Automotive News - February 13, 2012 - 61

FEBRUARY 13, 2012 • 61

Scheduled plant overtime
for the week ending Feb. 18
West Point, Ga.

Kia
truck

Jan. output rises 23%
North American car and truck production in January rose 23 percent from January 2011 levels to 1,255,775 units. That was the most vehicles produced in a January since 1.3 million were built in 2006. Car production jumped 62 percent in the United States and 11 percent in Canada but fell 5 percent in Mexico. North American car output rose 32 percent. Truck output rose 17 percent in the United States, 13 percent in Canada and 20 percent in Mexico. North American truck production rose 16 percent. Vehicle output increased 32 percent in the United States, 12 percent in Canada and 4 percent in Mexico. — Debi Domby

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Subaru
Lafayette, Ind. (Subaru line only)
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car/truck

Ford Motor Co.
Kansas City, Mo. (Truck) Kentucky Truck (Louisville) Ontario Truck (Oakville) truck truck truck

General Motors
Ingersoll, Ontario (CAMI) Flint, Mich. Lansing (Mich.) Delta Township Wentzville, Mo. truck truck truck truck

Plant closings
Resumes

Ford Motor Co.
Louisville Assembly*
*Down for changeover

2nd qtr. 2012

TO COMPANIES
Stories about these companies are on these pages:
A123 Systems ..........................................6 Acura ....................................3, 16, 24, 62 Asbury Automotive Group ........................44 Audi ................................3, 16, 26, 34, 48 AutoTrader..............................................46 BMW ................................6, 16, 26, 30, 41 Brembo ..................................................60 Buick ....................................................14 Buick-GMC..............................................22 Cadillac ................................16, 26, 34, 60 Cars.com ..............................................16 Chevrolet ..............6, 12, 14, 16, 24, 42, 56 Chrysler ............1, 3, 4, 12, 16, 20, 21, 34, ......................................41, 44, 56, 58, 62 Coda........................................................6 Daimler ..................................................56 Dodge ..............................................58, 62 Fiat ..................................................58, 62 Fisker ..........................................6, 56, 62 Ford ....1, 12, 16, 20, 22, 28, 44, 56, 58, 62 GM ....................1, 6, 8, 12, 14, 20, 22, 24, ......................................26, 41, 42, 44, 56 Honda ............................16, 28, 40, 56, 59 Hyundai ........................................3, 16, 41 Hyundai-Kia ......................................20, 59 Infiniti ................................................3, 34 Jaguar ..............................................34, 41 Jaguar Land Rover ..................................41 Jeep ..................................................4, 58 Kia ........................................8, 16, 26, 58 Land Rover ............................................36 Lexus ..............................3, 18, 30, 34, 41 LG Chem ..................................................6 Lincoln ............................................22, 36 Mazda ........................................28, 56, 62 Mercedes-Benz ....................16, 30, 41, 62 Mini ..................................................4, 58 Mitsubishi ..............................................41 Mopar ....................................................58 NEC ........................................................6 Nissan ..............6, 8, 20, 28, 56, 58, 59, 62 Panasonic ................................................6 Porsche ........................................4, 18, 38 Saab ..................................................8, 36 SB Limotive ..............................................6 Scion ......................................................4 Subaru ..................................................41 Suzuki....................................................30 Tesla..................................................4, 56 Toyota ................4, 10, 14, 18, 20, 22, 28, ............................................44, 48, 56, 59 TrueCar ............................................12, 46 Volkswagen ..........................16, 40, 48, 56 Volvo......................................................38

index

Hyundai
Montgomery, Ala. car

Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources

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1/22/12/11

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Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States.
2/62/11/12† Jan. total 1/12/11/12†

