On the positive side, automobile sales surged last year.

从正面来说，去年汽车销量的确大幅上升。

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Revenue fell 18% to 15.6 billion euros as automobile sales dropped 30%.

由于汽车销售下降了30%，公司当季收入减少18%，为156亿欧元。

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Shopping bag idea and design for Hurriyetoto.com, a major automobile sales web site of Turkey.

为土耳其重要的汽车销售网站Hurriyetoto.com设计的购物袋

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The month of February brought good news for the automobile sector as car sales jumped 22 percent, reversing four months of declining sales.

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Such a recession would hit interest-sensitive sectors the hardest: residential housing, commercial construction and automobile sales.

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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.

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