U.S. Auto Sales Brand-By-Brand Results: August 2016 YTD
Expectations from analysts suggested U.S. auto sales would decline by as much as 5 percent in August 2016, a year-over-year drop of more than 70,000 units. In the end, it wasn’t quite that bad. But...
View ArticleSubaru Reports Record U.S. Sales In August 2016 With Industry’s Lowest...
Sales of new vehicles declined by nearly 4 percent in the United States in August 2016, a year-over-year drop which followed flatlining sales over the previous three months. Bucking the trend to no...
View ArticleIt Didn’t Take Five Years: The Toyota RAV4 Outsold The Toyota Camry In August...
Will the Toyota RAV4 outsell Toyota’s long-running best-selling car, the Toyota Camry, within the next five years? Nine months ago, Toyota Motor Corp.’s U.S. boss, Bob Carter, said, “I’ll bet you lunch...
View ArticleMidsize Sedan Death Watch #3: August 2016 Midsize Sales Plunge 26%
There will always be a place in the American market for the conventional midsize sedan. Despite harsh declines in recent months, consumers are still on track to register more than 2 million midsize...
View ArticleUngainly Bentayga ‘Cayennes’ Bentley In Its First Month On The Market
Mercedes-Benz began selling the ML in 1997. Seemingly more of a stretch, along came the BMW X5 two years later. Then Porsche, not just a luxury carmaker but the preeminent German sports car builder,...
View ArticleChevrolet Camaro Sales Keep Falling, Ford Mustang And Dodge Challenger Sales...
In response to disappointing sales of the new-for-2016 Chevrolet Camaro, General Motors revealed last week that it will cut prices of the 2017 model. Although there are plenty of 2017 Camaros already...
View ArticleU.S. Minivan Sales Will Rise To A Nine-Year High In 2016, FCA Market Share At...
A long ways from the 1.1 million minivans sold in 2005, U.S. sales of sliding-door people carriers are on track to rise to a nine-year high of more than 600,000 units in calendar year 2016. Through the...
View ArticleXT5 is Proof Cadillac’s Broken Product-Planning Clock is Right At Least Twice...
In 1999, GM altered the front fascia and slightly upgraded the interior of the GMC Yukon Denali to introduce the Cadillac Escalade. Although Cadillac was late to the Lincoln Navigator’s game, the...
View ArticleFull-Size Pickup Truck Sales Are Suddenly Falling In America
Are the economic successes of Wall Street not being passed down to Main Street? Are concerns over the future post-November direction of the country fostering caution in the minds of consumers? Did...
View ArticleYou Think The Ford F-Series Is Popular In Its ‘Murican Homeland? You Ain’t...
It seems as though you can’t turn around on the streets of Atlanta or the suburbs of Austin or the outskirts of Albuquerque without seeing a Ford F-Series pickup truck. For 34 years running, Americans...
View ArticleEven Mazda Is Now Selling More Crossovers Than Cars, But Overall Mazda Sales...
Over the last two months, Mazda, that great tiny bastion of four-cylinder engines and SkyActiv and adding lightness, has sold more crossovers than cars in the United States. Yes, that Mazda. The Mazda...
View ArticleHow Sports Are Your Cars? We Have Answers
Even Mazda, we told you last week, is now selling more crossovers than cars. One-third of Chevrolet’s U.S. volume is produced by pickup trucks. An SUV now generates more than half of the Bentley...
View ArticleTTAC Subcompact Crossover Equation: Can You Find Good Deal in a Fleet of Bad...
There’s a problem with subcompacts. All sorts of subcompacts. Subcompact hamburgers. Subcompact basketball players. Subcompact beds. And especially subcompact crossovers. After years of examining...
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