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Japan auto sales slump, worst December on record
Reuters - 10 hours ago
Combined with sales of minivehicles, which fell 6.7 percent to 122770 units, Japanese auto sales slid 17 percent to 306319 vehicles. ...
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Ford Sees December Industry Sales Down as Much as 40% (Update2)
By Alex Ortolani
Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — Ford Motor Co. said U.S. auto sales industrywide fell 35 percent to 40 percent last month, meaning total purchases of cars and light trucks for 2008 will be about 13.2 million units, the lowest since 1992.