August auto sales slacked off July's speed, according to Automotive News. Hurricane Irene and dropping consumer confidence are primarily at fault. Source for this article: August auto sales fall below expectations, post-Irene Not an uptick in econo-my yet Vehicle makers ended up cutting back sales of cars and trucks by 900,000 from 2011 and 2012 estimates, as shown in a Bloomberg survey of August vehicle sales. The Congressional Spending budget ...