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Fuel-efficient autos in demand
share: digg facebook twitter The nation’s reviving economy and near-record gasoline prices sent Americans to showrooms to buy fuel-efficient vehicles in April, giving automakers’ sales a boost. April marked the first full month for sales since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit Japan and damaged manufacturing plants and suppliers’ factories. “It was a solid month considering the uncertainty …
Published May 3, 2011.
Read more: San Antonio Express-News
Gas prices drive fuel-efficient car sales
Higher gasoline prices drove consumers toward more fuel-efficient choices but not out of the new vehicle market in Canada last month as many automakers reported improved and even record-breaking sales.
Published May 3, 2011.
Read more: CBC via Yahoo! Canada News
Ford posts $2.6B profit, driven by fuel-efficient cars
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. reported Tuesday its largest first-quarter profit in 13 years as the automaker benefited from a recovery in the global economy, a larger portfolio of fuel-efficient vehicles and consumers driving up prices by outfitting their cars with more features. The company reported a net income of…
Published Apr 26, 2011.
Read more: New York Post