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As it's been predicted the auto sales started to go down. Looks like for the first time in 6 years U.S. auto industry recorded such big monthly sales drop results. May volume fell 6.1% to 1.5 million vehicles. Even the low gasoline prices failed on stopping the car sales drop. Only some domestic brands as: Fiat Chrysler, Subaru, Kia and Hyundai managed increases this May. Even with this strong drop the annual sales didn't become much worse than in 2015, 17,46 million vehicles versus 17.47 million last year. Ford Motor Co. still has some optimistic thoughts on that even ...
Nissan may have gotten huge North America profits but it didn't stop the company from feeling concerned.The extra car sales are being appreciated a lot by CEO Carlos Ghosn but does it mean now they depend too on the U.S.? The company needs to rebalance its global footprint to tap other profit centers. The company isn't planning to reduce the profit on North America but simply wants to find some new pillars of profit by the time the auto sales in North America go down. The company realizes that the economy of U.S. started to slow down and the country won't bring profits forever.&nbs...
Toyota Motor Corporation has recently declared that the company has recorded sales of 9 million hybrid vehicles. Toyota is currently selling thirty-three hybrid passenger car models and one plug-in hybrid model in more than ninety countries and regions. The Japanese car maker has recorded sales of 9.014 million units as it was declared on April 30. As for the the hybrid revolution in particular, it started with the Prius, which was launched in December 1997 in Japan and then subsequently in Europe and America. Prius still remains one of the most popular and spread hybrids on the...
Recent news about U.S. car recalls because of technical problems with Takata airbags have to be completed with new details from Toyota Motor Corp. that is recalling almost 1.6 million additional vehicles for front passenger side Takata airbag inflators that could rupture.Faulty Takata inflators have been linked to more than 100 injuries and 13 deaths worldwide. Toyota said the new recall includes some but not all Corolla, Matrix, Yaris, 4Runner, Sienna, Scion xB, Lexus ES, GX and IS vehicles built between 2006 and 2011. This report will be folowed by data from other 17 auto...
Many of us already know about Nissan trying to press for more U.S. growth. It's been revealed that the automaker is also alienating some of its parts suppliers. A newly released annual survey shows Nissan sank into a virtual last-place tie with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. On the other side General Motors, improved significantly after Steve Kiefer got some great grades for his first year on the purchasing job after running GM Powertrain.The ratings that result from the questionnaire proposed by a Detroit-area consulting firm- Planning Perspectives Inc., come as Nissan and FCA need...
