U Sautosales jum ped13.4percent in2012totheirbest perform ancesincethecrash of2008,as better econom ictim es,hot new m odelsandtheneedtoreplaceagingvehiclesdrewconsum ers toshow room s.
T hosew how roteoff Japanesecarm akersafter T oyota"s recalls in2010andearthquake-related carshortagesin 2011 w erew rong .Japanesecom panies,w ho struggled aftertheearthquake,got their U .S . supplies backtonor-m al inthefirst few m onths of 2012andneverlookedback.
G M andFordlost m arket sharein2012,dentedbycom petitionfrom T oyotaandH ondaw hichrecoveredfrom 2011earthquake-relatedsetbacks. G M "s 2012m arket share fell to17.9percent from 19.6percent in2011. Its m arketshare w as 23.5percent in2007, before the recession. Ford"s 2012m arket sharefell to15.5percent from 16.8percent in2011.
T om L ibby,an analystatP olk,saidcontinued low interestratesalong w ith anim proved housing sectorand new productofferings from m ajor autom akers w ill m ake 2013a bullishyear for the industry.
"A sw em oveinto2013andthem arketsees continuedgrow th,w eexpect tooutperformthe industryonce againw ithanother nine prod-uct launches onthe horizon,"saidJim Lentz,chiefof Toyota M otor Sales U SA .
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