 2,667 X5 (trk.) 2,225 X6 (trk.) 924 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 5,816 Chevrolet Equinox (Can. trk.) 0 GMC Terrain (Can. trk.) 0 CAMI 0 200 2,584 200 convertible 159 300 (Can.) 1,472 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 0 Sebring 0 Sebring convertible 0 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 2,390 Total Chrysler Division 6,605 Avenger 1,922 Caliber 1,208 Challenger (Can.) 999 Charger (Can.) 2,436 Viper 0 Durango (trk.) 1,070 Grand Caravan (Can. trk.) 3,804 Journey (Mex. trk.) 2,196 Nitro (trk.) 516 Total Dodge 14,151 Dakota (trk.) 0 Ram (trk.) 0 Ram (Mex. trk.) 3,264 Ram C/V (Can. trk.) 212 Total Ram 3,476 Total Dodge 17,627 Commander (trk.) 0 Compass (trk.) 1,916 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 3,238 Liberty (trk.) 1,425 Patriot (trk.) 1,688 Wrangler (trk.) 1,241 Wrangler Unlimited (trk.) 1,939 Total Jeep 11,447 Total Chrysler brands 35,679 Thema (Can.) 175 Grand Voyager (Can. trk.) 218 Total Lancia 393 500 (Mex.) 1,104 500 convertible (Mex.) 182 Freemont (Mex. trk.) 1,143 Total Fiat 2,429 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 355 Total U.S. car 5,873 Total Canada car 5,082 Total Mexico car 1,286 Total U.S. truck 13,033 Total Canada truck 6,979 Total Mexico truck 6,603 CHRYSLER GROUP 38,856 Crown Victoria (Can.) 0 Fiesta (Mex.) 2,822 Focus 0 Focus (new) 5,539 Fusion (Mex.) 6,251 Taurus 1,742 E series, Econoline (trk.) 2,935 Edge (Can. trk.) 4,058 Escape (trk.) 7,091 Escape (new, trk.) 0 Expedition (trk.) 1,547 Explorer/SportTrac (trk.) 0 Explorer (new, trk.) 4,272 F series (trk.) 10,654 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 5,334 F-series chassis (trk.) 164 Flex (Can. trk.) 762 Medium (Mex. trk.) 164 Ranger (trk.) 2,272 Total Ford division 55,607 MKS 385 MKZ (Mex.) 871 Town Car (Can.) 0 Mark LT (trk.) 21 MKT (Can. trk.) 153 MKX (Can. trk.) 933 Navigator (trk.) 170 Total Lincoln 2,533 Grand Marquis (Can.) 0 Milan (Mex.) 0 Mariner (trk.) 0 Mountaineer (trk.) 0 Total Mercury 0 B series (trk.) 0 Tribute (trk.) 0 Total Mazda 0 Total U.S. car 7,666 Total Canada car 0 Total Mexico car 9,944 Total U.S. truck 34,460 Total Canada truck 5,906 Total Mexico truck 164 FORD MOTOR CO. 58,140 Ford incl. joint venture* 59,595

259 5,527 5,313 10,840 11,349 9,650 3,680 24,679 0 0 0 9,818 605 6,181 0 0 0 9,559 26,163 7,302 4,591 4,196 10,230 0 5,184 15,215 9,225 2,500 58,443 0 15,457 13,710 848 30,015 88,458 0 9,284 15,690 6,906 8,178 6,013 9,396 55,467 170,088 735 871 1,606 4,636 763 4,799 10,198 1,421 22,316 21,342 5,399 78,608 27,914 27,734 183,313 0 11,851 0 21,047 26,255 6,619 11,154 17,039 26,947 0 5,880 0 16,233 40,486 20,269 624 3,200 681 8,635 216,920 1,462 3,658 0 78 641 3,917 645 10,401 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29,128 0 41,764 130,951 24,797 681 227,321 232,848

