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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...
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...
Toyota is heading into the summer with sales on the decline. While nearly all automakers reported sales problems this May, Toyota Motor's U.S. sales tumbled 9.6% last month.Almost all of the automaker's models posted sales declines.The automaker's namesake Toyota brand sold 192,657 vehicles, down 9.5% compared to the same period a year earlier. Sales of the luxury Lexus brand declined 10.1% to 26,682. In such a way analysts projecting declines for most major manufacturers in May, compared to the same month a year ago, were right. But Toyota suffered i...
Hyundai and its affiliate Kia sold an impressive number of 146,400 cars in the Chinese market last month, accounting for a combined 9.2 percent of the market. The CEO of Hyundai Motor America, Dave Zuchowski, has plenty of changes and challenges to deal with in order to reach a similar success on the U.S. market.In April the two automakers sold in China a total of 1.6 million cars. They took up over 9 percent of the Chinese market for the first time this year. Their combined market share continued to grow from 6.1 percent in January to 7.7 percent in February...
It's big vehicles time: crossovers, pickups, vans and SUVs ran car sales off U.S. roads in April. Roomy and fuel-efficient trucks accounted for 59.3 percent of light vehicles sold last month. If taking into consideration that last April, trucks represented 55.2 percent of the market, we may say that this year the highest level of truck sales ever for the month has been reached.Every car segment lost market share, from midsize and compact to sporty and alternative power. Every truck segment - volume and premium crossovers, pickup, van and SUV - gained market sh...
