2006-09
30 09:43:04Lower gas prices may help auto sales
DETROIT (AFX) - When Nelson Ropke recently replaced his Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle with a Chrysler Pacifica crossover, gasoline prices were top-of-mind. The Grosse Pointe lawyer is a typical buyer still smarting from post-Katrina $3-per-gallon prices, but some analysts and dealers say they're seeing fewer people like him since pump prices subsided in the later part of September. For more information and to contact AFX: www.afxnews.com and www.afxpress.com