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Waiting for the U.S. May sales reports, analysts forcast the results to be slightly down mainly because of two fewer selling days than in May 2015.In the particular case of Fiat Chrysler however, the automaker is likely to register its 74th consecutive year-over-year sales increase in May and it is mainly due to the minivans segment. The addition of the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica and the success of the Dodge Grand Caravan also have to do with the final results. Still, this time FCA may have hurdles to overcome to top the 202,227 vehicles it sold in the U.S. in May 2015, it...
Renault-Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn and Daimler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche appear equally motivated to empower women at their companies. The reasons are altruistic, but also economic. Women represent an important customer sector.Daimler estimates that in Germany 32 percent of car buyers are women. Breaking the numbers down further, Daimler said that 20 percent of the people who purchased a Mercedes-Benz or Smart model in Germany in 2014 were female and that figure was nearly double in the United States. Zetsche has even compared the growth of female car buyers to that of the growth o...
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...
