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The car sales market is not that gloomy as you might already think considering total sales have fallen for six consecutive months. With the slowdown largely a product of reductions in less-profitable fleet deliveries, retail sales have slipped less than 1 percent from a year ago The fact that consumers are snapping up high-margin SUVs and crossovers instead of less-expensive sedans has been a boom to Detroit automakers. After hitting the 10 million mark for the first time in 2016, U.S. light-truck sales rose 4.7 percent in the first half, setting records in every month except April a...
The Chinese company that owns Volvo called Geely has just acquired the startup behind the world's most promising flying car. Known for the impressive vertical takeoff and landing vehicle called the "Transition," Terrafugia is the company that's come the closest to making flying cars a reality. Now, thanks to Geely's deep pockets, it looks like we could soon be seeing winged Volvos soaring over the freeway. While there are other companies out there experimenting with futuristic hybrid vehicles, Terrafugia is arguably the first to make a truly convincing prototyp...
Toyota Motor Corp. posted its first U.S. sales gain of the year, despite a continuing slide at Lexus, as light-truck deliveries overcame weakness in cars. The automaker's 2.1 percent increase ended a drought that had seen sales fall 4.7 percent through May. Lexus, however, dropped 5.4 percent, for its ninth consecutive monthly decline. Sales at Toyota Division, including a small number of vehicles from the defunct Scion brand, grew 3.2 percent last month to 177,981 vehicles. For the first half of the year, the automaker reported a sales drop of 3.6 percent compared with the same...
Major automakers have reported their June sales data and let’s just say they were below our expectations. Even hefty consumer discounts and looser loan terms, couldn’t help car brands revive their new car sales.GM said its sales fell about 5 percent versus June 2016, but that the industry would see stronger sales in the second half of 2017 versus the first half. General Motors’ shares added 1.8 percent on Monday, while Ford shares rose 3.3 percent. Ford Motor Co said its June sales were hit by lower fleet sales to rental agencies, businesses and government entities...
The headlines for Hyundai Motor America's 2016 sales results were the kind any automaker would be proud of: Despite a car-heavy lineup, tight crossover supplies and thin incentive support, Hyundai and the new Genesis brand combined for a seventh consecutive year of record sales. But how Hyundai got there raises questions about the brand's sales tactics and its prospects heading into a softening market, including whether it relies too heavily on sales to rental agencies and to dealerships themselves, dealers and people familiar with Hyundai's sales operations say. The str...
