Vehicle production this week in the U.S., Canada and Mexico is expected to hit
an estimated 309,198 units, up from the 308,501 cars and trucks built last week,
according to Ward’s Automotive Reports.
Including this week’s estimates, calendar year North American output now totals
1,959,803 vehicles, down 22.0 percent from like-2000’s pace.
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In the U.S., automakers are expected to produce 222,556 vehicles this week,
up 0.2 percent from the 222,034 cars and trucks built last week.
To date, calendar 2001 U.S. vehicle output totals an estimated 1,382,655 units,
down 24.4 percent from the 1,827,799 vehicles built in like-2000.
This week’s Canadian vehicle production is estimated at 54,752, a 1.3 percent
increase from the 54,061 units assembled last week. Estimated calendar-2001
Canadian vehicle production now stands at 349,886 units, down 22.7 percent compared
to the 452,792 vehicles produced in like-2000.
Of the cars and trucks slated for production this week in the U.S., General
Motors Corp. accounted for 30.3 percent; Ford Motor Co., 30.4 percent; Chrysler
of DaimlerChrysler, 13.5 percent; Honda of America Mfg. Inc., 6.3 percent; Toyota
Motor Mfg. Inc., 5.8 percent; Nissan Motor Mfg. Corp., 2.5 percent; New United
Motor Mfg. Inc., 3.5 percent; Subaru-Isuzu Automotive Inc., 1.5 percent; Mitsubishi
Motor Mfg. of America Inc., 1.8 percent; AutoAlliance International Inc., 0.9
percent; Mercedes-Benz U.S. of DaimlerChrysler, 0.7 percent; BMW of North America
Inc., 1.1 percent; and other manufacturers, 1.7 percent.
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