Auto dealers face course of economic obstacles in 2005

When you talk about cars in Larimer and Weld counties, sales in 2004 proceeded at a steady pace, but typically stayed under the speed limit.
Now it?s 2005 that has everyone checking their speedometers.
?With the dealers in the metro-area, Denver, they were slightly ahead, thanks to trucks,? said Bill Barrow, president of the Colorado Automotive Dealers? Association in Denver, a trade association. ?If it weren?t for the trucks?ehh,? he said, making a sound that indicated what increase there was would have been wiped out.
Colorado Auto Outlook, a publication by Barrow?s organization, shows just what the numbers are: Larimer…