2011: The year in numbers
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Like any other year, 2011 produced its particular mix of sales results, profits and losses and other notable figures. A look back at some of the key numerical thresholds, amounts, measures and figures for the auto industry in 2011:
54.5 mpg: Proposed U.S. corporate average fuel economy standard for 2025 model year
25: Percent of Renesas Electronics' global automotive microcontroller capacity affected when the March earthquake knocked out the microchip plant in Naka, Japan.
$220 million: Cost of new Mercedes-Benz store on 11th Avenue in New York, the brand's only U.S. company-owned store
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$464 million: Amount that Hyundai-Kia Chairman Chung Mong-koo gave to charity as restitution for Korean embezzlement scandal
212 mph: Speed that Chrysler/Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne hit in his Ferrari Enzo on Fiat proving grounds in Balocco, Italy
$6,000; $5,000 and $3,500: Signing bonuses paid by Ford, GM and Chrysler, respectively, to UAW members as part of new labor contracts ($1,750 of Chrysler payout will be paid later when certain financial targets are met)
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$600 million: Chrysler's forecast for 2011 profits -- it's first annual profit since 2005.
$12,000: Maximum annual profit-sharing payout GM could dole out to UAW members under new 4-year labor deal with UAW
$10,000 to $100,000: Amount of buyouts offered by Ford and GM to entice eligible UAW workers to retire or leave
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$30,009: Average transaction price for light vehicles in the United States in June, marking the first time the average exceeded $30,000, according to TrueCar.com
$200 million: Fine that Japanese supplier Furukawa Electric Co. agreed to pay in a U.S. criminal price-fixing and bid-rigging case
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43: Percent of vehicles sold in the U.S. during the first half of 2011 that had four-cylinder engines
75.74: Number of Japanese yen equal to $1 at the dollar's low point on Oct. 31
$56.5 million: Stock award received by Ford CEO Alan Mulally in 2011
