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 …

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 …

Mini crossover finds its way into Nissan’s line up.

“What is it? Is it a Nissan?” asked my neighbor, Gary. “Yes, it is a Nissan — it’s called an Insect,” I joked. Well, not really. …

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 …

No, we did not overlook Infiniti’s offering at Pebble Beach last week. Our editorial schedule blew up as a pending road trip and schedule change had us put off sharing what is certainly old news …

Midsize pickup truck production ceases.

The Dodge Dakota was a breakthrough truck for the Chrysler Corporation when the truck made its debut for the 1987 model year. That vehicle succeeded several earlier attempts by Chrysler to …

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, …

By Harrison Card
Our first impression of Nissan’s EV.
The Nissan Leaf offers customers an electric car-nothing more, nothing less. While many manufacturers attempt to blend the range of a gasoline vehicle with the efficiency of an …

By Sarah Danielson
When you think of family cars, you don’t necessarily think of luxury. Certainly, there are some comfortable minivans on the market, but they don’t have the speed and handling that you would find …

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 …

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 …

Chrysler’s decision to produce a small pickup truck will force Ford, GM and others to follow suit.
Slumping Sales
Sales of small pickup trucks have been falling steadily over the past decade despite higher fuel prices and …

Save money on your new car purchase thanks to fresh incentives.

If you’ve been shopping for a new car over the past month or so, you may have been disappointed to find that some of the …

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 …

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 …

The Nissan Altima is a five passenger midsize model, available in sedan or coupe and is powered by its front wheels. The Altima was introduced in 1993 and has been updated regularly since. The 2011 …

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 …

U.S. auto sales data for January 2011 is in and the results are good: sales rose by 17.3 percent, with all three Detroit manufacturers reporting double-digit increases over January 2010. GM and Chrysler reported identical …

Nissan bypassed the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the third consecutive year that this important Japanese automaker and its Nissan and Infiniti brands were absent. The good news is that they have …

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 …

Joel Ewanick has held more positions in the past year than executives usually see in a decade, moving from Hyundai to Nissan to General Motors within the span of a few months earlier in 2010. …

One of the significant auto trends we’re seeing in December 2010 is the push by car manufacturers to finish the year strong. Lexus wants to hold off Mercedes and BMW as luxury segment leader, GM …

Nissan’s sport utility vehicle penetration is one of the strongest among car manufacturers, offering six distinct models to choose from. Its five passenger Rogue is its second smallest crossover, wedged between the entry-level JUKE and …

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 …

The Ford Motor Company and Mazda Motors have a long and friendly relationship dating to 1971 when Mazda began to supply its compact Proceed pickup truck to Ford. That model was sold in the United …

Smart, a Daimler AG brand, has been having a difficult time in the United States market since launching in January 2008. Initially, sales of the two-seat minicar were strong as both the novelty of the …

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 …

When the battle to save General Motors was at its hottest, the Obama Administration extended an offer to Carlos Ghosn to run the wounded automaker. That report was made known by Bloomberg Businessweek last week …

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 …