Vehicle production last week in the US, Canada and Mexico was expected to hit an estimated 370,898 units, up from the 234,288 cars and trucks built the previous week, according to Ward’s Automotive Reports.
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Including last week’s estimates, calendar year North American output now totals 16,008,875 vehicles, up 5.8% from like-2001’s pace.
In the US, automakers were expected to produce 275,725 vehicles last week, up 79.2% from the 153,843 cars and trucks built the previous week. To date, calendar 2002 US vehicle output totals an estimated 11,729,217 units, up 7.6% from the 10,896,474 vehicles built in like-2001.
Last week’s Canadian vehicle production was estimated at 58,934, a 39.2% increase from the 42,328 units assembled the previous week.
Estimated calendar-2002 Canadian vehicle production now stands at 2,546,773 units, up 3.0% compared to the 2,473,634 vehicles produced in like-2001.

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By GlobalDataOf the cars and trucks slated for production last week in the US, General Motors Corp. accounted for 33.3%; Ford Motor Co., 27.2%; Chrysler of DaimlerChrysler, 15.0%; Honda of America Mfg. Inc., 6.3%; Toyota Motor Mfg. Inc., 5.4%; Nissan Motor Mfg. Corp., 2.9%; New United Motor Mfg. Inc., 3.5%; Subaru-Isuzu Automotive Inc., 0.8%; Mitsubishi Motor Mfg. of America Inc., 1.5%; AutoAlliance International Inc., 0.8%; Mercedes-Benz U.S. of DaimlerChrysler, 0.7%; BMW of North America Inc., 1.1%; and other manufacturers, 1.5%.