GM’s market share remained steady, actually growing slightly on account of the falling sales figures posted by most Japanese automakers. One-fifth of all May new vehicle sales occurred in General Motors dealerships. Ford Motor Company and the Chrysler Group also laid hold on market share upticks in May 2011.
Of course, when Honda, Mazda, Subaru, and Toyota suffer, others are going to be there to pick up the slack. Besides GM, Ford, and Chrysler, the Volkswagen Group’s slice increased from 3.6% in April to 4.1% in May. Two other German automakers, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, also owned a larger portion of the American automobile market by the end of May. A healthy Lexus could have an impact on those figures in the coming month, but in May, Lexus was down 44.6%, the worst decline among all automakers competing in the United States.
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