, Columnist
Carmakers Get That 2009 Feeling
A synchronized slump in global sales forebodes a challenging future.
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The world's auto industry just hit a pothole.
Car sales in Western Europe fell 6.8 percent in April, their biggest drop since 2013, as a late Easter and the effects of tax changes sapped demand in the U.K., the region's second-biggest market.