663 74,889 35,917 110,806 115,740 106,038 41,712 263,490 0 0 0 93,063 13,352 45,921 0 0 0 93,982 246,318 64,860 45,011 37,581 77,939 0 64,020 143,994 95,492 22,770 551,667 17,390 163,171 121,744 1,373 303,678 855,345 0 88,572 147,743 63,768 67,523 52,632 87,125 507,363 1,609,026 2,778 3,476 6,254 42,955 5,833 25,705 74,493 13,040 216,286 164,219 48,788 774,714 255,865 242,941 1,702,813 66,096 120,418 0 209,380 280,172 74,523 126,739 164,157 307,114 86 56,154 0 163,368 457,109 230,575 7,704 29,711 6,446 96,062 2,395,814 12,016 34,155 10,192 431 5,450 33,940 9,414 105,598 165 0 0 0 165 0 3,977 3,977 295,919 76,453 434,745 1,458,733 233,258 6,446 2,505,554 2,580,443

0 75,408 42,935 118,343 13,436 93,850 42,137 149,423 160,250 73,455 233,705 376 0 39,554 11,083 32,944 7,829 125,653 217,439 57,142 66,408 38,748 82,690 459 1,064 160,234 124,374 26,179 557,298 18,032 172,124 112,647 0 302,803 860,101 5,582 33,093 120,255 62,049 61,855 57,000 82,107 421,941 1,499,481 0 0 0 165 0 0 165 14,877 165,158 160,992 11,248 639,340 300,764 237,021 1,514,523 50,477 72,678 199,185 22 256,904 81,906 116,538 145,285 266,454 0 49,099 83,746 8,904 423,502 191,564 6,828 40,314 3,680 70,666 2,067,752 15,728 23,317 11,850 847 5,840 26,143 9,413 93,138 30,797 21,155 25,050 4,564 81,566 2,395 8,691 11,086 296,841 93,124 374,054 1,268,261 217,582 3,680 2,253,542 2,328,950

LaCrosse 1,390 Lucerne 0 Regal (Can.) 1,084 Verano 511 Enclave (trk.) 841 Total Buick 3,826 CTS 1,574 DTS 0 STS 0 Escalade (trk.) 192 Escalade ESV (trk.) 164 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 50 SRX (Mex. trk.) 1,748 Total Cadillac 3,728 Aveo (Mex.) 1,776 Camaro (Can.) 2,094 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 377 Cobalt 0 Corvette 320 Cruze 5,141 HHR (Mex.) 0 Impala (Can.) 3,447 Malibu 4,990 Sonic 2,100 Volt 534 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 636 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 1,559 Colorado (trk.) 1,009 Equinox (Can. trk.) 1,268 Equinox (CAMI, Can. trk.) 4,217 Express (trk.) 1,445 Silverado (trk.) 7,114 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 4,147 Suburban (trk.) 1,583 Tahoe (trk.) 2,388 Traverse (trk.) 1,528 Total Chevrolet 47,673 Acadia (trk.) 2,027 Canyon (trk.) 221 Savana (trk.) 575 Sierra (trk.) 3,367 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 2,286 Terrain (CAMI, Can. trk.) 2,721 Yukon (trk.) 1,054 Yukon XL (trk.) 902 Total GMC 13,153 H3 (trk.) 0 H3 SUT (trk.) 0 Total Hummer 0 Saab 9-4X (Mex. trk.) 0 Saturn Outlook (trk.) 0 Total U.S. car 16,560 Total Canada car 6,625 Total Mexico car 2,153 Total U.S. truck 24,410 Total Canada truck 8,206 Total Mexico truck 10,426 GENERAL MOTORS 68,380 GM incl. joint venture* 68,380 CSX (Can.) 0 TL 1,333 MDX (Can. trk.) 1,011 RDX (trk.) 580 ZDX (Can. trk.) 77 Total Acura 3,001 Accord 5,499 Accord Crosstour 459 Civic 4,062 Civic (Can.) 5,703 CR-V (trk.) 4,326 CR-V (Mex. trk.) 1,270 Element (trk.) 0 Odyssey (trk.) 3,691 Pilot (trk.) 3,101 Ridgeline (trk.) 423 Total Honda Division 28,534 Total U.S. car 11,353 Total Canada car 5,703 Total U.S. truck 12,121 Total Canada truck 1,088 Total Mexico truck 1,270 HONDA† 31,535 Elantra 2,009 Sonata 5,370 Santa Fe (trk.) 1,305 Total Hyundai division 8,684 Optima 2,931 Sorento (trk.) 3,014 Total Kia 5,945 Total U.S. car 10,310 Total U.S. truck 4,319 HYUNDAI-KIA AUTOMOTIVE 14,629 GL class (trk.) 1,186 M class (trk.) 1,915 R class (trk.) 119 Sprinter (trk.) 277 MERCEDES-BENZ† 3,497

