Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.money From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Mid-November Vehicle Sales Rise 4.8% Date: Thu, 26 Nov 92 11:27:52 EST Message-ID: Lines: 29 HEADLINE: Mid-November Vehicle Sales Rise 4.8% Publication Date: Wednesday November 25, 1992 BYLINE: Sales of North American-built cars and trucks rose 4.8% in mid-November, auto makers reported Tuesday. But some industry analysts said sales probably were better than the numbers indicated. "They're lower than I thought, but I haven't figured out why yet," said David Healy, an auto analyst with S. G. Warburg & Co. in New York. Sales of light trucks rose 14.4% in the Nov. 11-20 period, while sales of passenger cars declined 1.3%. Sales by the U.S. Big Three and Japanese makers with plants in the United States improved over the same period a year ago. Combined Big Three--General Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp.--car and truck sales were up 4.6%; Japanese maker sales were up 6.6%. Among the Big Three, Ford had the biggest gain in car sales--up 21%--while Chrysler, which does not report its 10-day sales, had an estimated 34.3% gain in truck sales. The trade journal Ward's Automotive Reports estimates Chrysler's sales. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM