In order to accommodate Shanghai VW and the 30 component suppliers who have already signed up for sites, the city fathers expanded the Yizheng zone that is devoted to the auto industry from 20 square kilometers to its present size of 38.9 square kilometers.

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At the North American International Auto Show in Detroit 2, 400 reporters hushed as video screens the size of tractor trailers flooded their vision.

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While high fuel prices would logically make smaller and more efficient models in greater demand, and thus demand higher prices, NADA says that used full-size pickups are commanding premium prices these days, with depreciation at about half the rate of the average auto, due in part to the healthier housing and construction sectors.

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