End Of The Year In Recovery In Car Market

By Author: Italo Zanotti
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The American automobile market leaves behind a black 2009: according to preliminary estimates, last year closed a height 10,4-10,5 million cars sold, the lowest level since 1982. The downturn in the market, taking into account the variation in the population, is the largest since World War II. But recent data allow us to glimpse a ray of hope for 2010: sales in December are in fact resulted in increases for all automakers, except General Motors and Chrysler. In fact GM has blamed a drop in sales in the last months of 2009 amounting to 6.1% (-12.8% variation corrected for working days), while Chrysler has seen sales fall by almost 3.7% (-10 , 5% adjusted for working days).
In analyzing the data you need to keep in mind that Chrysler production remained steady for two months due to the use of Chapter 11. Compared to November 2009, Chrysler is increasing sales by 36%: 2009 closes with 931,402 cars sold, down 36% compared to 2008 "as estimated by the American press, this is the worst result for Chrysler the last 47 years. Was in fact since 1962 the company was not chida scores below one million cars sold.
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... the sales trend Chrysler states have drastically reduced stock and now have less than 60 days of stocks.
Disappointing analysts, however, is above all the performances of GM, which closes in December despite declining policy aggresssiva discounts. To take advantage of the difficulty of the Chrysler and GM and Ford, which closed in December with sales advancing by 33% and a share of the growing market for the fourteenth time in fifteen months. The automaker also stated to close 2009 with sales down but with market share increasing annually for the first time since 1995. Details on these that give wings to the title Ford, splashing in New York over 11 dollars, the highest since August 2005. Since the beginning of November, Ford securities have risen by 55 and their value has quadrupled last year, as investors who bet that the American home would remain free from public support.
Among other carmakers, Toyota sales represented an increase of 32% in December, but closed in 2009 a decrease of 20%. Advancing BMW and Nissan, which stores the last month of last year progressso respectively 9.2% and 18%. Honda home sales rose by 24% to 107,143 units, but also for the Japanese car of the 2009 budget is small: sales fell by 19% to 1,150,784 units. Honda over Chrysler in terms of sales.
The Chinese automotive market has exploded in 2009, surpassing the U.S. now relegated to second place in the world. But in 2010 will suffer a slowdown, scoring - reports the Wall Street Journal - an increase of only 5-6%.
Braking that will impact primarily on General Motors and Ford that just in China, recorded the only positive news in "a painful 2009."
With about 13 million cars sold, China has surpassed last year the United States established itself as the first car market in the world: 2009 sales in the U.S. fell by 21% to € 10.4 million units, the level lowest since 1982.
J.D. Power & Associates provides sales slowdown for both GM and for Ford in 2010 in China. In particular, Ford is expected to increase by about 6%, less than +50% in 2009. Similar speech for GM, which last year experienced a sales increase of 67% to 1.83 million vehicles.
"The good news for the automotive industry worldwide - added WSJournal - comes from the fact that this year China will not be the only market to grow, given the exit of the recession in the United States. JDPower expected sales cars in the U.S. in 2010 will rise by 12%, at a rate higher then the Chinese market. " Despite this the U.S. will not be able to regain the title of first market in the world even in 2010.