The Administration says the bill would force the auto makers to sell smaller, less safe cars.

The auto maker sold 146,503 trucks in July, up 9 percent from levels a year earlier.

The auto maker now sells 51 models, compared with 38 in 1996.

To date, the makers have sold only a half a million units since the machines were introduced in 1998.

The previous August record was set in 1996, when the auto maker sold 186,306 vehicles.

American makers sell roughly 9 out of every 10 mini-vans.

And yet the maker has sold twelve of the little buggers at three million each.

For all of February, auto makers sold 625,424 imported and domestic cars, down 13.3 percent from last year.

The domestic makers sold 303,202 trucks, down 26.8 percent.

In 1977, all the makers sold an estimated 500,000 units, with half of them believed to be Cuisinarts.