5,282 0 3,755 1,557 3,196 13,790 5,981 0 0 731 622 160 7,341 14,835 7,103 7,252 1,508 0 1,217 19,537 0 15,667 18,963 7,981 2,029 2,037 6,525 3,835 5,325 17,714 5,490 22,267 13,270 6,016 9,075 5,808 178,619 7,702 840 2,186 10,452 7,314 11,428 4,007 3,429 47,358 0 0 0 0 0 62,547 26,674 8,611 85,656 34,467 36,647 254,602 254,602 0 4,158 3,053 1,805 232 9,248 17,158 1,433 12,675 19,319 13,462 4,269 0 11,487 9,650 1,318 90,771 35,424 19,319 37,722 3,285 4,269 100,019 7,606 20,366 4,924 32,896 11,102 11,420 22,522 39,074 16,344 55,418 4,654 7,570 466 888 13,578

62,114 15,882 21,440 2,709 67,470 169,615 61,627 6,515 1,907 16,313 7,507 2,305 82,254 178,428 67,339 101,084 37,705 0 12,655 274,515 29,460 181,532 204,342 31,556 13,665 24,465 40,932 39,568 58,614 166,341 76,150 316,110 159,570 57,390 98,687 114,562 2,106,242 86,428 12,500 24,511 121,606 82,650 106,214 48,888 34,543 517,340 0 0 0 457 0 687,487 304,056 134,504 1,122,233 331,169 392,633 2,972,082 2,972,082 1,170 35,540 47,652 17,698 2,129 104,189 220,066 17,033 80,905 167,061 164,226 44,125 7,500 125,555 115,962 11,569 954,002 353,544 168,231 442,510 49,781 44,125 1,058,191 110,454 216,896 89,991 417,341 32,934 144,810 177,744 360,284 234,801 595,085 40,559 73,089 7,128 13,121 133,897

70,989 28,453 0 0 71,690 171,132 58,482 20,216 4,636 22,262 12,359 2,559 73,361 193,875 53,209 90,788 47,813 91,796 15,339 56,534 70,202 171,104 227,221 0 985 26,141 32,202 33,171 12,177 0 66,714 282,046 155,755 56,722 98,069 114,653 1,702,641 78,881 12,004 20,855 119,912 77,398 0 48,374 34,192 391,616 1,183 321 1,504 0 2,507 574,651 261,892 171,224 1,075,915 12,177 367,416 2,463,275 2,696,980 1,914 34,293 62,079 19,692 4,814 122,792 284,675 32,785 91,748 201,506 188,749 52,945 15,755 114,303 116,154 19,557 1,118,177 443,501 203,420 474,210 66,893 52,945 1,240,969 13,772 214,690 85,818 314,280 0 115,732 115,732 228,462 201,550 430,012 33,929 76,879 9,409 6,383 126,600

