Car sales in the US rise 24% last month as consumers warm to incentives




Heavy incentives drove U.S. auto sales to a 24 percent gain last month as the industry continued its comeback. Subaru, Nissan, Toyota and Ford paced the gains, and all but two automakers advanced as the industry tallied 1,066,339 light vehicles sales for the month.


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