Such a recession would hit interest-sensitive sectors the hardest: residential housing, commercial construction and automobile sales.
We believe heavyweight motorcycle sales in China can easily overtake Japan just as luxury automobile sales in China have overtaken Japan.
Because the company depends heavily on distribution through automobile sales from companies like Ford, General Motors and Toyota, the economic downturn took a heavy toll.
The truck share in overall U.S. automobile sales mix is declining, and macro economic factors such as housing, construction and capital investments which influence truck demand also remain muted.
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Passenger automobile sales are surging, indicating renewed consumer confidence.
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Americans are shying away from oil-consuming activities and are considering how they use their oil, as evidenced by a May in which Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler all experienced significant declines in automobile sales.
According to the National Association of Realtors, the sale of previously owned houses rose 7.9 percent in August, reaching a two year high while automobile sales in September came in just south of 14.9 million, the best since 2008.
Both he and Mr. Mathur said they are hoping for the government to announce measures such as a reduction in vehicle tax rates, as well as increased spending on infrastructure in the forthcoming federal budget to revive automobile sales in India.
Sirius XM continues to benefit from new automobile and vehicle sales.
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers expects car sales to drop for the first time in a decade in this fiscal year ending March 31.
Corning's close relationship with Detroit, growing from its business of making automobile headlamps, has led to sales of ceramics for auto-emission-control devices.
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers Monday said that car sales in India will decline during the current financial year through March 31 due to slowing economic growth, high fuel prices and interest rates.
Brembo's total sales increased 10.7% last year, far outpacing the 7.8% drop in car sales across Europe shown by European Automobile Manufacturers' Association figures.
Retail banking, automobile dealerships, hospitals, with Lexmark's sales and profits growing with each industry it conquered.
Separate figures released by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association on Monday showed Mitsubishi Motor's domestic sales in October were 49.8% lower than year-earlier.
"What we are seeing now is demand shrinkage, " said Vishnu Mathur, director general at the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, an industry lobby group which announces monthly auto sales data.
Israeli automobile experts said that Mr. Agassi raised expectations with overly aggressive sales predictions and rollout timetables.
Last week, France's Peugeot-Citroen reported a 16.5% fall in sales worldwide, blaming "the crisis affecting the European automobile market".
The National Automobile Dealers Association estimates service and parts made up 12% of dealer sales last year--but 47% of profits.
The Society of Automobile Manufacturers, an industry body, last month forecast India's car sales this fiscal year to decline for the first time in a decade.
Beijing Ben Ao An Da Automobile Driving Service, which hires out chauffeurs, said it expects to boost sales by about 60 percent this year as a result of the tougher law, which went into effect on May 1.
Increasingly, the customer service representative, tech support, or sales person you call at such companies as Carnival, the American Automobile Association, and Time Warner may be a stay at home mom in Missouri, a layoff victim in Florida, or an accountant in Pennsylvania who needs more hours now that tax season has ended.
In the 12 months to 31 March, sales dipped 6.7% from the previous year, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
Considering we are an automobile dependent culture, I thought that was too low and predicted recovery to a still poor year of sales at 12 million.
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Last week, Peugeot Citroen reported worldwide sales down 16.5% for 2012, which it blamed on "the crisis affecting the European automobile market".
Ford competes with automobile makers like Daimler, Honda, GM and Toyota that are trying to recoup losses from a drop in sales during the recession.
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