General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler had a combined US market share of 51.8% in December 2007. As of Oct. 2008, their market share declined by 5.1% to 46.5%. Toyota and Honda, during that same nine-month period, increased their US market shares by 3.1% to a combined 28.4%.
In 2007, the Big Three sold 18 million autos for $387.5 billion. In 2007, Toyota and Honda sold 12.2 millions cars for $304 billion.
In the US, the Big Three directly employ 242,000 people and an estimated 2.5 to 3 million indirectly.
Ford received a $1.29 billion tax refund in 2007 while General Motors paid $37.16 billion in 2007 taxes.
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