Crossovers led the way for GM, with sales up 31%, the most out of all its vehicle types.

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The company is late in introducing flexible manufacturing, which allows production of three or more vehicle types on a single assembly line.

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Growth was pretty evenly split up among vehicle types, with passenger cars and trucks sales up 18% each and crossover sales up 17%.

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For many Toyota vehicle body types, this is the first time Sirius XM will become available as a standard feature.

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"I think the range of science questions that are there, and the methodologies and types of vehicle that we use to address that science, is going to follow very much the Mars model - we'll have one mission building on the success of another and exploring different questions, " he told BBC News.

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Much of the weakness in recent months has been in types of capital goods used heavily by the construction and motor vehicle industries, but we have seen some softening in the demand for other types of capital goods as well.

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Instead, it appeals to tech types who crave perfect picture quality and may not have the budget to purchase a German luxury vehicle on a whim.

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