{"id":1735,"date":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.njstateauto.com\/general-auto-news\/pickup-sales-pick-up\/"},"modified":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-14T00:00:00","slug":"pickup-sales-pick-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/blog\/pickup-sales-pick-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickup sales pick up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dealers across the country are reporting an increase in pickup sales, a sign that the economy is recovering because Americans aren&#8217;t as worried about gas prices and small business are buying the vehicles to transport goods.<\/p>\n<p>Sales of pickup trucks hit 151,000 last month, a whopping 19 percent increase over last year, according to the Associated Press. Many of those sales were full-size models, popular vehicles among contractors and builders.<\/p>\n<p>John Blevins of Kentucky recently bought a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/preowned\/index.cfm?make=Ford\" class=\"dnautolink\">Ford<\/a> F-150 XL for his heating and air company. It was a purchase he had been putting off for awhile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the last two to three years, we downsized quite a bit,&#8221; he told the news source. &#8220;We were holding off on buying anything new because we didn&#8217;t know what was going to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pickups are useful vehicles for their safety, towing capacity, and large storage space. Small business owners who are interested in purchasing a pickup for their company would do well to look at used models such as the Ford F-150, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/preowned\/index.cfm?make=Honda\" class=\"dnautolink\">Honda<\/a> Ridgeline, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njstateauto.com\/preowned\/index.cfm?make=Toyota\" class=\"dnautolink\">Toyota<\/a> Tundra. Buying used can save the company money while also providing it with a reliable vehicle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealers across the country are reporting an increase in pickup sales, a sign that the economy is recovering because Americans aren&#8217;t as worried about gas prices and small business are buying the vehicles to transport goods. 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