Articles tagged with: car sales
Jeep advances across the European continent.
In 2011, Jeep U.S. sales rose by 44 percent in a market that saw gains of 10 percent for the year. Even more impressive was Jeep’s rise in Europe where …
Aged fleet may signal a pent up demand for new cars.
The average age of cars that take to our nation’s roads is now 10.8 years according to Polk, an automotive data and marketing company. That …
New vehicle sales continue upward bound.
The last time new car retails sales topped one million units in a month the federal government was pushing its “cash for clunkers” program. That program artificially inflated sales, but …
2011 L.A. Auto Show debut for updated Flex.
Ford’s boxy Flex crossover has defied the odds and is soldiering on despite some reports that this vehicle will be discontinued. Flex sales are down by more than …
Auto industry receives a pleasant 8 percent sales bump.
Chrysler, General Motors and Ford enjoyed double-digit sales increases in August 2011, rising 28, 18 and 11 percent, respectively. The three traditional U.S. automakers were behind a …
Minivan price cut aids GM in China.
General Motors sells more vehicles in China than it does in the United States, relying on the former to help it move past Toyota to once again become the …
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc., has taken a big step toward winning back customers by rolling out a complimentary maintenance service for Toyota and Scion buyers. The free service plan, which is for two years …
Automaker Suzuki, by far the smallest of the manufacturers from Japan, is planning to stay put in the United States despite seeing sales tumble by more than 60 percent in recent years.
American Suzuki Motor Corp. …
Surveying 2009 automobile sales figures and you can understand if some manufacturers are feeling anxiety over how their respective brands have performed of late. At the same time, December’s U.S. car sales rose by 15.1 …
When the December selling period for US car sales comes to a close on January 4, 2010, there should be some good news to report. In fact, if J.D. Power and Associates projections are correct, …
How is this for an amazing bit of news?
Bankrupt General Motors, which has been losing market share like crazy since last year, nearly beat out Toyota during the first half of this year for global …
If there is one company who consistently brings forth products that car buyers want and at quality levels that are unsurpassed, then that company would be Toyota. Toyota’s reputation for building benchmark setting vehicles is …
They’ve been putting it off for months, perhaps years, but the inevitable seems to have arrived: General Motors should file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Yesterday, the automaker disclosed that they lost $9.6 billion in the
fourth …
Though 2008 ended five days ago, sales for the year (and the month of December) were calculated through January 2, 2009. In times past, dealers were routinely closed on New Year’s Day, but most automaker …
Domestic US car sales numbers are in and the information is downright ugly. For the first time in more than fifteen years, monthly sales dropped below one million units, a far cry from the heady …
When it comes to automakers and incentives, names such as Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, and Volkswagen are frequently mentioned, car companies who typically need some help moving their many different models. Honda and …
Through the first nine months of 2008, Chrysler’s sales are down a full 25%, representing the worst year over year decline by far of any major automaker who sells cars in the US market. At …
The American motoring public has some misperctions about the Japanese automotive industry. Certainly, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan are the leaders of the pack, companies worth emulating whether you are GM, BMW, or Hyundai. On the …
