...accounted for 17 percent of sales in October. The decline is "purely the recall," said Art Spinella, an industry analyst with CNW Marketing/Research in Bandon, Ore. "The real problem is that people still associate Firestones and Ford. Ford has not yet...

...peter out. "The average discount on a new car in the first half of June was $3,718," said Art Spinella, vice president of CNW Research, a Bandon, Ore., market research company that tracks auto industry incentive spending. There's a little hitch...

...which have resulted in more than 100 deaths in the United States and abroad. A new survey of 2,800 prospective SUV buyers by CNW Marketing/Research of Bandon, Ore., shows that Ford's approval rating for its handling of the tire recall dropped from...

...sets and the attacks raised new fears about the state of the economy. Sales bottomed out Friday, said analyst Art Spinella of CNW Marketing/Research in Bandon, Ore., drawing on data from dealers and insurers. Researchers at J.D. Power & Associates...

...industry analysts who expect the new warning to have little effect. ''It will not impact sales,'' said Art Spinella of CNW Marketing Research in Bandon, Ore. ''There are enough stories out there now about friends of friends surviving a severe accident...