GM, Ford and Chrysler all reported large declines in May sales -- GM, 30 percent; Chrysler, 25 percent and Ford, 16 percent -- largely because of slumping truck and SUV sales.
PLANT CLOSINGS
General Motors will close its SUV assembly plant in Janesville, Wis., and three other truck and SUV plants in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
ICON FOR SALE?
GM will consider selling its Hummer brand. Hummer sales were down 60 percent in May and 36 percent year-to-date.
ELECTRIC CARS
GM's Chevrolet Volt all-electric car will go into production, arriving at dealers by the end of 2010.
MAY U.S. SALES
Selected trucks and SUVs, compared with May 2007
Dodge Durango -68.8%
Hummer H3 -60.6%
Chevrolet Yukon -50.2%
Chevrolet Silverado -42.0%
Ford Explorer -41.2%
Toyota 4Runner -40.3%
Dodge Ram -37.0%
Toyota Tundra -30.4%
Ford F-Series -30.6%
Ford Ranger -24.7%
Selected small cars, compared with May 2007
Ford Focus +53.2%
Honda Fit +47.4%
Chevrolet Aveo +44.3%
Honda Civic +28.3%
Chevrolet Cobalt +19.2%
Toyota Corolla +12.4%
