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"Our concerns with growing domestic inventories and the fact that consumers are becoming numb to a $2,000 average sales incentive have led us to lower our North American production forecast to 16.1 million units for 2003," said Jeff Schuster, director of North American forecasting at J.D. Power and Associates.
"With a slowdown in sales going into being the primary driver, we expect production to be down nearly 350,000 units, or 4 percent, in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2002. The lost volume will not be shared equally among producers, as new model activity at Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi will drive their production volume higher in
2003."
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Chocolate
Caramel Pecan Cheesecake
2 cups cookie crumbs
6 Tbsp. butter
1 bag (14 ounces) caramels
1 can (15 ounces) evaporated milk
1 cup chopped pecans
2 pkg. (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
Preheat oven to 350F. Mix crumbs and butter, press onto bottom
and sides of 9-inch spring form pan. Bake 10 minutes.
Microwave caramels and milk in small bowl on high for 4 - 5
minutes or until
melted, stirring every minute. Pour over crust. Top with pecans.
Beat cream cheese and sugar until well blended. Add eggs, one at a
time,
mixing well after each addition. Blend in chocolate and vanilla.
Pour
over pecans.
Place pan on cookie sheet.
Bake 45 minutes. Loosen cake from rim of pan, cool before removing
rim
of pan. Keep refrigerated. Garnish with whipped cream.
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