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The slow economic recovery, coupled with lower incentives compared with a year ago, probably will translate into a 15 percent drop in U.S. light-vehicle sales in August from the same month last year, J.D. Power and Associates predicted today.

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Ford, Toyota, Subaru and Hyundai Group spurred a year-end U.S. sales rally that took some sting out of a painful year. Overall, December light vehicle sales rose 15 percent from a year earlier, while full-year volume fell 21 percent.

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The head of the American unit of German autos parts supplier Robert Bosch GmbH said he expects U.S. light vehicle sales to improve to 11 million units in 2010, indicative of a steady but slow recovery from a bottom reached earlier this year.

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Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. light-vehicle sales rose 3 percent in October and Chrysler Group’s plunged 30 percent following analysts’ forecasts of the strongest month this year not aided by government incentives.

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U.S. light-vehicle sales — bolstered by General Motor Co.’s first gain in 21 months — declined less than 1 percent in October as the industry showed signs of a recovery without the aid of government incentives.

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U.S. light-vehicle sales — bolstered by General Motor Co.’s first gain in 21 months — declined less than 1 percent in October as the industry showed signs of a recovery without the aid of government incentives.

Tags: 21 Months, General Motor Co., Gm, Government Incentives, Light Vehicle Sales, Motor Co, S Sales, Signs, United States

Toyota Motor Corp. expects industry-wide U.S. light vehicle sales to range between 10.3 million and 10.4 million units in 2009, and top 11 million in 2010, the automaker’s U.S. brand chief told Reuters today.

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The October light-vehicle sales rate will pass 10 million units for the first time this year during a month that didnand#8217;t benefit from the summer cash-for-clunkers program, Ford Motor Co.and#8217;s U.S. sales chief said today.

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Septemberand#8217;s light-vehicle sales rate will fall to 8.8 million units, consumer auto site Edmunds.com said. That would be the lowest rate in nearly 28 years, tying the worst demand on record.

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The cash-for-clunkers program pushed Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. light-vehicle sales to the company’s second-straight year-over-year increase in August while lessening sales declines for Chrysler Group and General Motors Co., analysts say.

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Incentive-fueled demand for new vehicles could boost July U.S. light-vehicle sales above rates already forecast to be the highest levels so far this year, an influential analyst said late Thursday.

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Incentive-fueled demand for new vehicles could boost July U.S. light-vehicle sales above rates already forecast to be the highest levels so far this year, an influential analyst said late Thursday.

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Incentive-fueled demand for new vehicles could boost July U.S. light-vehicle sales above rates already forecast to be the highest levels so far this year, an influential analyst said late Thursday.

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Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. light-vehicle sales in June fell 10.7 percent, the automaker’s smallest percentage decline in 16 months, as analysts saw signs that the industry’s two-year slide had reached bottom.

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U.S. light-vehicle sales in June may rise to an annual rate of 10 million units for the first time this year, a sign that a two-year decline may have hit bottom.

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Toyota will come within striking distance this year of General Motors’ No. 1 U.S. market share position, while 2009 U.S. light-vehicle sales fall to 9.5 million units, a forecasting firm predicted today.

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April U.S. light-vehicle sales will return to January levels on stable retail sales rates and fleet sales that increased from February and March, analysts say.

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AutoNation Inc., the largest U.S. dealership group, today said it posted first-quarter net income of $34.6 million, despite U.S. light-vehicle sales rates at more than quarter-century lows. The net income, which compares with a $50.

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U.S. light-vehicle sales crashed again in March, but there were encouraging signs amid the debris. The numbers are grim. Only 857,982 units were sold last month, nearly a half million fewer than a year earlier. That’s a 36.

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Ford Motor Co.’s U.S. light-vehicle sales dropped 48.5 percent last month as the industry braced for what analysts expect to be the lowest February sales total in at least 34 percent. Volkswagen said its VW-brand sales fell 17.5 percent.

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Honda and Suzuki were the only Japanese automakers with higher domestic sales in 2008. Overall, domestic sales fell 4.8 percent from 2007. Light-vehicle sales fell to 4,920,212 in 2008, dragged down by a 13.

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U.S. auto sales in 2009 should fall around 13 percent and push some automakers closer to the verge of collapse, industry analysts said today. J.D. Power and Associates expects U.S. light vehicle sales for the year to fall to around 11.

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Will 2009 offer any relief from this most dreary of car-selling seasons? The Detroit 3 aren’t optimistic. Ford Motor, the most bullish of the three, predicts U.S. light-vehicle sales of 12.2 million units in 2009.

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This has been a year to make automotive forecasters weep. A year ago, prognosticators debated whether 2008 light-vehicle sales would be just above or just below 15 million units.

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