DECEMBER AUTO SALES
> Ford sales fall 32%; VW, Daimler also drop
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> Ford Motor Co. posted a 32 percent decline in December sales as the U.S.
> auto industry capped its worst year since the early 1990s. Ford's drop was
> its 23rd in the past 24 months. The Volkswagen brand was down 14.4
> percent, and Daimler AG plunged 23.5 percent. Subaru of America, the only
> other automaker to report by midday, slipped 7.7 percent. Ford's results
> bolster analysts' forecasts for an industrywide fall of more than
> one-third. That would be the fourth straight monthly tumble of more than
> 25 percent, amid the longest U.S. recession since the early 1980s and a
> national debate over whether the federal government should rescue Chrysler
> LLC and General Motors. "No one wants to buy anything," Jesse Toprak,
> Edmunds.com's executive director of industry analysis, said in an ... >
I love how all the news articles all start with "Ford down 32% in December", then also mention as a side note that Honda is down 35% and Toyota is down
37%......Shouldn't it be the opposite? Nobody is surprised about Ford, but Toyota and Honda being down more than Ford is not "Top Line" worthy?