1.   Profits at auto makers and other exporters could be tarnished by a weaker dollar against the yen.

2.   The auto maker said the pact will permit better matching of output and demand.

3.   All three domestic auto makers set November records for sales of pickups, mini-vans, and sport utility vehicles.

4.   Although competitive threats were stirring, the auto makers were complacent.

5.   Amerigon said it had delivered prototypes of the sensors to United States, European and Asian auto makers.

6.   Among those on the list for partial or complete privatization were the auto maker Renault and the insurance company, Assurances Generales de France.

7.   American auto makers, meanwhile, have continued raising prices.

8.   Americans want to drive large vehicles, and big vehicles will always outweigh smaller vehicles, the auto makers have said.

9.   Among leading auto makers, only Daewoo Motors Co. was unaffected.

10.   American sales of Japanese auto makers surged in June, lifting total car and light truck sales for the month despite a weaker performance by the Big Three.