North America car and truck production
2/62/11/12† Jan. total 1/12/11/12†

1/22/12/11

2/62/11/12†

Jan. total

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1/22/12/11

Ford Mustang 1,716 Mazda Mazda6 1,316 AUTOALLIANCE 3,032 X3 (trk.) 3,129 X5 (trk.) 2,558 X6 (trk.) 1,076 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 6,763 200 2,720 200 convertible 196 300 (Can.) 1,684 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 2,344 Total Chrysler Division 6,944 Avenger 2,127 Caliber 0 Challenger (Can.) 879 Charger (Can.) 2,035 Durango (trk.) 1,175 Grand Caravan (Can. trk.) 4,402 Journey (Mex. trk.) 2,682 Nitro (trk.) 0 Total Dodge 13,300 Dakota (trk.) 0 Ram (trk.) 4,987 Ram (Mex. trk.) 3,505 Ram C/V (Can. trk.) 295 Total Ram 8,787 Total Dodge/Ram 22,087 Compass (trk.) 2,487 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 5,244 Liberty (trk.) 2,518 Patriot (trk.) 2,642 Wrangler (trk.) 1,513 Wrangler Unlimited (trk.) 2,467 Total Jeep 16,871 Total Chrysler brands 45,902 Thema (Can.) 187 Grand Voyager (Can. trk.) 143 Total Lancia 330 500 (Mex.) 1,370 500 convertible (Mex.) 175 Freemont (Mex. trk.) 1,569 Total Fiat 3,114 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 249 Total U.S. car 5,043 Total Canada car 4,785 Total Mexico car 1,545 Total U.S. truck 23,033 Total Canada truck 7,433 Total Mexico truck 7,756 CHRYSLER GROUP 49,595 C-Max (trk.) 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 0 Fiesta (Mex.) 2,945 Focus (new) 4,866 Fusion (Mex.) 5,265 Taurus 1,878 E series, Econoline (trk.) 2,721 Edge (Can. trk.) 3,862 Escape (trk.) 6,876 Escape (new, trk.) 48 Expedition (trk.) 1,293 Explorer (new, trk.) 3,785 F series (trk.) 10,717 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 4,966 F-series chassis (trk.) 173 Flex (Can. trk.) 810 Medium (Mex. trk.) 180 Ranger (trk.) 0 Total Ford division 50,385 MKS 301 MKZ (Mex.) 638 Town Car (Can.) 0 Mark LT (trk.) 6 MKT (Can. trk.) 148 MKX (Can. trk.) 694 Navigator (trk.) 204 Total Lincoln 1,991 Mercury Grand Marquis (Can.) 0 Mazda Tribute (trk.) 0 Total U.S. car 7,045 Total Canada car 0 Total Mexico car 8,848 Total U.S. truck 30,789 Total Canada truck 5,514 Total Mexico truck 180 FORD MOTOR CO. 52,376 Ford incl. joint venture* 54,092 LaCrosse 872 Lucerne 0 Regal (Can.) 0

6,864 5,227 12,091 12,452 9,514 3,965 25,931 8,160 587 6,734 7,500 22,981 6,380 0 3,514 8,139 2,615 14,084 10,727 0 45,459 0 19,946 14,018 942 34,906 80,365 9,949 20,976 10,072 10,567 6,053 9,867 67,484 170,830 748 457 1,205 5,478 698 6,276 12,452 796 15,127 19,135 6,176 90,045 23,779 31,021 185,283 2 0 12,367 19,462 15,970 7,511 8,162 15,445 27,504 193 5,171 15,140 42,867 19,863 693 3,241 0 0 193,591 1,204 2,170 0 25 592 2,777 815 7,583 0 0 28,179 0 30,507 120,433 22,055 0 201,174 208,038 3,499 0 2,328

9,609 7,327 16,936 17,453 13,600 5,681 36,734 12,507 900 9,305 11,691 34,403 9,778 0 5,043 11,337 4,497 21,013 14,679 0 66,347 0 27,968 19,412 1,391 48,771 115,118 13,985 29,108 13,693 14,693 8,526 13,832 93,837 243,358 1,069 692 1,761 7,615 939 8,605 17,159 1,100 23,185 26,754 8,554 126,302 35,887 42,696 263,378 2 0 17,076 27,245 24,389 10,515 12,514 21,618 38,501 270 7,239 21,194 60,006 27,805 970 4,536 293 0 274,173 1,686 3,190 0 35 829 3,887 1,141 10,768 0 0 39,448 0 44,655 169,675 30,870 293 284,941 294,550 4,894 0 2,677

