Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:01 AM

Purveyor (13,222 posts)

U.S. Auto Sales Speed Up In August: Ford, GM And Chrysler Book Double-Digit Gains

Source: Forbes

That slowdown in the U.S. economy didn’t seem to hurt auto sales in August as Ford Motor, General Motors and Chrysler each reported solid gains from a year ago.

Ford recorded better sales across the board – in cars, utilities and trucks – for a 13% increase, and said retail sales were up 19% in August. Rising fuel prices, with gasoline up 20 cents a gallon from a month ago at a national average of $3.82 according to AAA, drew buyers toward more fuel-efficient vehicles according to Ford’s VP of sales and marketing Ken Czubay.

Read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveschaefer/2012/09/04/ford-sales-speed-up-climb-13-in-august/

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
U.S. Auto Sales Speed Up In August: Ford, GM And Chrysler Book Double-Digit Gains (Original post)	Purveyor	Sep 2012	OP
an auto supplier where i live has been working saturdays since febuary	madrchsod	Sep 2012	#1
This needs to be addressed at the Dem Convention	titaniumsalute	Sep 2012	#2
The republicans want Obama to fail and do everything to that end	julian09	Sep 2012	#6
August is always slow because no one buys cars in the rain.	Crow73	Sep 2012	#3
a lot better than 4 years ago	DonCoquixote	Sep 2012	#4
"Bin Laden is dead. GM is alive."	iandhr	Sep 2012	#5
I bought a Chevy last month	tabasco	Sep 2012	#7
Go Detroit!	JNelson6563	Sep 2012	#8
Year-end sales, perhaps? But excellent news in any regard.	Auggie	Sep 2012	#9

Response to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:13 AM

madrchsod (55,747 posts)

1. an auto supplier where i live has been working saturdays since febuary

my daughter who works in a related field has been working saturdays at least three times a month for the last 4 months.

things are slowly improving and just think if the republicans were not such assholes where our economy would be today...

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:33 AM

titaniumsalute (1,338 posts)

2. This needs to be addressed at the Dem Convention

Remind people that Mittens wanted to let Detroit FAIL.

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:09 PM

julian09 (1,435 posts)

6. The republicans want Obama to fail and do everything to that end

and nothing to put people back to work. They ran on jobs in 2010 only to vote on repealing Obama cares act, 34 times, anti woman agenda but won't bring Obama's jobs bill to a vote. A lot of people without jobs, lost homes, lost insurance, 401k losses, health ins etc, have the Gop to thank for doing nothing to create jobs but cheering every bad job report.

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 11:58 AM

Crow73 (159 posts)

3. August is always slow because no one buys cars in the rain.

That we didn't get a lot of rain is why this is what it is.

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 12:07 PM

DonCoquixote (5,631 posts)

4. a lot better than 4 years ago

eh Mitt, son of Detroit?

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:08 PM

iandhr (2,250 posts)

5. "Bin Laden is dead. GM is alive."

-Joe Biden

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 01:26 PM

tabasco (18,297 posts)

7. I bought a Chevy last month

but it was a 2002 model.

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 02:09 PM

JNelson6563 (24,774 posts)

8. Go Detroit!

As one who grew up a motor-city girl, each good news story out of Detroit pleases me to no end. My dad worked at GM for 20+ years so I KNOW what a healthy auto industry means to so very many.

Julie

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Tue Sep 4, 2012, 02:36 PM

Auggie (16,199 posts)

9. Year-end sales, perhaps? But excellent news in any regard.

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