Eclipse 0 0 Eclipse convertible 0 0 Galant 764 1,834 Endeavor (trk.) 0 0 Total U.S. car 764 1,834 Total U.S. truck 0 0 MITSUBISHI MOTOR MFG. 764 1,834 Infiniti QX56 (trk.) 0 0 Altima coupe 526 1,971 Altima sedan 6,950 26,924 March (Mex.) 3,622 16,020 Maxima 1,351 5,060 Sentra (Mex.) 3,027 13,391 Tiida (Mex.) 751 3,322 Tsuru (Mex.) 1,038 4,590 Versa (1st. gen, Mex.) 3,227 14,277 Versa (2nd. gen, Mex.) 1,637 7,241 Armada (trk.) 548 1,981 Frontier (trk.) 1,212 5,194 NV van (trk.) 224 898 Pathfinder (trk.) 739 3,200 Pickup/Chassis (Mex. trk.) 1,712 7,575 Titan (trk.) 589 2,184 Xterra (trk.) 442 2,309 Total Nissan Division 27,595 116,137 Suzuki Equator (trk.)† 64 227 Total U.S. car 8,827 33,955 Total Mexico car 13,302 58,841 Total U.S. truck 3,818 15,993 Total Mexico truck 1,712 7,575 NISSAN† 27,659 116,364 Toyota Corolla 0 0 Toyota Tacoma (trk.) 0 0 NUMMI 0 0 Legacy 1,327 4,729 Outback 3,118 11,181 Tribeca (trk.) 175 658 Total Subaru 4,620 16,568 Toyota Camry 2,119 7,951 Total U.S. car 6,564 23,861 Total U.S. truck 175 658 SUBARU‡ 6,739 24,519 THINK City 0 0 Lexus RX 350 (Can. trk.) 1,774 7,365 Avalon 719 2,603 Camry 7,596 28,081 Camry Hybrid 619 1,827 Corolla 272 923 Corolla (Can.) 4,786 20,590 Matrix (Can.) 287 1,107 Venza 734 2,985 Highlander (trk.) 2,392 8,981 RAV4 (Can. trk.) 3,809 15,857 Sequoia (trk.) 576 2,164 Sienna (trk.) 3,124 11,465 Tacoma (trk.) 1,949 7,420 Tacoma (Mex. trk.) 1,072 4,114 Tundra (trk.) 2,371 8,725 Total Toyota Division 30,306 116,842 Total U.S. car 9,940 36,419 Total Canada car 5,073 21,697 Total U.S. truck 10,412 38,755 Total Canada truck 5,583 23,222 Total Mexico truck 1,072 4,114 TOYOTA† 32,080 124,207 Toyota incl. joint ventures* 34,199 132,158 Beetle (2nd gen., Mex.) 963 3,850 Beetle Cabrio (2nd gen., Mex.) 0 0 Jetta (4th gen., Mex.) 1,011 4,042 Jetta/Bora (5th gen., Mex.) 0 0 Jetta wagon (5th gen., Mex.) 2,570 10,279 Jetta (6th gen., Mex.) 6,408 25,628 New Beetle (1st gen., Mex.) 0 0 New Beetle Cabrio (1st gen., Mex.) 0 0 Passat† 897 3,485 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 0 Total U.S. car 897 3,485 Total Mexico car 10,952 43,799 Total Mexico truck 0 0 VOLKSWAGEN 11,849 47,284 Med./hvy. truck (Can. trk.) 567 2,208 Med./hvy. truck (Mex. trk.) 1,935 8,384 Med./hvy. truck (trk.) 5,264 20,968 OTHER 7,766 31,560 Total U.S. car 81,549 298,883 Total Canada car 22,483 89,032 Total Mexico car 37,637 158,414 Total North America car 141,669 546,329 Total U.S. truck 117,393 464,171 Total Canada truck 28,329 115,893 Total Mexico truck 23,182 89,404 Total North America truck 168,904 669,468 Total U.S. 198,942 763,054 Total Canada 50,812 204,925 Total Mexico 60,819 247,818 TOTAL NORTH AMERICA 310,573 1,215,797

