(02-27) 06:20 PST DETROIT (AP) -- Auto sales are growing so fast that Detroit can barely keep up. Three years after the U.S. auto industry nearly collapsed, sales of cars and trucks are surging. Sales could exceed 14...
Stories Related to Detroit Automakers Race To Keep Up With Sales
By TOM KRISHER, AP Auto Writer, San Francisco Chronicle: Business
Mon, 02/27/2012 - 7:20am
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