Auto sales reach highest level since February 2008

Seemingly unconcerned by an impending “fiscal cliff,” Americans bought 1.19 million vehicles in September. The number is the highest seasonally adjusted rate in more than four years, Autodata said. German and Japanese models were the biggest sellers. In its best September since 2007, Chrysler had its 30th straight month of year-over-year sales increases. (The New York Times/Detroit Free Press 10/2/12)