5,140 5,159 10,299 11,586 10,552 5,125 27,263 10,171 42 124 10,959 21,296 5,886 5,356 5,086 11,468 10,162 17,851 11,042 2,533 69,384 2,496 22,915 14,804 0 40,215 109,599 10,966 16,154 6,871 10,510 7,094 12,422 64,017 194,912 0 0 0 1,764 0 0 1,764 2,203 21,455 16,678 1,764 102,123 31,013 25,846 198,879 0 9,922 14,841 1,452 36,492 6,459 17,743 19,791 35,919 0 5,149 13,191 46,691 26,544 1,124 3,737 730 10,568 250,353 783 3,925 2,064 23 983 3,962 1,245 12,985 165 1,056 8,694 12,151 55,258 159,253 28,473 730 264,559 269,699 5,406 4,064 0

Verano 1,027 Enclave (trk.) 1,309 Total Buick 3,208 CTS 1,074 DTS 0 STS 0 Escalade (trk.) 345 Escalade ESV (trk.) 157 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 55 SRX (Mex. trk.) 1,972 Total Cadillac 3,603 Aveo (Mex.) 1,688 Camaro (Can.) 0 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 0 Corvette 304 Cruze 5,867 HHR (Mex.) 0 Impala (Can.) 4,036 Malibu 5,364 Sonic 1,920 Volt 465 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 725 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 1,067 Colorado (trk.) 936 Equinox (Can. trk.) 1,419 Equinox (CAMI, Can. trk.) 3,905 Express (trk.) 1,235 Silverado (trk.) 8,457 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 3,986 Suburban (trk.) 1,063 Tahoe (trk.) 2,108 Traverse (trk.) 1,563 Total Chevrolet 46,108 Acadia (trk.) 1,596 Canyon (trk.) 250 Savana (trk.) 536 Sierra (trk.) 2,741 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 2,347 Terrain (CAMI, Can. trk.) 2,698 Yukon (trk.) 1,035 Yukon XL (trk.) 712 Total GMC 11,915 Opel Ampera 179 Total U.S. car 17,072 Total Canada car 4,036 Total Mexico car 1,688 Total U.S. truck 24,043 Total Canada truck 8,022 Total Mexico truck 10,152 GENERAL MOTORS 65,013 CSX (Can.) 0 TL 1,426 MDX (Can. trk.) 1,563 RDX (trk.) 3 ZDX (Can. trk.) 0 Total Acura 2,992 Accord 8,833 Crosstour 500 Civic 4,355 Civic (Can.) 6,736 CR-V (trk.) 4,780 CR-V (Can. trk.) 674 CR-V (Mex. trk.) 1,308 Element (trk.) 0 Odyssey (trk.) 3,716 Pilot (trk.) 2,923 Ridgeline (trk.) 518 Total Honda Division 34,343 Total U.S. car 15,114 Total Canada car 6,736 Total U.S. truck 11,940 Total Canada truck 2,237 Total Mexico truck 1,308 HONDA 37,335 Elantra 2,362 Sonata 4,968 Santa Fe (trk.) 2,010 Total Hyundai division 9,340 Optima 2,071 Sorento (trk.) 2,554 Total Kia 4,625 Total U.S. car 9,401 Total U.S. truck 4,564 HYUNDAI-KIA AUTOMOTIVE 13,965 GL class (trk.) 662 M class (trk.) 2,118 R class (trk.) 404 Sprinter (trk.) 211 MERCEDES-BENZ 3,395

