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Ford, General Motors und Toyota – alle verkauften weniger Autos im Februar in den USA.

Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford (F) said that it sold 196,681 cars and trucks last month, down 6.9% from 211,150 a year earlier. Another drop in fleet sales offset a strong showing on the retail side from the Focus sedan and the Edge crossover.

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General Motors (GM) reported a 12.9% decline in light vehicle sales to 308,411 cars and trucks. The car side fell 1.2% while light trucks dropped 19.2%.

Cadillac, boosted by its car lineup, was the only GM brand to show a year- over-year improvement. Saturn took the biggest hit, down 33.4%.

Chevy, GM’s flagship brand, saw sales drop 11.2% to 166,166 cars and trucks.

GM also cut its second-quarter production forecast 5% to 1.08 million vehicles.

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Toyota (TM) reported that February U.S. sales fell 2.8% to 182,169 vehicles, down from 187,330 last year.

The Japanese giant’s Toyota-brand division posted sales of 160,892 cars and trucks, down from 164,812 last February, while its luxury Lexus division saw a decline to 21,277 units from 22,518 a year ago.

Sales of the Corolla sedan dropped to 21,202 vehicles from 28,321 last year, and Camry sales increased to 34,914 vehicles from 32,148 a year ago.

Honda Motor Co. (HMC) posted an improvement from a year ago, selling 115,397 vehicles compared with 110,026 in February 2007. Both the car and truck side handed in gains. Sales in the luxury Acura division, however, declined.

Nissan Motors (NSANY) said sales rose 1.2% to 86,219 vehicles from 85,218 a year earlier. Nissan brand sales climbed to 76,151 from 75,514 while Infiniti division sales also gained to 10,068 from 9,704.

Car sales increased to 42,012 from 41,249 while truck sales dropped marginally to 34,139 from 34,265 during the period.

Reuters.com, Ford, GM And Toyota All Sell Fewer Cars In February

Die Autobauer hatten in den letzten Jahren nie ganz gute Zeit: Trotz boomender Konjunktur mussten sie vielerorts intensive Rabattschlachten austragen, um die Umsätze zu halten. Jetzt mit unsicherer Konjunktur haben sich die Bedingungen noch einmal deutlich verschlechtert.