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Big pickup sales rise 3% despite overall plunge in sales

GM posted its best first-quarter full-size pickup sales in 13 years after rolling out no-interest financing on seven-year loans. While sales dried up at dealerships around much of the country starting in mid-March, there was far less disruption in states such as Texas, Florida and Georgia.
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By:
Vince Bond Jr.
April 06, 2020 04:00 AM

Big pickups helped pull the Detroit 3 through the early weeks of a crisis that has shuttered plants and kept many would-be buyers at home.

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