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The average fuel-economy rating vehicles sold in the United States this August was about 25.3 miles per gallon, that's down 0.1 mpg if we compare it with the July average. The the average fuel-economy rating for all of 2015 cars sold was 25.3 mpg. We can truly say that fuel economy ratings on new automobiles sold out has improved by 5.2 miles per gallon, that's about 26%. Since the window sticker average is 5.2 mpg higher than when the data were first collected, the average is still 0.5 mpg below its all-time high of 25.8 mpg set in August 2014. Consumers started buyin...
Economic indicators point to a strengthening economy, which means more Americans are choosing luxury cars than in recent years. In August 2016, the sales volume of entry-level luxury cars in the US dropped by a significant 19.6% YoY (year-over-year) to ~53,000 units. For the same period, the sales of entry-level luxury SUVs (sports utility vehicles) increased by 11.3% YoY to more than 58,000 units, while the sales of entry-level sports cars dropped by 17.8% YoY to nearly 26,000 units. Top car models in the entry-level luxury and sports vehicle segments included the BMW 3 Series, Mer...
And again US truck sales proved they are on the top now, with 926,000 units sold, which is 3.1% higher than the 898,000 units August 2015. As a contrast 2016 August US car sales fell to 579,000 units, as compared to 670,000 million units in August 2015. These results suggest a significant year-over-year decline of 13.6%. US truck sales seasonally adjusted annual rate remained strong at approximately 10.1 million units from AUGUST 2015. The SAAR of truck sales was even higher at approximately 10.9 million vehicles. The US car sales fell to approximately 6.5 million units in Augu...
The 4.1% decline in U.S. new-vehicle sales in August provided more evidence of plateauing of consumer demand. The numbers further underscored the waning interest of buyers for sedans, especially in the midsize category. The U.S. automotive market's six-year recovery following the global financial crisis has been carried mostly by trucks, SUVs and crossovers. In August, for example, Toyota's (TM) RAV4 midsize crossover for the first time outsold the Japanese automaker's best-selling Camry sedan, 33,171 to 32,864. For Nissan (NSANY), the automaker's Rogue crossover in...
The Department for Transport needs a new better strategy to increase the use of of ultra-low emission vehicles and reduce air pollution. In the last report revealed the Department says that a strategy would enable the DFT to meet decarbonisation and air quality targets. The chair of EAC said the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles such as electric cars is too low to meet the US' climate change targets at the lowest cost to the public, all the air quality targets that should have been met in 2010 will be hit in 2020 at the earliest. It's been almost a year now since it'...
