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Junkers get new lives south of the border: ; Sales of new cars have stalled in Mexico because of influx of old, imported cars from United States
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - While some Americans are congratulating
themselves on switching to fuel-sipping cars, their old gas guzzlers
just won't die. U.S. trade policy is giving them new life south of
the border.
Thousands of used vehicles from as far away as Colorado and
Missouri jam tiny car lots and auto salvage yards in this gritty
border city. An estimated 25,000 families make a living here
hustling U.S. castoffs. Among them is Jose Zavala, a used-car dealer
with a trucker's cap a...
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