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The Ford Motor Co. born to ordinal spot this January. The ailing car manufacturer is now losing General Motors Corp., the Toyota Motor Corp., and DaimlerChrysler AG's Chrysler Group. The fast stumble happened spell the carmaker struggles to put a halting to a decade-long decrement in its automobile souk stock.

The Detroit automakers' marketplace stock in America fell to 50.6 percent in January as they try to shirk commercialism a lesser amount of cars and trucks than outside companies. Ford's domestic brands - Ford, Lincoln and Mercury - were outsold by Chrysler's American brands - Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep. Ford's American ridicule gross revenue savage by 19.6 per centum which equals to 153,026 vehicles in January time the necessity for Chrysler's brands increased to 156,308 units.

George Pipas, Ford gross sales analyst, dismissed the dive of the car manufacturer in the rankings as inapplicable. "Where we are in sales races is a leisure activity we're not active to be discomposed with," he same. "(We) are decisive on restructuring our business organization to be productive at less volumes," else Mark Fields, president of Ford's Americas Group. "Our regulars plus from this design because their vehicles' left over belief will add to - a trend we previously are sighted beside our most up-to-date products."

Disarray gross revenue in January count GM, which likewise suffered a decrement in gross sales. The decrement is attributed to the exact cut in income to each day belongings fleets. Compared to closing year's numbers, GM's general income bated by 16.7 pct next to 242,252 vehicles. Paul Ballew, GM's enforcement chief for worldwide souk and commercial enterprise analysis, aforementioned the organization has been commutation itself off the day after day property company for the ult brace of age and expects that to continue for several more than months. "There's much hardy pills upcoming on the holding side," he accessorial.

Fleet income are an smooth strategy to restore the marketplace part withal they proposition weeny profit. In addition, they besides damage the brand by dynamical fuzz merchandising belief and padding the anchorage ground beside minimal versions of the vehicles. "It's a satisfactory sign-language that they're de-emphasizing fleet," aforesaid George Magliano, the decision maker of North American motor vehicle industry investigation for Global Insight in New York. "The enterprise isn't extremely advantageous."

Ford sales to car leasing companies decreased by 65 pct than January end period. The general fast gross sales of Ford are single 28 percent, fallen by 11 pct from ending year's figures. GM's overall fleet sales were ablated 30 percentage year-over-year. Its gross revenue to its daily rent fleets were slashed by around 40 percentage. Both Ford and GM besides experienced a decrease in retail gross revenue end month.

"January was for sure not a starring month," Ballew said. "We were with modesty down from where we foreseen to be." GM's retail gross revenue were fallen 8 percentage for the period and the carmaker is hoping for reinforced grades in the approaching months. "DaimlerChrysler has jumped in a big way," Ballew another. "So has Hyundai/Kia."

But Chrysler suggested its rivals were provoking to copy distant attending from their own snags. Steven Landry, Chrysler's evil corporate executive of income and paddock operations, said his company's day-after-day rent business was thrown by 10 per centum finishing time period and will carry on to trip up in 2007. "Our overall three-year stratagem is to last to convey it set complete time," Landry same.

Economists and analysts alike disclosed their starry-eyed predictions in favor of Toyota, the fast-rising Japanese automaker renowned for its interbred technology and helpfulness. Its rampant batting order is serene of reliable, proven and part environs that embrace , airbags, engines and different car engines. Jesse Toprak, principal economist for the Edmunds.com automobile Web site, same Ford could go by Toyota once more for a few more months - but not for long-term. "By summer, Toyota will be in the No. 2 position permanently," he foreseen.