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Experts say that the American automotive industry is on pace for a second consecutive year of record sales in 2016. June sales were up again, even if the speed of the sales growth slowed: new car and truck sales in the United States through June were up 1.5 percent.Passenger car sales are down 7.5 percent through June. The sales are being driven by hot-selling pickups, sport utility vehicles and crossovers. Through the first half of the year, light-duty trucks, which include some SUVs and crossovers, accounted for about 58 percent of sales. Analyzing the results of this fi...
Isn't this year a good one for U.S auto sales? Well, even if many surveys and predictions put the industry under the question “will it work this time”, it seems like we are halfway to another record year. As the first half of the year has finished we've come to get some positive results, the 2016 auto sales are up 1.4% from a year ago. Isn't it a sign that the market is reaching a plateau after rebounding from the depths of recession with six consecutive years of hefty growth? It's important to notice that considering all the negative expectations every y...
After the tragic death of Anton Yelchin, all of Fiat Chrysler's skeletons got out of the closet. The investigation of the Jeep Grand Cherokee models has started and it brought up some new proof on the fact that Grand Cherokee had some serious defects. U.S. safety regulators said on Tuesday that 68 injuries and 266 crashes on the same model were reported. All of the affected models had a type of gear-shifting control that has confused some consumers and led to rollaway incidents. After that The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration indicated that there were no deat...
After a controversial May for U.S. auto sales, comes June that seems to be more resultative and that is expected to rise the number of new vehicles sold about 5 percent from a year ago. Analysts say that July should also get off to a good start as Independence Day weekend typically sees aggressive sales promotions.This year June has one more selling day than it did in 2015. The forecasts represent the highest volume for June since 2005 and a seasonally adjusted, annualized selling rate of 16.9 million to 17.2 million. We will have real sales results for June on Friday when autom...
The recent decision of the United Kingdom to abandon the European Union, makes analysts forecast that automakers' profits will drop by billions of dollars and new-vehicle sales will be cut by nearly a million units over the next three years.After the results of the historic vote were announced the shares of suppliers and dealership groups with significant exposure to the U.K., as well as Fiat Chrysler Automobiles became particularly vulnerable. The U.K. auto market has surged in recent years to hit a record high of 2.6 million cars in 2015. Ninety percent of those vehic...
