The May numbers have come in from the automakers (source, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7):

1. Ford up 21.9%
2. GM up 16.6%
3. Toyota up 6.7%
4. Honda up 19.1%
5. Nissan up 24.1%
6. Hyundai up 33%
7. Chrysler/Fiat up 33%
8. Subaru up 35.2%
9. Porsche down 5%
10. Kia up 20.6%
11. Volkswagen up 20.3%

In other news, Ford killed Mercury.

Overall, that was an SAAR of 11.6 million cars and trucks. That’s up from 9.2 million a year ago, and up from 11.2 million in April (not a directly comparable figure). We still have easy year-to-year comparisons. This will get harder as we move past April and May ‘09 comparisons. Both were an equally dismal 9.2m. August, the C4C anniversary, will look like a bloodbath without substantial improvement. Fortunately, September numbers will look good again. CalculatedRisk points out that we’re now at a sales pace equal to the bottom of the ‘90/’91 recession (or, if you prefer, at the height of the ’60s). Not much of an achievement, yet.