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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</guid><description><![CDATA[Infiniti's % should have gone up, not down.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[A A]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 4th 2008 12:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</guid><description><![CDATA[Nope...they are measuring the daily sales rate...not # of vehicles sold...February had an extra sales day this year...and thus, though Infiniti sold more cars this year than last in the month, its daily sales rate still declined....]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[dan spalinger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 4th 2008 12:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</guid><description><![CDATA[So should have Nissan's when you just look at the above number but the calculations are based on DSR.... daily sales rate not volume. When the extra day for the month is factored in,even though the volume for the month appears up, the daily sales rate is down. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tony]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 4th 2008 12:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</guid><description><![CDATA[now see, no one thought you were illiterate or arithmetically challenged until you spoke up.<br>;-)<br>If you read the entire article, they include the details that the %s are based on daily averages based on selling days.<br><br>with this yr having 25 vs last yr 24; Infiniti sold 404.33 last yr each day vs 402.72 this yr each selling day.  Nissan did a similar thing, as did suzuki and vw<br><br>It is confusing considering they give total sales numbers instead of daily averages that they are reporting on.  Since AB is pulling this from somewhere else, dont think we can fault them that.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[geo.stewart]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 4th 2008 12:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/04/by-the-numbers-february-2008/</guid><description><![CDATA[ahhh..didn't connect the dots- my bad!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[A A]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mar 4th 2008 12:29PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>