A quick review of our automotivechart below seems to indicate a cooling ofvehicle sales performance in the U.S.However, according to an article in the WallStreet Journal November sales increasedby 1.4% over the same month last year andkept sales on pace to challenge the recordfor the year set in 2000. More importantlyfor steel and for pipe and tube, the mix ofvehicles sold in November was weightedheavily toward vehicles classified as lighttrucks. According to one source, theselarger, more steel intensive vehiclesrepresented 59% of overall sales inNovember and about 75% of sales from theDetroit auto makers.
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