11.   Auto analysts, however, said Ford was still suffering from waste in its programs to develop new vehicles.

12.   Auto industry analysts have been expecting Chrysler and other automakers to cut back their aggressive production schedules.

13.   Auto industry analysts, however, caution that say these new cars could cannibalize sales of more expensive models one size bigger.

14.   Auto analysts predict that it will show only a small gain from a year ago, when Ford dealerships profited from the lack of inventory at rival GM dealerships.

15.   Auto analysts were skeptical that GM could sell so many vehicles in the first quarter without cutting prices or increasing rebates and cut-rate loans.

16.   Auto analysts doubted steelmakers would get the full increase they requested.

17.   Auto analysts look at these figures and want the strikes to end with an acknowledgment by the UAW that GM is in trouble.

18.   Auto analysts say most of that growth will come at the expense of European automakers such as Renault and Volkswagen AG.

19.   Auto industry analysts say the luxury car market is softening, not collapsing.

20.   A different strategy by GM last month may have hurt DaimlerChrysler sales, said David Healy, an auto analyst with Burnham Securities Inc. in New York.