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"More Cars Than Drivers in U.S.    The typical American family has more vehicles than licensed drivers, The Associated Press reported, citing Bureau of Transportation Statistics reports.   There are 107 million U.S. households, each with an average of 1.9 cars, trucks or sport-utility vehicles and 1.8 drivers, according to the statistics. That equals 204 million vehicles and 191 million drivers. Just 8 percent of U.S. households don&amp;#039;t have cars.   The last time the survey was conducted, in 1995, those numbers were equal.   The story gave several reasons for the &amp;quot;proliferation of vehicles,&amp;quot; including: more families with two breadwinners driving separately to work, more teens with cars, more families with recreational or weekend vehicles, and longer-lasting automobiles.   In addition, the Transportation Department survey of 60,000 people, conducted in 2001 and 2002, found 91 percent of people who commute use their own cars or trucks. Of all personal vehicles, 57 percent are cars or station wagons, 21 percent vans or sport-utility vehicles and 19 percent light trucks.   More facts and figures from the study:   Americans take 1.1 billion trips daily, averaging 40 miles per person. Most daily trips are made on Friday, the fewest on Sunday. Of all daily trips, 45 percent are for shopping and errands, 27 percent are social and recreational and 15 percent are commutes.   Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics    Toyota Rolls Toward Number One Status   will likely sell more passenger cars in the United States this year than Chevrolet and Ford, The Associated Press reported.   Through July, Toyota, excluding its luxury brand, sold 520,991 cars in the United States, about 20,000 more than Ford and nearly 47,000 more than Chevy, General Motors top-selling brand.   Despite Toyota&amp;#039;s gains, U.S. automakers still dominate the overall domestic vehicle market, the story said. That&amp;#039;s because where trucks and sport-utility vehicles are bigger sellers than cars, but Detroit&amp;#039;s Big Three have seen market share declines this year.   For the first seven months of 2003, GM&amp;#039;s U.S. market share was 27.6 percent, down from 28.5 percent a year ago, the AP said, citing Autodata Corp. Ford was at 19.6 percent, down from 20 percent. Chrysler fell to 13.2 percent from 13.5 percent.   Meanwhile, through July, Toyota&amp;#039;s overall U.S. market share was 11 percent, up from 10.4 percent, and Honda was at 8.2 percent, well ahead of its 7.1 percent share a year earlier.   GM Considers Another New Truck   General Motors says it is considering production of a new model truck or truck parts at its Shreveport, La., manufacturing facility, Dow Jones Newswires reported.   GM has recently invested more than $800 million at the Shreveport plant to prepare it for the production of its new mid-size pickup trucks, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, which are scheduled to go on sale in November.   GM is studying a &amp;quot;potential future product development&amp;quot; at the site that goes beyond its current capabilities. However, a GM spokesman added, &amp;quot;But no decisions have been made yet and I can&amp;#039;t speculate on when.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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