4,123 5,248 15,198 4,312 0 0 1,384 630 133 7,904 14,363 6,795 10,727 0 793 23,551 0 16,184 21,531 7,708 0 1,744 4,275 3,754 5,698 15,677 4,951 29,331 9,583 4,262 8,451 6,267 181,282 6,400 1,001 2,148 9,494 5,643 10,831 4,151 2,855 42,523 0 65,517 29,239 6,795 90,327 32,206 29,282 253,366 0 5,704 6,532 13 0 12,249 35,333 2,001 17,420 26,942 19,121 2,817 5,233 0 14,864 11,693 2,073 137,497 60,458 26,942 47,764 9,349 5,233 149,746 9,427 19,817 8,003 37,247 8,246 10,179 18,425 37,490 18,182 55,672 2,596 8,388 1,584 785 13,353

5,766 7,342 20,679 6,030 0 0 1,936 881 221 11,059 20,127 9,496 12,332 0 1,097 32,938 0 22,642 30,113 10,780 465 2,904 5,982 5,252 7,968 21,925 6,927 42,862 15,961 5,963 11,824 8,768 256,199 8,954 1,401 3,006 13,880 9,398 15,148 5,807 3,994 61,588 179 92,262 37,651 9,496 128,797 45,041 45,525 358,772 0 7,980 9,027 17 0 17,024 49,460 2,799 24,383 37,709 26,764 3,892 7,320 0 20,804 16,364 2,898 192,393 84,622 37,709 66,847 12,919 7,320 209,417 13,201 27,759 11,214 52,174 11,554 14,260 25,814 52,514 25,474 77,988 3,652 11,771 2,228 1,122 18,773

0 8,622 18,092 8,101 1,591 423 1,948 721 340 8,937 22,061 6,277 14,279 4,923 922 32,632 8,960 25,547 15,145 0 844 2,633 3,603 4,731 7,684 20,412 8,366 28,001 21,868 4,564 11,222 13,028 235,641 10,844 1,264 3,248 11,045 9,140 13,562 6,491 3,437 408,314 0 69,128 39,826 20,160 117,532 41,658 46,521 334,825 590 2,548 8,406 2,727 227 14,498 35,296 2,335 10,631 26,260 24,409 0 6,628 3,059 17,098 18,342 2,152 146,210 50,810 26,850 67,787 8,633 6,628 160,708 12,174 26,935 12,258 51,367 0 17,215 17,215 39,109 29,473 68,582 4,933 9,100 804 1,071 15,908

