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Article: Domestic Car, Truck Sales Up 12% in Early November
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- THE JOURNAL RECORD
- Article date:
- November 16, 1993
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DETROIT (AP) _ Automakers reported Monday that domestic car
and truck sales rose 12.4 percent in early November, extending
the momentum of strength seen elsewhere in the economy.
Car sales rose 13.1 percent and light trucks were up 11.4
percent, led by year-to-year gains at General Motors Corp.
Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp. each reported single-digit
improvement in the Nov. 1-10 period. Combined Big Three sales
were up 10.5 percent while Japanese automakers with factories in
the United States reported a 29 percent sales improvement.
The sales reports come against a background of improvement in
the auto industry that has filtered into the broader economy,
where signs of strength ...