DAILY: Pent-up demand expected to push annualized sales rate to 13.4M | Domestics gained market share in California last year | VW to hike Passat output in Tenn., add 200 jobs

DAILY NEWSLETTER January 31, 2012

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2012 JANUARY U.S. AUTO SALES Pent-up demand expected to push annualized sales rate to 13.4M DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- Martha Patterson started selling real estate in the 1990s and replaced her car every five or six years until the housing market collapsed. Then she kept her Volkswagen Passat GLS for a decade, until last June. “I just ... >> story  Published: Jan 31 9:35 am U.S. Eastern time Advertisement Is Your Website Delivering Results? You can double the amount of high-quality leads your website generates with live chat. Find out what top ecommerce dealerships are doing to double leads. Click Here To Learn Exactly How Now. Domestics gained market share in California last year DETROIT -- Domestic automakers gained in the California new-vehicle market last year as Japanese automakers suffered disaster-related product shortages. Japanese automakers, hampered by product shortages the last three quarters after a March 11 ... >> story  Published: Jan 30 5:38 pm U.S. Eastern time VW to hike Passat output in Tenn., add 200 jobs Volkswagen AG plans to boost output of the VW Passat at its new plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., by 13 percent and add 200 jobs. The automaker will hike production of the redesigned Passat from 31 to 35 cars per hour. VW said the new jobs will be ... >> story  Published: Jan 31 3:50 pm U.S. Eastern time Follow Automotive News

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