Suzuki report their unit sales for the first quarter of '09 (Jan 1 - Mar 31, 2009) in their corporate earnings report, and it broke down like this:
North American sales: 88,000 units, representing a decrease of 34% over the same quarter of last year in the North American market (i.e. compared to Jan 1st - Mar 31st, 2008).
In Europe, they faired slightly better, with 114,000 units moved in the first quarter, a decrease over same-period-last-year of 24%.
Total Year-on-Year profit is down 49.2% (gross, pre-tax) and 65.8% (net), with additional loss of more than an additional 50% forecast for their 2010 statement. The only place they're not hurting is sales of 1 to 1.3 liter cars, which is climbing steadily (9% increase in April alone).
Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet
North American sales: 88,000 units, representing a decrease of 34% over the same quarter of last year in the North American market (i.e. compared to Jan 1st - Mar 31st, 2008).
In Europe, they faired slightly better, with 114,000 units moved in the first quarter, a decrease over same-period-last-year of 24%.
Total Year-on-Year profit is down 49.2% (gross, pre-tax) and 65.8% (net), with additional loss of more than an additional 50% forecast for their 2010 statement. The only place they're not hurting is sales of 1 to 1.3 liter cars, which is climbing steadily (9% increase in April alone).
Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet
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