US: Dull August puts 12m goal in doubt
Author: Bill Cawthon | 2 September 2010
Last month's sales were expected to pale next to August 2009 when dealers inventories were being stripped thanks to the federal government's "Cash for Clunkers" program. The unpleasant surprise was they also suffered next to July 2010's results.
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