David Paddon, The Canadian Press TORONTO - Canadian sales of cars and light trucks, which had been holding up remarkably well for the most part in the first five months of 2008, took a sharp turn for the worse last month as the high price of gasoline cut demand for pickups, SUVs and gas guzzlers. General Motors of Canada, the country's biggest auto maker, reported a 23.8 per cent skid in overall June sales as the company sold a total of 32,365 cars and light trucks last month, down from 42,466 in June 2007. GM's truck sales were especially hard-hit, plunging more than 35 per cent compared with a year ago, while its Canadian passenger-car sales dropped 11.5 per cent to...
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