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[The Auto Writer] Year to Date Car Sales - An Exercise in Patience: Subaru is the biggest gainer as this manufacturer of compact, fuel efficient cars is seeing sales on the rise to the tune of 5.9% through August 2008. Consumers want smaller, economical cars and those manufacturers who have them will continue to see gains even in a tough market.

[the Prius owners group] Decreasing values: As a group, new-vehicle sales of full-size SUVs such as the Chevy Tahoe and Ford’s Expedition were down 31.4% year to date, to 189,690. Midsize SUVs, including the Chevy TrailBlazer and the Jeep Grand Cherokee, were down 26.3% in the first half, to 425,033.

 [Auto Observer] September Sales: Weaker But New Models Showed Strength: Saturn sales were up 7 percent in September, putting it 12 percent ahead of 2006 for the calendar year to date. The newly redesigned Vue, which had sales of 7218 for the month, and the Aura sedan, which had 6221 sales in September, .

[whitesell] Excerpts from Ward's Automotive Reports - October 8, 2007: Ford's original plan was to slash 135000 units from its rental sales this year. Not only is the auto maker on track to meet that objective, it most likely will surpass it, Pipas says.

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