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It's been not so long since we've wrote about Cadillac ending its Donald Trump sponsorship and PGA's World Golf Championship deciding to move in Mexico. In fact it's been just a few days since then, and U.S. Republican presidential candidate is already responding at this move. Mr. Trump criticized General Motors for investing in Mexico. His campaign speeches say for itself, the presidential elections candidate suggests that Ford Motor Co. would back down from plans to expand in Mexico or face a 35% tariff on vehicle expands. Ford isn't the only ...
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...
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...
Jaguar's F-Pace is a very promising new brand's crossover and the automaker expects it will become its best-selling model to date. There are already about 25,000 customers who pre-ordered the F-Pace ahead of its European launch at the end of last month. Jaguar predicts that China and the U.S will be the top two markets for the SUV.The biggest-selling Jaguar ever, the F-Pace, enters a fast-growing segment and will allow Jaguar to attract younger customers. The average age of Jaguar buyers is 54 and the F-Pace could reduce this to 44. Jaguar also e...
Ford Motor Company does business in a vast number of markets across the globe, no wonder it's quite interesting and not so easy to follow the up and down momentum of Ford's sales in its three most important markets: China, Europe and, of course, the United States.On Friday Ford announced its total sales in Europe rose 4.7% during April as Europe's automotive market continues to expand. The last month was an especially solid period for commercial vehicles, SUVs, performance cars, and higher priced trims. Commercial vehicles continues to be a strength for For...
