Compared to the same month last year, the August 2010 industrywide sales totaled 997,468, down from 1.26 million a year earlier, according to Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey-based Autodata Corp. Asia-based brands captured 46.9 percent of sales, down from 52.3 percent a year earlier, while GM, Ford and Chrysler raised their market share 3.6 percentage points to 44.3 percent, according to Autodata. BMW brand (not including MINI) has seen an increase in U.S.
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By The Numbers: August 2010 Automotive Sales
