Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
It's been 3 weeks now since we've wrote about the last car recall which belongs to Takata, and we were absolutely convinced that it will take a while until a new brand finds out about some vehicle defects, but it looks like we were wrong. The next automaker that is about to recall its vehicles is BMW, more than 180,000 X3 and X4 crossovers are being recalled in the U.S. in order to fix some faulty lower anchor bars used in securing child restraint seats. The 2011-17 models of X3 that were manufactured between July 2010 and April 2016 and the models of X4 manufactured between March...
German cars are always on the top of world sales. However U.S. sales of BMW brand vehicles decreased 6.4 percent in May for a total of 29,017 compared to 31,003 vehicles sold in May, 2015. President and CEO, BMW of North America, Ludwig Willisch, said the shorter number of selling days in May no doubt affected the month totals, but he also mentioned the ongoing transition to X models among the possible solutions. The BMW X1 grows more popular each month with its siblings X3 and X6 giving it strong support. The X5 was limited only by availability but that will continue impr...
Do you know which make now can be called as the world's most valuable car brand? Toyota got the title, winning to Mercedes-Benz and BMW once again. Speaking of winners, looks like Tesla makes its way to the top too, being placed for the first time in top 10. This challenge between auto companies is rising each year, while the sales are starting to slow down.According to the Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands Toyota's brand value rose 2% to $29.5 billion. The company made it by continuing its emphasis on improving the customer's experience, and by a consistent raise of its val...
The growing popularity of crossovers and SUVs on the U.S. market is no more a secret, but lately more and more experts speak about a sweeping growth of the hatchbacks demand. The U.S. market for hatchbacks is expected to grow faster than any of the other nine vehicle body styles according to the results of a specialized research. As specialists expect a 37 percent growth in U.S. hatch sales through to 2020, to 1.1 million vehicles, some of the biggest automakers are supplementing their car lineups with five-doors. Potential high-volume entries such as the Honda Civic and Ch...
It's time to forget about those high cost of meeting new fuel economy standards and massive investments needed for autonomous vehicles, the biggest problem in the profitability of the automakers might be the buyers and their impatience.Less than 5% of new vehicles in U.S. in 2015 were built to customer order, which is so much lower than in Europe were about 50% of the vehicles were produced on customer orders. Did you know that for U.S. dealers it means thousands of dollars in extra floorplan expenses while for automakers it's a huge advertising and incentive costs for each unsold vehi...