Eclipse 0 0 0 250 Eclipse convertible 0 0 0 331 Galant 600 1,752 2,708 4,075 Endeavor (trk.) 0 0 0 502 Total U.S. car 600 1,752 2,708 4,656 Total U.S. truck 0 0 0 502 MITSUBISHI MOTOR MFG. 600 1,752 2,708 5,158 Altima coupe 781 2,460 3,705 2,383 Altima sedan 6,283 26,569 36,611 32,719 March (Mex.) 3,000 12,482 17,277 120 Maxima 1,612 7,071 9,645 8,213 Sentra (Mex.) 2,670 11,109 15,376 23,870 Tiida (Mex.) 743 3,086 4,274 6,710 Tsuru (Mex.) 906 3,762 5,210 10,294 Versa (1st. gen, Mex.) 2,981 12,404 17,168 22,150 Versa (2nd. gen, Mex.) 1,592 6,616 9,160 0 Armada (trk.) 517 2,085 2,909 2,856 Frontier (trk.) 1,326 6,129 8,245 5,688 NV van (trk.) 222 926 1,280 449 Pathfinder (trk.) 611 2,945 3,919 4,888 Pickup/Chassis (Mex. trk.) 1,654 6,877 9,520 9,412 Titan (trk.) 616 2,378 3,360 3,068 Xterra (trk.) 548 2,499 3,372 3,204 Total Nissan Division 26,062 109,398 151,031 136,024 Suzuki Equator (trk.)† 85 103 239 279 Total U.S. car 8,676 36,100 49,961 43,315 Total Mexico car 11,892 49,459 68,465 63,144 Total U.S. truck 3,925 17,065 23,324 20,432 Total Mexico truck 1,654 6,877 9,520 9,412 NISSAN‡ 26,147 109,501 151,270 136,303 Legacy 1,084 4,991 6,720 6,179 Outback 2,659 12,097 16,346 14,218 Tribeca (trk.) 95 413 564 949 Total Subaru 3,838 17,501 23,630 21,346 Toyota Camry 2,119 8,804 12,189 11,078 Total U.S. car 5,862 25,892 35,255 31,475 Total U.S. truck 95 413 564 949 SUBARU‡ 5,957 26,305 35,819 32,424 THINK City 0 0 0 36 Lexus RX 350 (Can. trk.) 1,758 7,416 10,238 9,827 Avalon 735 3,296 4,473 5,267 Camry 6,176 30,704 40,931 26,951 Camry Hybrid 1,335 4,739 6,711 447 Corolla 1,305 2,837 4,665 0 Corolla (Can.) 4,834 20,773 28,488 28,724 Matrix (Can.) 454 2,062 2,815 2,617 Venza 1,491 5,671 7,923 5,713 Highlander (trk.) 2,770 11,049 15,357 14,112 RAV4 (Can. trk.) 3,776 18,001 24,827 21,266 Sequoia (trk.) 486 1,986 2,744 2,107 Sienna (trk.) 2,978 12,972 17,787 17,289 Tacoma (trk.) 1,741 7,613 10,378 9,240 Tacoma (Mex. trk.) 811 4,883 6,832 6,469 Tundra (trk.) 2,555 11,290 15,406 13,778 Total Toyota Division 31,447 137,876 189,337 153,980 Total U.S. car 11,042 47,247 64,703 38,378 Total Canada car 5,288 22,835 31,303 31,341 Total U.S. truck 10,530 44,910 61,672 56,526 Total Canada truck 5,534 25,417 35,065 31,093 Total Mexico truck 811 4,883 6,832 6,469 TOYOTA‡ 33,205 145,292 199,575 163,807 Toyota incl. joint venture* 35,324 154,096 211,764 174,885 VEHICLE PROD. GRP. MV-1 (trk.) 81 324 453 0 Beetle (2nd gen., Mex.) 868 2,777 4,007 0 Beetle Cabrio (2nd gen., Mex.) 0 0 10 0 Jetta (4th gen., Mex.) 73 235 468 12,072 Jetta wagon (5th gen., Mex.) 757 2,421 4,512 14,174 Jetta (6th gen., Mex.) 6,706 21,458 32,070 29,152 Passat 2,635 11,064 15,275 43 Total U.S. car 2,635 11,064 15,275 43 Total Mexico car 8,404 26,891 41,067 55,398 VOLKSWAGEN 11,039 37,955 56,342 55,441 Med./hvy. truck (Can. trk.) 669 2,763 3,710 3,314 Med./hvy. truck (Mex. trk.) 2,022 8,475 11,434 9,207 Med./hvy. truck (trk.) 6,626 26,792 35,954 20,223 OTHER 9,317 38,030 51,098 32,744 Total U.S. car 85,522 340,917 476,869 317,398 Total Canada car 20,845 98,151 133,417 126,846 Total Mexico car 32,377 119,828 172,237 195,724 Total North America car 138,744 558,896 782,523 639,968 Total U.S. truck 125,784 495,539 694,569 617,971 Total Canada truck 29,409 115,569 163,492 144,184 Total Mexico truck 23,883 85,771 123,620 104,813 Total North America truck 179,076 696,879 981,681 866,968 Total U.S. 211,306 836,456 1,171,438 935,369 Total Canada 50,254 213,720 296,909 271,030 Total Mexico 56,260 205,599 295,857 300,537 TOTAL NORTH AMERICA 317,820 1,255,775 1,764,204 1,506,936
†Automotive News estimate ‡Actual *Not included in production grand totals Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources

OBITUARIES

Gerald Hatch
SHOW LOW, Ariz. — Longtime car dealer Gerald Hatch and his wife, Ruth, were killed in a small-plane crash here on Feb. 4. Both were 66. Family-owned Hatch Motor Co. (Ford-Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep-RamGMC) has four dealerships, in Show Low, Snowflake and Winslow, Ariz. Son Robb Hatch, general manager at the Snowflake dealership, and his wife, Kelly, were seriously injured in the crash.
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