By the Numbers - March 2011: No Foolin' Edition

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Nissan Sets All-Time Record, Ford beats GM

It may be a day for fools, but sales numbers reported by the U.S. auto industry today are no joke.

Many sales records were set, including by Nissan, which set an all-time monthly sales record for the history of the company in March. Also, as we mentioned earlier, Ford Motor Company outsold General Motors, which is a rare occurrence that could become more common, and the brand Ford far outsold both Chevrolet and Toyota.

Thanks to some extra time spent formatting this month's table, we'll stop chatting a little early and let you look at the numbers yourself.

Brand/Company	Vol. %	March 2011	March 2010	DSR%*	March 2011	March 2010
Saab	524.06	830	133	500.95	31	5
Mini	68.61	6,087	3,610	62.37	225	139
Dodge	49.47	44,102	29,506	43.93	1,633	1,135
Kia	44.74	44,179	30,522	39.38	1,636	1,174
Mitsubishi	39.12	7,560	5,434	33.97	280	209
Jeep	35.92	33,155	24,393	30.89	1,228	938
Mazda	33.25	30,905	23,193	28.32	1,145	892
Hyundai	31.64	61,873	47,002	26.76	2,292	1,808
Nissan	28.45	109,854	85,526	23.69	4,069	3,289
Ford	28.18	204,276	159,367	23.43	7,566	6,130
Land Rover	26.23	3,441	2,726	21.55	127	105
Honda	25.38	121,039	96,540	20.73	4,483	3,713
Ram	24.10	23,510	18,944	19.51	871	729
Volkswagen	22.70	27,176	22,148	18.16	1,007	852
Volvo	21.62	6,369	5,237	17.11	236	201
Buick	20.91	15,663	12,954	16.43	580	498
Audi	14.31	9,818	8,589	10.08	364	330
Infiniti	13.53	11,287	9,942	9.32	418	382
Subaru	13.16	26,916	23,785	8.97	997	915
Mercedes-Benz	12.60	22,546	20,023	8.43	835	770
BMW	12.38	20,295	18,060	8.21	752	695
Chevrolet	11.29	148,197	133,165	7.17	5,489	5,122
Suzuki	11.18	2,497	2,246	7.06	92	86
GMC	10.67	30,597	27,648	6.57	1,133	1,063
Porsche	10.30	771	699	6.22	29	27
Acura	7.58	12,611	11,722	3.60	467	451
Cadillac	4.51	12,164	11,639	0.64	451	448
Chrysler	3.45	20,463	19,780	-0.38	758	761
Lexus	2.29	20,682	20,219	-1.50	766	778
Lincoln	-2.21	8,501	8,693	-5.83	315	334
Toyota	-6.66	155,540	166,644	-10.12	5,761	6,409
Jaguar	-11.09	874	983	-14.38	32	38
Fiat	NA	500	0	NA	19	0
COMPANIES
Chrysler Group	31.43	121,730	92,623	26.56	4,509	3,562
Nissan NA	26.89	121,141	95,468	22.19	4,487	3,672
American Honda	23.45	133,650	108,262	18.88	4,950	4,164
BMW Group	21.74	26,382	21,670	17.24	977	833
Ford Mo Co	19.17	212,777	178,546	14.76	7,881	6,867
Jaguar Land Rover	16.34	4,315	3,709	12.03	160	143
GM	11.44	206,621	185,406	7.31	7,653	7,131
Toyota Mo Co	-5.69	176,222	186,863	-9.19	6,527	7,187

*Brands and companies are displayed in descending order according to their percentage change in volume sales. There were 27 selling days in March 2011 versus 26 selling days in March 2010, so the change in monthly sales volume will be different than the change in average daily sales rate (DSR) for each brand/company. Also, brands are combined and reported as companies only if their sales figures are released jointly.

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