21.   But auto analysts say that sport utility pickups are not different enough from sport utility vehicles and pickups to prompt Americans to flock to dealerships.

22.   But auto industry analysts said those factors were not enough to account for what they called surprisingly weak margins.

23.   But auto industry analysts said they were worried that Chrysler would stagger under the debt of the takeover.

24.   But auto industry analysts say those estimates are too pessimistic.

25.   But some auto analysts worried that those gains were not coming quickly enough.

26.   By then, most auto analysts predict that new car demand will have slackened.

27.   Comments by U.S. officials that Japan is relying too heavily on exports are making Japanese automakers nervous, said Peter Boardman, an auto analyst at UBS Securities Ltd.

28.   Comments by U.S. officials that Japan is relying too heavily on exports is making Japanese automakers nervous, said Peter Boardman, an auto analyst at UBS Securities Ltd.

29.   Credit Suisse First Boston has lost the auto analyst Nicholas J. Colas to SAC Capital Management, which he joined as a portfolio manager.

30.   David Bradley, an auto analyst with J.P. Morgan, said that those comments made it unlikely that the GM board would take any big steps on Monday.