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OccasionalCar adds 17th car share vehicle in Denver Colorado(0)

April 23, 2011
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OccasionalCar's 17th car share vehicle in Denver Colorado

OccasionalCar has added its 17th car in Denver, Colorado this past week.  Since its founding in March of 2009, OccasionalCar has grown considerably when it started with only 2 cars and 12 members.  To date, the service has over 900 members sharing 17 cars in the City of Denver.  The company seems to prefer the Toyota Yaris as it's fleet vehicle.

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Toyota Sales up 24% in April 2010

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2010 Toyota Camry

Toyota Motor Company reported sales increased by 24% in April 2010 compared to one year ago.  However, sales were down by 16% compared to March 2010 and were much lower than forecasts as high as a 39% increase.

Overall US sales were up about 20% compared to 2009, but again were down 8% compared to March.

Chrysler sales up 25% in April 2010

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Chrysler Sales up 25% in April 2010

Chrysler reported sales that were 25% higher than the same month a year ago.  Sales at Jeep were flat from a year ago, car model sales doubled, whiles sales of light trucks and minvans fell by 22%.

Chrysler was the only major auto maker whose sales exceeded forecasts, which were predicted at 11% to 19% year over year growth.

Ford Reports surprise $2.1 Billion Profit in Q1 2010

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2010 Ford Fusion

Ford Motor Company announced a better than expected profit from the first quarter of 2010 with a $2.1 billion profit.  Ford reported that revenue had increased by 15% in the quarter with $28.1 billion in revenue.  The first quarter results were a size able improvement from the first quarter of 2009 when the company experienced a loss of $1.4 billion.

Ford reported that strong sales of the Fusion, F-150, Taurus and Focus were partially responsible for the improved results.  Ford's market share improved by 2.7 percentage points in the first quarter to 16.6% of all US auto sales.


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