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This April is a good month for car sales, more than 1.5 million vehicles were sold, which is for 3.6% more than in 2015. Michelle Krebs a senior analyst said that any notions from March's disappointing car sales must get some rest and they must focus on some April records. Autodata Corp. put the industry on track to sell 17.4 million vehicles in 2016. Now that April is over, we can possibly say that it could be the best April ever for auto traders and auto makers. SUV's sales increased 7.9% comparing to last year, and pickup sales grew for 7%. Ford Explorer sales led t...
Honda Motor Co. plans to broaden the Clarity nameplate to two more alternative-fuel vehicles, considering that green cars building is a priority direction in its future activity.The Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell hatchback set to go on sale late this year will be followed by an all-electric Clarity next year. A third model, a Clarity plug-in hybrid, will be launched later in 2017. The three Clarity models will all share the same front-wheel-drive platform and five-seat, hatchback layout. Styling between the versions will vary slightly. Honda expects the Clarity plug-in hyb...
Leasing has surged as a share of new-vehicle transactions to impressive indexes in the fourth quarter of 2015, this being caused mainly by captive finance companies seeking to boost sales by keeping customers' monthly payments low. Leasing has been fairly rare in the used-vehicle market, but its share is growing. In such a way more and more lenders are offering leases on used and certified preowned vehicles.This strategy is meant to cope with an industrywide flood of 3.1 million off-lease vehicles returning to the market this year. The number of off-lease vehi...
Subaru has published pricing information for the 2017 WRX and WRX STI.The 2017 Subaru WRX starts at $27,515, a $100 increase from the 2016 version. Not much has changed for the 2017 model, which arrives in dealerships this summer.2017 Subaru is the latest in the WRX series that Subaru banked on for its success in 2015. The latest model packs a punch with its 268-horsepower, 2.0-liter direct injection turbo BOXER engine and standard Symmetrical All Wheel Drive. Subaru decided to go for a 6-speed manual transmission as standard in the 2017 WRX and is offering the Sport Lineartronic automatic tra...
Important job cuts are planned at Volkswagen in Germany. The automaker is to cut about 3,000 office jobs in Germany by the end of 2017. The company strives this way to offset the cost of its emissions test-rigging scandal.The Volkswagen brand has initiated an efficiency program that is affecting all areas, including personnel costs. Costs can be cut by reducing temporary work contracts, filling vacancies internally and making fewer hirings, the spokesman said, declining to be more specific. VW is cutting investment by 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in 2016 compared with last yea...
