FACTBOX-Key facts about U.S. April auto sales

DETROIT, May 1 (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales fell 34.4
percent in April from a year earlier, according to data from
auto manufacturers on Friday. The following are highlights from
the largest carmakers in the U.S. market.

Overall industry
* Total light vehicle sales 819,540.
* Seasonally adjusted annualized sales rate 9.32 million vs
14.7 million a year earlier.

General Motors Corp
* Light vehicle sales down 33.7 percent (173,007).
* Year-to-date sales down 45.1 percent.
* Vehicle inventories at month-end: 742,000, down 74,000
vehicles from a year earlier.
* Cars/trucks: Car sales down 40.6 percent/light truck
sales down 27.7 percent.
* Key vehicles: Chevrolet Impala down 34.4 percent,
Chevrolet Malibu down 14 percent, Chevrolet Silverado down 29
percent, Chevrolet Tahoe up 0.3 percent, GMC Sierra down 37.3
percent.
* Incentives: average $4,063 per vehicle, up from $3,132 a
year earlier.

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T>
* Vehicle sales down 41.9 percent (126,540).
* Year-to-date sales down 37.8 percent.
* Cars/trucks: Car sales down 42.3 percent, trucks down
41.2 percent.
* Key vehicles: Tundra down 53.9 percent, Camry down 36.7
percent, Prius down 61.5 percent, Corolla down 42.9 percent
* Incentives: averaged $1,648 per vehicle, up from $840 a
year earlier.

Ford Motor Co
* Vehicle sales excluding Volvo fell 31.4 percent
(129,898).
* Year-to-date sales down 40 percent.
* Inventories at month-end 474,000 vehicles, up from
461,000 a month ago.
* Cars/trucks: Car sales fell 28.8 percent, total truck
sales fell 33 percent.
* Key vehicles: F-Series fell 35.8 percent, Explorer fell
49.4 percent, Expedition fell 72.1 percent, Focus fell 51
percent, Fusion rose 21.7 percent.
* Incentives: averaged $3,636 per vehicle, up from $2,989 a
year earlier.

Honda Motor Co <7267.T>
* Vehicle sales down 25.3 percent (101,029).
* Year-to-date sales down 31.3 percent.
* Cars/trucks: cars down 18.2 percent, trucks down 36.3
percent.
* Key vehicles: Civic down 23.2 percent, Fit down 30.7
percent, Accord down 15.6 percent, Pilot down 21.1 percent,
Odyssey down 28.6 percent.
* Incentives: average $1,439 per vehicle, up from $1,405 a
year earlier.

Chrysler LLC [CBS.UL]
* Car and light truck sales down 48 percent (76,682).
* Year-to-date sales down 46 percent.
* Cars/trucks: Car sales down 29 percent, truck sales down
34 percent.
* Inventories at month-end 336,913 vehicles down 85,440
from April 2008.
* Key vehicles: Jeep Wrangler up 7 percent, Dodge Ram
pickup down 26 percent, Dodge Caliber down 71 percent.
* Incentives: average $4,288 per vehicle, up from $3,795 a
year earlier.

Nissan Motor Co Ltd <7201.T>
* Car and light truck sales down 37.8 percent (47,190).
* Cars/trucks: Cars down 35.6 percent, trucks down 37.4
percent.
* Key vehicles: Altima down 46.9 percent, Versa down 33.2
percent, Sentra down 46.1 percent, Titan down 45.6 percent,
Murano down 37.8 percent.
* Incentives: average $2,779 per vehicle, up from $1,796 a
year earlier.
Sources: Company releases. Autodata Corp and industry
tracking firm Edmunds.com for incentives and market share.
April had 26 selling days, compared with 26 selling days in
April 2008.
(Reporting by Michael Strong, Poornima Gupta, David Bailey and
Kevin Krolicki; Editing by Andre Grenon)
((david.bailey@thomsonreuters.com +1 313 967 1910; Reuters
Messaging: david.bailey.reuters.com@reuters.net))
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