February Auto Sales Strong

February auto industry sales were improved due to strong demand for pickups and SUVs.

With sales of over 50,000, the Chevrolet Silverado saw a jump of 17 percent over last February, while Ford sold almost 69,000 SUV’s – a record for February.

However, Ford’s overall performance was down 4 percent because of a 24 percent drop in car sales.

Both General Motors and Nissan had sales gains of 4 percent.