Car Companies Surprise Themselves With Sales at Auto Show

Posted from Royal Oak, Michigan--

Motown is abuzz with the opening of the 2008 North American International Auto Show. 

The really big news, however, is that the automobile manufacturers actually sold a few cars during the Auto Show's first luxury night.  Mark Phelan and Kimberly Lifton of the Detroit News report that industry executives were as surprised as anyone when 10 or 12 cars worth a total of $3 million or more were sold that evening. 

Isn't it ironic that car companies are starved for sales, but didn't expect to sell any automobiles at the premier industry event of the year? 

To put luxury car sales in perspective, Lamborghini sold 2,406 cars worldwide in 2007, while the Ford F-series truck sold 1,892 units per day.  I guess Lam is on its way to making quota this year.

Excited car company executives are said to be giddy with the prospect of "selling cars again like this next year!"

You think?