91.   Foreign automakers suffered serious setback in their sales in Japan because of the sales tax hike earlier this month, a Japanese auto importers association said Wednesday.

92.   Foreign automakers also reported record August sales.

93.   Foreign automakers also reported strong growth, too, including Mitsubishi Motors Corp., which reported its best U.S. sales month in history.

94.   Foreign automakers also reported mixed results.

95.   Foreign automakers also are winning customers in a market segment where they had never seriously competed in the past.

96.   Foreign automakers continued to post better results than the domestics.

97.   Greenpeace said a medium-sized foreign automaker, whom it would not name, has been cooperating with it on an eco-car design.

98.   He also noted that competition from foreign automakers is helping keep prices in check.

99.   He said foreign automakers resort to costlier measures, such as dredging the ocean bottom.

100.   If Ford goes ahead with its plans, it would be the first foreign automaker to install itself in the northeast.