3,165 3,199 19,278 10,567 25,642 10,567 36,209 0 23,749 281,054 41,541 62,386 152,698 37,165 57,041 154,527 72,388 19,959 52,139 13,391 33,940 76,006 25,305 23,018 1,126,307 2,223 367,189 515,360 169,975 76,006 1,128,530 0 0 0 43,995 103,283 6,275 153,553 74,083 221,361 6,275 227,636 432 61,609 37,220 205,264 6,494 1,477 194,011 16,660 46,849 96,234 118,348 18,624 120,101 60,486 47,897 78,184 1,047,849 297,304 210,671 373,629 179,957 47,897 1,109,458 1,183,541 20,725 49 72,108 0 122,268 277,696 0 0 20,908 0 20,908 492,846 0 513,754 22,230 87,996 213,898 324,124 2,957,162 923,630 1,626,243 5,507,035 5,205,385 1,072,260 898,044 7,175,689 8,162,547 1,995,890 2,524,287 12,682,724

4,392 1,935 16,195 6,286 22,522 6,286 28,808 3,466 23,750 240,056 95 69,056 139,754 39,168 71,570 187,010 0 24,980 47,000 0 28,094 48,132 27,201 25,160 971,026 1,671 332,862 437,597 157,572 48,132 976,163 63,319 27,495 90,814 41,840 104,327 5,322 151,489 84,644 230,811 5,322 236,133 93 78,905 38,464 244,857 16,964 0 183,761 32,976 59,626 82,462 145,019 23,786 127,406 36,720 52,038 106,501 1,150,580 359,911 216,737 376,875 223,924 52,038 1,229,485 1,404,943 0 0 61,701 116,532 114,582 80,283 31,486 8,640 0 570 0 413,224 570 413,794 17,863 55,126 173,901 246,890 2,836,474 936,165 1,407,347 5,179,986 4,682,750 1,072,908 816,928 6,572,586 7,519,224 2,009,073 2,224,275 11,752,572

Stories about these companies are on these pages: Acura...............................................1, 41 Aptera ...................................................6 Audi ......................................................4 AutoNation.....................................16, 22 BMW ...................................4, 14, 40, 42 Buick.....................................................1 Cadillac .................................................3 Chevrolet ....3, 6, 8, 12, 18, 20, 22, 40, 42 Chrysler .......................1, 4, 8, 12, 18, 46 Coda .....................................................6 Continental ..........................................40 Daimler........................................4, 6, 14 Dodge..........................................4, 8, 12 DrivingSales.........................................43 Ferrari .................................................12 Fiat........................................4, 8, 12, 46 Fisker ....................................................6 Ford .........................8, 12, 18, 40, 42, 46 GM ..............................1, 3, 6, 18, 20, 41 Hitachi Vehicle Energy...........................40 Honda..........................1, 3, 8, 40, 43, 46 Hyundai ...........................................1, 40 Hyundai-Kia..........................................18 Infiniti..............................................6, 14 Isuzu ...................................................14 Jeep ..................................................4, 8 Lancia .............................................4, 12 Lexus ..................................................42 LG Chem .............................................20 Magna.................................................26 Mazda ...........................................20, 26 Mercedes-Benz...............................40, 42 Mini ......................................................8 Mitsubishi............................................22 Nissan .................................6, 14, 18, 46 R.L. Polk ..............................................43 SAIC......................................................6 Smart ..............................................6, 14 Tesla Motors..........................................6 Toyota .......1, 3, 8, 14, 18, 22, 26, 40, 43 TrueCar ................................................3 ZF .........................................................4

OBITUARIES

Louis Borick
LOS ANGELES — Louis Borick, founder of aluminum wheel manufacturer Superior Industries International Inc., died Nov. 28. He was 87. Borick founded Superior in 1957 as a supplier of bug deflectors. The company made other products for the auto aftermarket, including wheels. In the early 1970s, Superior, of Van Nuys, Calif., signed a contract with Ford Motor Co. to supply wheels for the Mustang. That was Superior’s first auto contract. The company now is a major supplier of aluminum wheels to the auto industry. Borick was CEO of the company until January 2005 and chairman until May 2007. His son succeeded him. The elder Borick was a board member at the time of his death.
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