And this is why Im still asking for a clarification which metric is being used by the articles you two pump monkeys are posting. There's waaaay too much subjective terminology going on in this thread.
So we're engaging in hypotheticals now. Here's mine. Say I had 100 cars and sold 20. I didn't order any more but the manufacturer sent me another 100 anyway since Im contractually obligated to take them. Manufacturer claims 200 sales. I claim 20. WSJ calls the manufacturer for comment, not me, and manufacturer claims "brisk new vehicle sales", which gets printed.Say I had 100 cars and sold 50. End of month I have 50 cars left. I order 100 more but sell 60. My inventory is now 90 at the end of month which is higher but my sales also increased.
See my point?
I caught that line you bolded but then realized that the article mostly undercuts both you and Jordan's arguments (incentives are killing what little profit margins exist, thus the investing angle of the auto industry is worrisome), plus there's no source for the "brisk sales" comment.Check this out:
http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance...to-start-dying
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