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Archive Home > 2008 > November > 28 > Unsold foreign cars hog space at a U.S. port

Unsold foreign cars hog space at a U.S. port

Long Beach is becoming an auto warehouse as demand dwindles and inventories swell

By Matt Richtel / The Bulletin
November 28, 2008

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Gleaming new Mercedes-Benzes roll one by one out of a huge container ship here and onto a pier. Ordinarily the cars would be loaded on trucks within hours, destined for dealerships around the country. But these are not ordinary times.

For now, the port itself is....

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