New car sales in fast lane
Sales over the Thanksgiving weekend may have been a disappointment for the nation's retailers, but they were a boon for the automakers, lifting their U.S. sales for November to the best rate since before the recession.
The company said its November passenger car sales, helped by gains in its Fiesta subcompact and Fusion sedan, were its best since 2002.
Sales gains for Chrysler, which introduced its new Jeep Cherokee in October, were the best of the Detroit automakers, up 16 percent for Chrysler's 44th consecutive month of year-over-year sales growth and its best November sales in six years.