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Article: Auto show to spotlight hybrid, concept cars: ; Low gas prices have more West Virginians looking to buy SUVs
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- January 12, 2009
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Tiny cars are big at Detroit auto show / 6A
If you have an urge to sit behind the wheel of the newest concept
car or climb into the cab of the latest pickup truck on the market,
you're in luck.
These vehicles and more will be part of the 2009 West Virginia
International Auto Show, coming up Jan. 23-25 at the Charleston
Civic Center.
The show goes on this year, despite the shaky economy.
While SUV sales slumped this summer as gas prices rose, the auto
consumer is moving back to these bigger cars as gas prices have
dropped.
"In West Virginia we're seeing sales of SUVs back on the
upswing," said Ruth Lemmon, president of the West Virginia
Automobile and Truck Dealers Association. "Some people ...