The nation's top automakers reported disappointing sales Wednesday, resulting in the worst August for industry wide auto sales in 27 years, according to some math made by CNNMoney.com
While Cash for Clunkers skewed the year-over-year comparison, Jesse Toprak, vice president of industry trends for TrueCar.com, raised concerns that August U.S. auto sales totaled fewer than 1 million vehicles, down from slightly more than 1 million in July, when historically the two months tend to have comparable sales.
Auto sales are better this year than in 2009 but much weaker than they were ...
New car discounts have dropped by over 12% over the past 12 months, while most list prices have shot up.
According to the What Car? the average discount car buyers should be able to haggle off a new car this September is £1779, £248 less than September 2009 when the average discount was £2027.
However, there are still some great deals out there for anyone willing to do a bit of research before they buy.
Top discounts on Whatcar.com's 10 most researched for cars:
1. Volkswagen Golf
Save £2530 on a VW Golf ...
There were 354,400 used commercial vehicles, registered in the U.S. during the first two quarters of 2010, according to Polk.
This historic number sets a new record for used commercial vehicle registrations in a six-month timeframe and represents nearly 68 percent of the commercial vehicle market. Additionally, this figure represents an increase of 28.8 percent over the same timeframe in 2009.
The combined registrations of new and used commercial vehicles in the first half of 2010 were 524,700, representing an 18.9 percent increase over the same period last year. New commercial ...
The BMW 3 Series is the most desirable used car, according to customers of Autoquake.com, the UK's largest online used car retailer. Second spot goes to the Audi A4, with the BMW 5-Series in third.
The Focus and Mondeo are the first non-German cars in eighth and ninth place respectively, while there's not one Brit model in the top 10.
German makes dominate the list of most popular brands as well as models, with more than six times as many page views as Japan, the next most popular country of origin. UK ...
First-month orders more than four times the monthly sales target; 80 percent of customers choose i-stop
Mazda has received 7,240 orders for its redesigned Premacy (5) MPV until today!
Most buyers have been people in their thirties or forties who have families with young children. Customer feedback indicates that the main reasons for choosing the Premacy are its stylish exterior which is based on Mazda’s Nagare design language, eco-friendly features such as i-stop, highly flexible seating arrangements, and its driver-friendly handling.
By model grade, the FWD 20S has been most popular, making up ...
Sales of Ford Edge, which arrived on the market in late 2006, hit 400,000 this weekend.
Also this past weekend, the new 2011 Ford Edge began shipping from Oakville Assembly Complex in Ontario to dealerships across the United States and Canada.
"Edge competes in one of the fastest-growing and most fiercely competitive segments in the industry," said Amy Marentic, Ford's Crossover Group Marketing Manager. "Still, Edge is growing sales at an incredible rate."
As of July, Edge sales for the year were up 33 percent over last year - more than double ...
As the calendar transitions from summer to autumn, luxury brands and large trucks are making a big push to capture new buyers.
TrueCar is reporting high incentives, top discounts and price drops on many large trucks and luxury models, making this a good time to buy.
"Typically, because of seasonality, the end of summer is really the best time to buy large trucks and luxury cars," said Jesse Toprak, VP of Industry, Trends and Insights for TrueCar.com. "Dealers are trying to clear out their aging inventory and make room for the next ...
Toyota's Prius topped Japan sales rankings in July for the 15th consecutive month, getting a perk from incentives for green cars and helping Japanese sales of Toyota hybrid models reach a million vehicles.
Toyota Motor Corporation announces that cumulative sales in Japan of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 1-million mark, while more than 2.68 million units have been sold globally as of July 31, 2010.
Currently, nine Toyota-produced hybrid passenger vehicle models and three hybrid commercial vehicle models are sold in Japan and a total of eight passenger hybrid models overseas.
Sales ...
In spite of the fact that the reborn Scirocco produced by Volkswagen may not be available in North American market, it doesn’t mean that this sports coupe that is low-slung is unpopular in the company’s home market.
It has been recently reported that 100,000th Scirocco of the third generation was produced and VW, of course, celebrated that event.
The current model (third generation) is only going through its second year of sales, since being introduced in 2008. Volkswagen sold just under 800,000 of the previous generation Sciroccos since the Golf-derived model first ...
Until today, about one million vehicles of the current Mercedes-Benz C-Class production series have been purchased.
Selling luxury sedans in economy-car volumes (well, nearly) might seem impossible, and, in a way, it is.
Dr. Joachim Schmidt, Executive Vice President Sales and Marketing, Mercedes-Benz Cars, said that the C-Class is its “best-selling production series” and is hence, very important for Mercedes-Benz. He said that last June, the sedan was the best-selling vehicle in its comparative class worldwide.
Over 840,000 sedans and more than 160,000 estates have been sold since the vehicle was introduced. The ...
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