US DATA: Domestic Vehicle Sales Comparisons Incl and Ex. GM>

     WASHINGTON (MNI) - In March, General Motors announced that they 

will no longer publish their vehicle sales data on a monthly basis, but 

will rather publish them on a quarterly basis starting on July 3. 

     As a result, the monthly domestic-made car and light truch sales 

calculations published by MNI will not include General Motors going 

forward, nor will references to vehicle sales in the MNI economic data 

calendars. 

     Below is the recent history of the domestic-made vehicle sales as 

they were previously published by MNI and what the results would have 

been if GM had not been included in that data and given all else were

unchanged. The seasonal adjustment factors used are the same as used in 

the past, as supplied by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. 

Seasonal adjusted annual rates are in millions

            Seas     Unadj     Unadj  Seas Adj  Seas Adj      SAAR      SAAR

Cars:     Factor   With GM    Ex. GM   With GM    Ex. GM   With GM    Ex. GM

Mar-18    119.62    382968    317938    320154    265790      3.84      3.19

Feb-18     94.24    304918    256580    323555    272262      3.88      3.27

Jan-18     80.17    253903    216543    316706    270105      3.80      3.24

Dec-17    100.06    339688    278310    339484    278143      4.07      3.34

Nov-17     89.85    323779    263555    360355    293328      4.32      3.52

Oct-17     87.14    321182    265601    368582    304798      4.42      3.66

Sep-17     97.80    377674    307953    386170    314880      4.63      3.78

Aug-17    109.09    365426    294691    334977    270136      4.02      3.24

Jul-17     99.97    347225    302165    347329    302256      4.17      3.63

Jun-17    108.99    365931    313483    335747    287625      4.03      3.45

May-17    113.80    396685    330573    348581    290486      4.18      3.49

Apr-17    103.23    374284    305479    362597    295941      4.35      3.55

Mar-17    115.94    417645    345364    360225    297882      4.32      3.57

            Seas     Unadj     Unadj  Seas Adj  Seas Adj      SAAR      SAAR

Lt Trucks:Factor   With GM    Ex. GM   With GM    Ex. GM   With GM    Ex. GM

Mar-18    109.98    875030    643719    795626    585306      9.55      7.02

Feb-18     91.90    684356    511789    744675    556898      8.94      6.68

Jan-18     81.15    610256    449038    752010    553343      9.02      6.64

Dec-17    110.52    873102    625941    789995    566360      9.48      6.80

Nov-17     98.18    733583    548420    747182    558586      8.97      6.70

Oct-17     91.37    714884    517652    782406    566545      9.39      6.80

Sep-17     98.72    785688    576012    795875    583481      9.55      7.00

Aug-17    109.99    761573    556756    692402    506188      8.31      6.07

Jul-17    100.83    729798    548751    723791    544234      8.69      6.53

Jun-17    104.73    770608    579901    735804    553710      8.83      6.64

May-17    107.12    769797    598545    718631    558761      8.62      6.71

Apr-17     99.47    721639    546038    725484    548947      8.71      6.59

Mar-17    107.75    779083    595140    723047    552334      8.68      6.63

         Total SAAR  Total SAAR

            With GM     Ex. GM

Mar-18        13.39      10.21

Feb-18        12.82       9.95

Jan-18        12.82       9.88

Dec-17        13.55      10.13

Nov-17        13.29      10.22

Oct-17        13.81      10.46

Sep-17        14.18      10.78

Aug-17        12.33       9.32

Jul-17        12.85      10.16

Jun-17        12.86      10.10

May-17        12.81      10.19

Apr-17        13.06      10.14

Mar-17        13.00      10.20

  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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