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Car sales
Pent-up demand happily collides with new car models
Feb 4, 2015
Detroit automakers benefit from streamlining operating costs during the recession.
Car sales in the era of $50-a-barrel oil
Jan 13, 2015
Truck and SUV sales are up ... but Tesla sales have not slowed.
What's driving an increase in auto sales?
by
Scott Tong
Dec 2, 2014
Analysts expect the holidays to come early for automakers.
Automakers could sell 16 million cars this year. What?
Aug 1, 2014
That's the biggest auto sales number in eight years.
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Why people are still buying GM cars post-recall
May 21, 2014
GM says it has recalled close to 14 million vehicles this year.
Cold, snowy winter brings hot deals on cars
Mar 3, 2014
Endless snowstorms, freezing cold, and an uncertain economy has car sales skidding off the road in 2014. So carmakers are extending their incentive programs.
Are long-term auto loans a bad deal?
Apr 12, 2013
Marketplace Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell explains why long-term auto loans, which are boosting car sales, could be a bad deal for borrowers.
For public good, not for profit.
As year closes, incentives abound on car sales
by
Jeff Tyler
Dec 6, 2012
With dealers eager to clear their previous model-year inventory, buyers can get decent discounts on prices and interest rates.
Hybrid car buyers aren't the most loyal
by
David Brancaccio
and Jeremy Hobson
Apr 10, 2012
Turns out, many Americans who purchase a hybrid car end up going back to a non-hybrid the next time they hit the car lot.
Some carmakers have best sales in years
by
Juli Niemann
Apr 3, 2012
Auto sales for the month of March are trickling out this month and so far the numbers look pretty good. Chrysler said it had its best month in four years with sales up 34 percent. Ford also had its best month in years with sales up 5 percent.