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Grim October sales pace worst in 25 years

November 4th, 2008 by Bill Cawthon

As predicted, October’s U.S. light vehicle sales weren’t pretty. A tough economy and severely tightened credit produced a seasonally adjusted annual rate of just 10.56 million sales, the lowest SAAR since February 1983. Combined reported sales numbers missed even September’s anemic levels, coming in at about 838,000 units, 130,000 units less than last month and [...]

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Americans oppose government loans, bailouts

September 24th, 2008 by Bill Cawthon

In the latest Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll, nearly two out of three people responding are against providing $25 billion in low-interest loans to help Chrysler, Ford and General Motors develop more fuel-efficient vehicles. Despite the opposition, Congress is likely to approve a bill funding the loans before the end of this month but without key [...]

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