Fisker Karma fire in Texas garage being probed by NHTSA

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Ford starts taking orders for C-Max Hybrid

Ford says the long-awaited Ford C-Max Hybrid is now available for order. Ford said today that the C-Max, with a base price of $25, ... >> story
12:27 pm U.S. ET | May 17

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Ford is shipping Focus Electric to dealers

8:23 am U.S. ET | May 19

Ford will start shipping its first electric passenger car to dealers this weekend, people familiar with the matter said. About 350 Focus Electric cars will be sent to 67 ... Read More »

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Economy in U.S. buoyed with autos spurring glass-to-steel growth

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 19

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Toyota, riding U.S. sales recovery, to expand V6 production

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GM to Volt owners: To the moon!

3:44 pm U.S. ET | May 18

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North America car and truck production - 05/21/2012

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North America car and truck production
	5/14-	5/1-	1/1-	1/1-
	5/19/12†	5/19/12†	5/19/12†	5/21/11
Ford Mustang	2,443	6,817	39,777	27,811
Mazda Mazda6	903	2,488	24,258	13,864
AUTOALLIANCE	3,346	9,305	64,035	41,675
X3 (trk.)	3,085	8,655	59,521	43,558
X5 (trk.)	2,200	6,169	46,140	40,704
X6 (trk.)	944	2,724	18,740	17,623
BMW MFG. CORP.‡	6,229	17,548	124,401	101,885

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Certified used-vehicles sales, April & YTD

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	April	April	4 mos.	4 mos.
	2012	2011	2012	2011
BMW division	5,983	8,147	24,693	31,104
Mini	253	194	882	682
BMW GROUP	6,236	8,341	25,575	31,786
Chrysler	1,665	3,141	8,049	10,843
Dodge	4,270	3,712	18,397	14,417
Fiat	8	-	17	-
Jeep	2,668	3,401	12,429	12,892

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Customer Incentives

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Estimated Europe registrations by make, April & YTD

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U.S. medium & heavy truck sales, April & YTD

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North America car and truck production - 05/14/2012

Sample data:

North America car and truck production
	5/7-	April	1/1-	1/1-
	5/12†/12†	total	5/12†/12†	5/14/11
Ford Mustang	2,434	9,737	37,341	25,697
Mazda Mazda6	0	3,305	21,770	13,430
AUTOALLIANCE	2,434	13,042	59,111	39,127
X3 (trk.)	3,127	11,949	56,487	41,082
X5 (trk.)	2,231	9,226	43,980	38,440
X6 (trk.)	1,065	3,443	17,926	16,729
BMW MFG. CORP.‡	6,423	24,618	118,393	96,251