Some raised, some lowered, but all with mileage in mind
Detroit's automen tooted last week that they intend to raise production in the first quarter by about 7.5% over the high levels of a year ago and that this should help keep the economy humming along. But while Americans are buying a lot of cars, they are also buying too many big, fuel-thirsty models, and the auto marketers are trying to swing sales toward smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles.
So the auto companies are increasing prices for large, luxurious highway cruisers and holding them steady or reducing them for smaller cars. This week General...