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Ford's sales dropped 7.5% and GM plunged 12%. Chrysler was the star of the month, with sales growing 8% (Wall Street was expecting 5.4%).
Analysts are wondering whether this winter's bad weather proved a drag on auto sales. But either way, January was a big miss.
Still, some cars were hotter than others. We rounded up the best-selling cars (more than 15,000 units) of the month.