Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
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...
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...
Car and truck sales spring growth was a bit slower then expected this April. Since 2010 it was the luxury segment, which has led the sales growth. This year the indexes are quite ambiguous in this market section. Of the top-five luxury premium brands, only Audi is up so far for the first four months of 2016. Third-place BMW is down by 9.4 percent, and that doesn’t include the premium Mini brand’s 14.3 percent decline.At the same time American Honda and Nissan group registered the most significant sales growth in this period, which were of 14.4 percent and ...
People like pointing out how dirty the electricity grid mix is after charging electric vehicles. Many love talking about plug-in cars that as they say contribute to pollution. This map from Carnegie Mellon University helps on finding out the cleanest cars based on their location. Researchers have compiled information about the gas emissions of different EVs considering their charge, they compared gasoline-powered vehicles to electric ones. In the research were tested Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, Prius Plug-In Hybrid versus Toyota Prius hybrid and Mazda 3. By driving a Nissan Leaf in ...
March, April and May are the months with the highest selling-volume, this year it seems like dealerships have a good benefit from an early Easter.“It’s reassuring when retail sales grow faster than the overall industry pace as it indicates consumers remain very active and engaged in the new-vehicle market.” says Eric Lyman, TrueCar’s vice president of industry insights, in a statement. TrueCar is expecting increases of 4% for retail sales and 1% for fleet ones. LMC projects retail to rise above 3,9% and 4,7% for fleet sales. April has five weekends this year,...
