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Article: Sales of SUVs, pickup trucks rebound a bit in U.S.: report
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 4, 2006
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Sales of SUVs, pickup trucks rebound a bit in U.S.: report
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Sales of sport utility vehicles
(SUVs) and pickup trucks rebounded slightly in September but not
enough to prevent General Motors and DaimlerChrysler from losing
market share to Toyota, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
Falling gas prices, lower interest rates and higher incentives
helped sales of light trucks increase 1.2 percent from a year ago
after months of declines, while passenger car sales fell 5.5 percent,
according to Word's AutoInfobank.
That allowed Detroit's automakers, which rely heavily on sales of
SUVs and pickups, to have one of their better months.
But in what has become a ...