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The article focuses on the conditions of the automobile industry around the world as of August 2009. Forecasters predict a total of 9.7 million units of cars, pickups and sports utility vehicles will be sold in the U.S. in 2009 and 11 million units in 2010. General Motors is planning to double its car sales in China in the next five years by selling two million units. All automobile manufacturers have signed up for the U.S. national fuel economy standard that will mandate a 35.5-miles per gallon average fuel by 2016.