Shutdown Sends Shivers as Auto Sales Show Sustained Demand: Cars
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Business is booming at Beau Boeckmann’s Ford showroom in southern California, with buyers snapping up Fusion sedans they compare to Aston Martins. Just don’t ask how the government shutdown might influence sales.
“I don’t know with this government shutdown; now you’ve got me all freaked out,” Boeckmann said in an interview yesterday from his dealership in North Hills, California. “I don’t think it will have an impact on us unless it lingers on and starts affecting people personally.”