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Oct 2, 2015

AUTOS & TRUCK SALES * USA: 18.3 million vehicles sales for September -- ** Canada: Sales grow 2.7 per cent

* Michigan / USA - Labor Day deals boost September auto sales
-- U.S. auto sales accelerated to a blistering pace in September as Labor Day holiday weekend deals sweetened results for the Detroit Three and put the overall auto industry in a position to achieve its best year of sales since 2000... General Motors Co., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Ford Motor Co. each posted double-digit percentage increases over a year ago as buyers splurged on pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles... They projected the overall sales pace for September will top 18 million vehicles on a seasonally adjusted annualized selling rate. GM’s forecast calls for a pace as high as 18.3 million vehicles for September, a level not seen since July 2005... Online car buying service TrueCar Inc. raised its 2015 sales forecast to 17.4 million light trucks and cars, saying sales growth for the rest of the year is “poised to remain vigorous.” If it bears out, that would be the highest yearly volume since 2000...
Detroit, MICH, USA - The WSJ, by ANNE STEELE And JEFF BENNETT - Oct. 1, 2015


** Ontario / Canada - Demand for light trucks helps Sept. auto sales grow 2.7 per cent

-- DesRosiers Automotive Consultants says demand for light trucks boosted auto sales 3.7 per cent last month compared with a year ago, making it the best September on record... Canadians snatched up a total of 174,337 light vehicles in September, up from 168,041 in the same period last year... Light truck sales rose 10.4 per cent to 111,357, while passenger car sales slipped 6.2 per cent to 62,980... Ford Canada came out on top, selling 28,214 light vehicles -- an increase of 3.9 per cent from September 2014. General Motors was in second place, with 24,960 vehicle sales, followed by Fiat Chrysler, which sold 24,007 light trucks and cars. DesRosiers says automakers are possibly on track for a record-setting year in Canada. Year-to-date, they have sold 1.5 million vehicles -- 2.5 per cent more than during the same period last year...
(Photo from AP, by Keith Srakocic - Clouds are reflected in the Ford sign at a dealership in Wexford, Pa., on Thursday, June 5, 2014)   --  Toronto, ONT, CAN - The Canadian Press/CTV News - October 1, 2015

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