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Probably all of us know that the US automobile sector struggled to maintain sales momentum in August. Despite the fact that July was surprisingly robust, the industry recorded a major decline of 4.1% last month. Many automakers claim that they have reached a peak in demand. They also reported that they sold fewer vehicles, as reduced discounting kept customers from showrooms. The upside is that because everybody was counting on a small recession in the auto industry, stocks remained flat. This is also good news for the customers, who can expect sweeter deals, as incentives will be needed to sh...
As we already know U.S. car sales declined by nearly 4% this August, that's a year-over-year drop which followed flatlining sales over the previous three months. Bucking the trend to no small degree in august was capacity-constrained Subaru, which earned 4% of the market by selling more than 60,000 new vehicles for the first time in the company's history. Subaru's discounts were 78% below the industry average. It's been already two years since the car manufacturer reported record sales of 50,246 units. It was also August 2014, and after the brand continued to s...
The biggest winners in US car sales this August were Ford, Nissan and Kia. They are the reason car sales have seen a growth of 4.6% this month, it puts the industry back on track to top 1.2 million sales for 2016. More than 94,900 cars were sold in August, for a year-to-date total of 784,330-puts the market on track to break ist previous record of 1,155,408 sales set in 2015. Toyota's Camry stands strong for another month with 2458 units sold out, it has become the top selling Australian-made car. Camry has beaten up Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon. Corolla also boosted Toyota's ...
In July 2016, manufacturing output, as reflected in the industrial production index, rose to 103.6 compared to 103.1 in June. Among other factors, improvements in motor vehicles and parts production were reported. While the overall index rose by 0.5%, the manufacturing of durables such as motor vehicles and parts, wood products, and miscellaneous goods rose by more than 1% in July. Motor vehicle and parts manufacturing are some of the key components of the industrial production index. Therefore, a rise in industrial production also indicates robust production growth in the auto indu...
Volvo has announced a partnership with the ride-sharing company Uber to develop fully autonomous cars together. In this joint project, Volvo will manufacture the base vehicles which will then be bought by Uber. The two companies are each investing $300 million towards this project. Uber’s chief executive, Travis Kalanick, said: “Over one million people die in car accidents every year. These are tragedies that self-driving technology can help solve, but we can’t do this alone.“That’s why our partnership with a great manufacturer like Volvo is so important. Vol...
