November auto sales sink to worst level since 1982

Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 10:35 p.m. CST; updated 12:44 a.m. CST, Wednesday, December 3, 2008

NEW YORK — U.S. auto sales plunged 37 percent in November to their worst level in more than 26 years, dashing expectations that this dismal year for vehicle demand had found a bottom, and adding more ammunition to the Detroit automakers' case for a congressional lifeline.

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