2012 sales pick up where 2011 left off.

As expected, January 2012 auto sales rose, maintaining a trend that unfolded in 2010 and picked up in 2011. Volkswagen reported a sales increase of 47.9 percent, recording …

$2 billion dollar investment will help advance Nissan.
Toyota and Honda are the two top Japanese automakers in the U.S. and that has Nissan up in arms. Nissan isn’t looking to dethrone Toyota, but it does …

Detroit auto show rolls out the new iron.

Make no mistake about it: Detroit’s auto show is second to none, especially when it comes to all of the hot new products unveiled. Two days of press …

RDX prototype gives us a look at the 2013 model.

The Honda Motor Company takes a curious approach to unveiling its cars at major auto shows across the globe. When Honda shows a concept vehicle, in …

Sales fall, but Honda will rebound.

American Honda Motor Company reported that its sales were down for 2011, registering a 7.1 percent drop over 2010. Blame a March earthquake and heavy flooding in Thailand this past …

12.78 million sales & 10.3 percent increase.
Updated: 11:17 a.m.; January 5, 2012
December 2011 auto sales figures are in, enabling us to gauge the month and year just ended. As expected, the news is generally good …

Industry sales jump by 14 percent over November 2010.

There isn’t anything pretty about statistical information. Unless you’re a statistician.
We’ve been reporting U.S. auto sales for several years now, in keeping with our “auto trends” theme. …

Sales continue to rise for an industry in recovery.

Chrysler and Volkswagen paced October’s U.S. auto sales, rising 27 and 36 percent respectively. Together with all manufacturers reporting, sales rose by 8 percent for the month …

Sales of new cars in the United States rose by 9.9 percent for September 2011 reports Autodata Corp. General Motors continued to put some distance between itself and second place Ford with its sales rising …

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 …

Not enough Honda and Acura vehicles to go around.
Honda dealers have long enjoyed an envious position among dealer groups. The company’s rock solid reliability keeps customers coming back even though the Honda line isn’t the …

Honda to invest $800 million south of the border.
Mexico has long been excluded from what automotive analysts have defined as the North American auto market, with some people making that distinction for cars built in …

Korean models set the pace again.
Automakers doing business in the United States have tabulated sales for July 2011, with reporting data through August 1 included.
U.S. auto sales for July 2011 returned mostly flat although Hyundai, …

Year end new car deals loom large.

Not since the “Great Recession” was at its lowest point have we heard chatter of larger than life incentives. In early 2009, as Chrysler and General Motors were fighting …

Nissan faces stiff head winds as it seeks more customers.

Nissan USA has ambitious growth plans for the American market, as it seeks to increase its market share from 8 to 10 percent as reported by …

June sales recover, but still fall short of expectations.
Auto sales rose by 7 percent for June 2011, recovering from May’s decline, but still fell short of predictions. As expected, Toyota and Honda continued to feel …

Why Honda’s midsize hybrid initiative failed.
Short Model Run
Produced for three model years from 2005 to 2007, the Honda Accord Hybrid is an example of an execution strategy gone wrong. Instead of bolstering Accord sales, the …

Chrysler Outsells Toyota and Honda.

RALEIGH, N.C. — As expected, May 2011 auto sales decreased for the month, reflecting ongoing supply problems in Japan following a devasting March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Toyota sales fell by …

When it comes to auto trends, monthly sales are a huge determinant in just how well any car manufacturer is performing. In recent years, Subaru, Hyundai and Kia have consistently seen its sales rise even …

The cut off date for recording April 2011 auto sales was May 2, 2011, and the news coming in today from most car manufacturers has been positive. As expected, sales rose for the month despite …

By Jason Lancaster
In 2010, Ford Motor Company managed to trim away or consolidate 3.6 percent or 163 of its Lincoln and Ford dealers. Yet despite these closures, Ford and Lincoln enjoyed a 19 percent annual …

U.S. auto sales for March 2011 continue to show promise although the momentum seen in February seems to have slowed a bit. Higher fuel prices, global uncertainty and a tepid economic recovery are factors which …

The Civic is the quintessential Honda, offered in coupe and sedan body styles, and gas, hybrid and compressed natural fueling configurations. Introduced in 1973 as a subcompact, the Civic was the lone Honda model sold …

Japan’s recovery from a cataclysmic series of earthquakes and a tsunami is a slow process as sheltering the homeless and finding and burying the dead takes precedence. Nuclear reactors leaking radiation threaten to deepen the …

For more than three decades, the Honda Accord has attracted and served a loyal following of car buyers, standing on its well noted position as a quality, reliability and value leader. The Accord was introduced …

Of all of the auto trends we’ve been observing in the past year, U.S. auto sales have offered one constant: they’re trending upward and they’re doing so at a clip that confirms we’re entering a …

The Honda Odyssey is one of the top selling minivans on the market, competing with the Toyota Sienna, Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country for customers wanting a traditional people hauler. Though the …

Honda is staid, reliable and predictable while Nissan is risky, adventurous and forward thinking. In some ways, these same words can describe both automakers, who trail Toyota in U.S. sales, but have avoided and even …

Canada of all places should be able to deal with snow, right? Think again.
A monster lake-effect snowstorm pushed through the heart of the Canadian province of Ontario earlier this week, trapping people in their cars …

The Honda Element is a quirky, four-passenger model first introduced to North American consumers in the 2003 model year. For 2011, the Element remains virtually unchanged as Honda prepares to wind down this slow-selling utility …

As expected, November 2010 U.S. auto sales rose, increasing by approximately 17 percent over November 2009.[1] Across the board increases were enjoyed by all major car manufacturers except for Toyota with General Motors leading the …

As expected, October 2010 U.S. auto sales were up over October 2009, but down slightly from September 2010. Chrysler, Hyundai, Ford, Honda, Kia and Nissan were among the big winners. Toyota, still reeling from its …

September 2010 may prove to be the turning point for this lagging economy if U.S. auto sales data released today are any indication of such. Automotive sales have been weak for most of the past …

We automotive writers will sometimes use language most everyday folks don’t understand. That’s a problem, because when you’re attempting to explain something in simple language, automotive jargon can creep in and leave the reader wondering …

All throughout the month of August, reports that the month’s auto sales would plunge surfaced time and again. This reporting was wholly unnecessary or at least overdone as an obvious factor was kicking in: August …

Last week, Autoblog relayed the news that Honda’s diesel engine plans were dead. That isn’t too surprising given how long the supposed roll out was delayed.
In November 2007, I published an article titled, “Your 52 …