English term
unsold vehicles rushed to market in response to soaring gasoline prices
"Domestic and foreign auto manufacturers remain cautious about boosting production. Memories remain fresh, especially among U.S. manufacturers, of *unsold vehicles rushed to market in recent years in response to soaring gasoline prices*."
The second sentence confuses me - were vehicles rushed to market *because* of soaring gasoline prices? I assume that that higher gas prices would drive down car sales. Or could it be that those cars were rushed to market (perhaps at a discount) for fear of even higher gas prices, to avoid build-ups in inventories?
All ideas welcome! Thanks!
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Responses
United States
Was nicht ist, kann noch werden.
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
The boosted production of "high mileage" cars and shipped them to market
My thought from the USA.
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Note added at 22 mins (2009-08-12 16:12:08 GMT)
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That should read "TheY boosted production ..."
| this does seem to be a valid interpretation. This would explain why manufacturers are reluctant to increase output - the prospects for car sales - even higher mileage ones - remain gloomy . |
Spain
BSc, MA, DipTrans
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, Hungarian to English, English, and 1 more.
in response to = because of
| then why pump more cars into the market? |
| agree |
kmtext
: Therefore manufacturers tried to get as many vehicles as possible sold before fuel prices went up even more and further depressed sales.
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| agree |
Judith Hehir
: Yes, but "in response to" is perfectly idiomatic
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Agree. In fact, 'in response to' is better than 'because of'.
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Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
due to
Due to the rising gasoline prices, the manufacturers didn't want any unsold cars left as an inventory.
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Rolf Keiser
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Thank you Goldcoaster
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Judith Hehir
: This works, too.
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Thank you Judith
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more and more unsold vehicles piling up in the market as a result of soaring gasoline prices
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writeaway
: most natural sounding suggestion (so far)
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Thank you!
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Trudy Peters
: Yes. The had been rushed to market, but remained unsold in response to the higher gas prices. The wording of the sentence is rather confusing.
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Thank you!
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Tina Vonhof (X)
: and with Trudy.
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Thank you!
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...as a reaction to soaring gasoline prices...
e360.yale.edu/content/topic.msp?id=55 - En caché - Similares
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Note added at 38 mins (2009-08-12 16:27:37 GMT)
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Nov 2005 ... There was a rush to get things built while buyers could still qualify. .... By the time the hurricanes hit, gasoline prices were soaring and SUV sales .... Pine Brothers was eagerly awaiting the public's reaction to what they ...... By the beginning of March there were still over 40 unsold units. ...
www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/.../1123.html - En caché - Similares
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Note added at 38 mins (2009-08-12 16:28:15 GMT)
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When gasoline prices plunged early this year, sales of hybrid-electric vehicles went .... "Nobody wants to support an Obama company," Rush Limbaugh told his ...... intent for Hyundai vehicles to soar 15 percent during initial reaction to the .... day Friday, in an effort to keep inventories of unsold vehicles from ...
www.autoobserver.com/business/ - En caché - Similares
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Note added at 38 mins (2009-08-12 16:28:27 GMT)
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Saludos
eski
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