Falling sales in the automotive industry in the U.S.

The big car manufacturers reported improved sales of autos in the U.S. in June, compared with recent months, notably Ford Motor, despite continuing losses in the sector.

The U.S. car maker General Motors announced that its United States sales fell 33.6% in June over the same month of 2008.

These figures hide different trends, as retail sales increased 10% over the previous month, according to the manufacturer. In contrast, sales to rental companies and others operating large fleets fell 49 percent.

The total number of sales is more negative what analysts expected cabinet Edmunds (-28.9%) and what was suggested on Tuesday the president Fritz Henderson, referring to a fall of between 20 and 30% during his before a court of bankruptcy in New York.

* Ford with bad results

In turn, Ford Motor reported a 10.9% contraction in sales in June for all its brands in United States, above the expectations of the unique among its peers that have not been helped by the government.

Ford sales fell to 155.195 vehicles in June from 174.091 units in the same period last year. For their brands Ford, Lincoln and Mercury sales sank 11.3% to 148.153 cars.

Volvo's sales were rising interannual 0.6% to 7.042 vehicles.

Ford expected to report a drop in sales in the range of 10 to 20% during June. It also expects that sales of automobiles fell between 25 and 30 per cent.

The auto shut down in June with 343.000 units of inventory or supplies for about 60 days.

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Nissan Motor recorded a fall of 23.1%, in line with expectations by analysts.

Toyota Motor Corp. reported that sales fell 31.9% in June. During the semester, the Japanese automobile was in second place behind Ford.

Chrysler Group, in its first report of sales after being sold to a group led by Italy's Fiat, reported a 42 percent contraction.