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Driven to change
March small car sales up; SUV, truck sales down |
Joseph Romm |
26 Apr 2008 |
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| Is $3.25 to $3.50 a gallon the long-awaited for inflexion point for driving a shift in U.S. car-buying habits? Obviously we can't know for sure, but the Detroit News reported that 'cars outsold light trucks' in March. (One auto industry insider told me yesterday that this was only the second time that has ever happened in some two decades.) Yes, the recession no doubt had an impact on the sales of big, expensive vehicles. But since gasoline prices are going to mo ... |
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| Topics: Big Auto, business, cars, fuel efficiency, green living (all these topics) |
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