61.   While Ford auto sales were a bit disappointing, truck sales for the company and the industry as a whole were respectable.

62.   While Pontiac car sales were off slightly from a year ago, GMC truck sales were strong, he said.

63.   While the car decline was expected, truck sales fell more than analysts projected.

64.   Yoshizawa said truck sales in Japan should slow in the second half of the year as the effect of the new emissions controls wears off.

65.   Analysts meeting Thursday at the New York International Auto Show said car and truck sales may start leveling off in the next year.

66.   Both truck sales and car sales increased in the year.

67.   But the strategy backfired when truck sales declined sharply last summer, creating a glut of new and used trucks.

68.   Furthermore, the slowdown in the domestic construction industry has resulted in a reduction in truck tyre sales.

69.   GM officials said the company had exceptionally strong truck sales last September, which made the comparison look worse than it was.

70.   Growth in trucks sales was spoiled by dismal results in car operations, keeping overall operating profit nearly flat between the years.