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| Buyers return and the sales go off |
| Stock of new cars becomes exhausted |
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More than 750.000 new cars and vans were exchanged inside the program “Money by his Old Edicts”, that it finished on Monday, the 24th with enormous success of sales. The concessionaires practically remained without the vehicles of major yield in his stock. photo: AP
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Washington Hispanic
Agencies
The buyers of motorcars and trucks were practically getting carried away the vehicles with such rapidity that General Motors Co. decided to raise the production for the rest of the year to satisfy the demand generated by the program called “Money for his Old Edicts”, that it finishes this Monday, the 31st of August.
Ford also announced the determination to raise the production in the fourth trimester in 33 per cent with regard to one year behind.
Sling Engine Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Hyundai Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC the same way communicated increases to the production due to the governmental program.
The concessionaires of exhausted, but grateful cars, observed how his business was remaining empty while consumers' waves were coming closer to get rid of his old models in the last weekend of the program Money for Scrap.
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The models Fusion (in the photo) and Focus de Ford increased his sales in the last trimester and put itself in the first places of sales of the program “Money for his Old Edict”. Photo: AP
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“ Our concessionaires were asking loudly for more vehicles”, admitted Mark LaNeve, vice-president of sales of GM for the United States.
The effervescent rhythm of the program of refund the consumer for 3.000 million dollars intensified moreover during his last weekend, after which the government was announcing that the night would finish it of Monday, the 24th, the two weeks before the awaited thing.
But the buys wave must continue in the next weeks, perhaps with other incentives. For example, GM announced on Tuesday, the 18th the incorporation of 60.000 vehicles to his production agenda in third and the fourth trimesters, as well as the reinstatement of 1.350 fired persons.
The production will come to 535.000 vehicles, quantity that is equivalent to a 35 per cent increase with regard to the second depressed trimester, while the production in the last three months of the year will raise another 20 per cent.
Many concessionaires kept on selling so many cars as it was possible before Monday, the 24th, although problems took Sling Civic as the absence of some models of big yield, like Ford Focus, Toyota Corolla, Nissan Altima and Chevrolet Cobalt supported by the program.
Ford announced that his compact Focus was the most popular option between all the marks chosen by the consumers who were changing his cars inside the program “Money into Old Edicts”, increasing the sales in 44 per cent, compared to last year. Toyota filled the vacancies 2, 4 and 5 with his models Corolla, Prius and Camry; and the Sling achieved the number 3 with the Civic.
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| Toyota stops production of convertible |
| The Sun puts itself for Solara |
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Due to a sharp declination on the market, Toyota decided to stop the production of the convertible Solara.
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Our spies in Japan inform that the once popular convertible one of Toyota escaped to the guillotine in last summer, but this time will not be lucky. Due to a sharp declination on the market, Toyota decided to stop the production of the convertible Solara. The above mentioned manufacturer had stopped the production of the vehicle in December after the strong fall of the American market, but with the intention of resuming the line of the convertible Solara when it was raising the demand in the spring, generally favorable period for the convertible. But since the market of the convertible ones does not give any progress sample, Toyota turned out to be forced to cancel completely the vehicle. Last year, Toyota had sold 16.163 units of the convertible Solara. The general sales of convertible have fallen down 8 per cent from 2004.
| His first victory after 5 years |
| Ghana Barrichello |
Paul Logothetis
Valencia, Spain / AP
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Rubens Barrichello (right), of Brazil, consoles the Briton Lewis Hamilton, who lost the first position in Valencia (Spain), on Sunday, the 23rd.
Photo: Víctor R. Caivano / AP
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A costly McLaren-Mercedes error in the boxes allowed to Rubens Barrichello to deprive the first place to Lewis Hamilton and rise with the victory in the Big Award of Europe that him takes in the struggle for the Formula one world cup.
The Brazilian Barrichello, of the racing team Brawn, celebrated in the street circuit of Valencia the tenth victory of his career and the first one in five years.
For it it was provided with a stroke of luck. When 20 returns were missing by the end, the McLaren mechanics delayed more of the account in the garages to the Briton Hamilton.
The delay – a few fatidical six seconds - prevented Hamilton from obtaining his second consecutive victory, one that had been from top to top.
On the other hand, Barrichello ended up by being raised in the highest of the podium and suddenly he injects emotion to a world cup that up to little seemed in the sure hands of his partner Jenson Button.
With 37 years, the Brazilian is the most veteran pilot of the broiler and it was not celebrating a victory since it did it in the GP of China in September, 2004 when he was still competing with Ferrari.
Button ended seventh in Valencia, with what his advantage at the head of the world cup was dwarfed to 18 points over his partner Barrichello.
" It is going to be a good fight", supported Barrichello. "But at least it will be a just struggle between both”, he added.
Hamilton ended second, this time passes of Ferrari of the Finn Kimi Raikkonen, after having begun the career in the privilege position.
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