October 2011: Pillowcases of Candy Edition [UPDATE]

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Some automakers returned from trick or treating last night with pillowcases full of great sales numbers, and others wish they had stopped at a few more houses.

The biggest winner continues to be the Chrysler Group, which for the month of October 2011 posted a sales gain of 27 percent versus the same month last year. The Pentastar's ghoulishly good numbers are due among other things to Jeep, which enjoyed positively trending sales across the board except for the Grand Cherokee and a stellar performance from the Chrysler 200/Dodge Avenger duo. The new 200 alone added 11,205 sales to replace the Sebring's achievement of 2,221 sales last October.

As for the other domestics, Ford Motor Company put up a 6.25-percent increase with no thanks to Lincoln, which was down 10.83 percent. General Motors, meanwhile, barely eked out increased sales of 1.71 percent thanks to a strong enough showing by Chevrolet (6.04 percent) to balance out negative numbers from GMC, Buick and Cadillac.

Volkswagen continues to be a standout brand, backing up last month's gains of 35.57 percent with an industry-leading 39.55 percent performance in October. Honda and Toyota, however, continue to quietly lose sales. Ostensibly, blame can at least be partially attributed to the continued effects on production issues stemming back to the natural disasters suffered by Japan earlier this year.

Check out the rest of last month's sales numbers in the table below.

Brand/Company	Vol. %	Oct-11	Oct-10	DSR %*	Oct-11	Oct-10
Volkswagen	39.55	28,028	20,084	44.92	1,078	744
Mini	37.09	5,415	3,950	42.36	208	146
Chrysler	28.39	21,244	16,547	33.32	817	613
Mercedes-Benz	28.17	24,449	19,076	33.10	940	707
Audi	25.80	10,225	8,128	30.64	393	301
Jeep	25.47	35,733	28,480	30.29	1,374	1,055
Dodge	24.85	33,734	27,020	29.65	1,297	1,001
Hyundai	22.85	52,402	42,656	27.57	2,015	1,580
Volvo	22.60	4,899	3,996	27.31	188	148
Nissan	22.06	75,484	61,843	26.75	2,903	2,290
Kia	20.81	37,690	31,199	25.45	1,450	1,156
Ram	20.71	21,836	18,090	25.35	840	670
BMW	13.50	21,873	19,272	17.86	841	714
Ford	12.59	161,709	143,624	16.92	6,220	5,319
Land Rover	10.65	3,273	2,958	14.90	126	110
Chevrolet	6.04	131,804	124,294	10.12	5,069	4,603
Jaguar	2.47	1,327	1,295	6.41	51	48
Mazda	1.74	18,326	18,013	5.65	705	667
Acura	0.94	11,115	11,011	4.83	428	408
Honda	-0.66	87,218	87,800	3.16	3,355	3,252
GMC	-4.61	31,609	33,136	-0.94	1,216	1,227
Suzuki	-4.70	1,947	2,043	-1.03	75	76
Toyota	-6.78	115,954	124,383	-3.19	4,460	4,607
Buick	-7.02	11,687	12,569	-3.44	450	466
Lincoln	-10.83	6,094	6,834	-7.40	234	253
Smart	-10.90	327	367	-7.47	13	14
Subaru	-11.62	20,081	22,720	-8.22	772	841
Cadillac	-11.93	11,795	13,393	-8.54	454	496
Infiniti	-13.47	6,862	7,930	-10.14	264	294
Lexus	-14.22	18,092	21,091	-10.92	696	781
Porsche	-14.24	2,270	2,647	-10.94	87	98
Mitsubishi	-14.34	4,378	5,111	-11.05	168	189
Saab	-54.52	337	741	-52.57	13	27
Fiat		1,965	0		76	0
COMPANIES
Chrysler Group	27.04	114,512	90,137	31.93	4,404	3,338
Nissan NA	18.02	82,346	69,773	22.56	3,167	2,584
BMW Group	17.51	27,288	23,222	22.03	1,050	860
Ford Mo Co	6.25	167,803	157,935	10.33	6,454	5,849
General Motors	1.71	186,895	183,759	5.62	7,188	6,806
American Honda	-0.48	98,333	98,811	3.34	3,782	3,660
Toyota Mo Co	-7.86	134,046	145,474	-4.31	5,156	5,388

*Brands and companies are displayed in descending order according to their percentage change in volume sales. There were 26 selling days in October 2011 and 27 selling days in October 2010, so the change in monthly sales volume will be different than the change in average daily sales rate (DSR) for each brand/company.

UPDATE: Added sales figures for Suzuki and Saab.

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