September 11: New car sales spike, spark a turnaround (Chesterfield Observer)
September 12, 2013
Michael Shuck stands by the Ford Fusion Hybrid, staring at the silver car as he prepares to go for a test drive at Sheehy Ford on Midlothian Turnpike.
“This gets 47 miles per gallon,” said Shuck, who lives in Chester. “You feel frustrated you can’t control gas prices.”
He represents a trend toward brisk car buying that’s evident in Chesterfield County and nationally.
Across the country, car sales jumped 17 percent from August of last year to this August, according to The Wall Street Journal. In Virginia, sales for the period rose at the same level, says Mike Allen, a spokesman for the Virginia Automobile Dealers Association...