Car: the U.S. market smiles again.

Ford announced an annual increase of nearly 25% in April.Keywords: Automobile, U.S., FORD MOTOR, GENERAL MOTORS CORP., Chrysler.

General Motors saw its sales climb on U.S. soil for more than 6% in April. Group loses battle against rival Ford, which posted growth of over 25%. Chrysler shows a similar increase, highlighting the industry's recovery.
"This is the largest annual increase in nearly five years." In a statement released MondayThe management of Chrysler fails to conceal his joy. The U.S. company announced a rise in sales in April from 25% to 95,703 units. "April was a month very positive. We look forward to further increased sales. This is just the beginning, "warns Fred Diaz, head of group sales.
This enthusiasm is just like the one in which everything seems to swim the North American auto sector. Ford posted sales up 25% in April compared with the previous year. The manufacturer has passed 167,542 new vehicles in the U.S. market last month, against 134,401 a year earlier. Excluding sales of the Volvo brand, which Ford has agreed to sell to Chinese GeelyIts sales under the brands Ford, Lincoln and Mercury stand up 26% to 162,996 vehicles.
"This is the fifth straight month in which Ford has announced sales up over 20%, welcomes the group a statement. For the eighteenth time in 19 months, the market share of manufacturer in the United States has increased.
General Motors (GM) is not left behind but progress is slightly smaller than its competitors. GM announced a 20% increase in sales in the U.S. in April 183,091 to 173,007 vehicles sold against the same month last year. Note that the brand sales dropped by the group (Hummer, Pontiac, Saab and Saturn) have plunged 96% to 906 units. The dealers want to get rid of unsold stock which still represent about 2,000 cars.
For its part, the Japanese manufacturer Toyota announced a 24.4% increase in sales to 157,439 vehicles. But this recovery is not sufficient to retrieve the second in the American sector, employed by Ford.

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"The annual increase is clearly driven by launching new s," says GM. For its part, the manufacturer refers to the sustained demand for its Chevrolet Equinox and Buick LaCrosse. The argument is the same Ford who, in addition to strong demand for its trucks, in particular for its pickups and utilities (38%) justifies the increase by "the new product line."
More broadly, auto sales rose 19.8% to U.S. in April compared to April 2009, the annualized volume of 11.21 million vehicles, according to the firm Autodata. In April 2009, this volume was 9.23 million vehicles.
Analysts expect a rebound of about 20% a year to 11.4 million vehicles on an annualized basis, against 9.3 million in April last year. Manufacturers expect at least that the U.S. car market recorded a rebound in 2010 after all one year in 2009 particularly difficult when sales had fallen to their lowest level since the early 1980s, to 10.4 million vehicles.