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We are all waiting for the July car sales report to be revealed at the beginning of August, it is expected to set the stage for a robust second half of the year in dealer showrooms, according to our monthly forecast. We consider that it will be the best July for the last 11 years. The sales for this month will reflect a 0.7% increase from June 2016 and a 0.8% increase from July 2015, it means it will result in an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate of 17.8 million. July sales suggest that 2016 is gonna be a great month for car sales just like last year's record-setting sal...
BMW of North America CEO Ludwig Willisch spoke about pressure from automakers to “punch” cars at the end of the month at a recent industry event. In a panel at the National Automobile Dealers Association Wilisch declared that at the end of 2015, there was a lot of pressure to rack up sales numbers.The 2015 sales race was tight until the end, but BMW managed to win its fourth luxury-sales crown in five years. BMW finished 2015 with luxury sales of 346,023 vehicles, followed by Lexus with 344,601 and Mercedes with 343,088. However, Lexus w...
The U.S. government and private auto-safety raters made evident this week how tougher standards are moving beyond crash tests that just measure passenger protection. Now, they're evaluating systems that can avoid accidents altogether.The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety said Thursday that 48 vehicles earned its highest rating of "Top Safety Cars." Toyota, Honda and Subaru are the winners, with 23 combined. Volkswagen and its luxury brand, Audi, had seven winners. Volvo, Hyundai and Mazda each had multiple winners. The Chrysler 200 was the only domestic car to earn the ...
Why to speak about winter car sales as about something particular?! First of all because, mainly, car buying is an outdoor shopping experience and most of the car marketing specialists say that the cold weather has an immediate impact on it. Usually what may be noticed in winter months is a ballooning of dealers stocks and a stagnation in auto sales indexes growth. In other words winter storms put chill on car sales.Secondly, there is a certain category of vehicles such as sports cars, convertibles and even certain family cars, that belong to the “out of season” product category. A...
There is no doubt that ceratin automotive brands have to benefit from the Volkswagen's troubles after the emissions scandal.Full-line brands including Ford, Toyota and Honda are the most frequently cross-shopped against VW, according to market experts' data. Based on cross-shopping patterns, these brands could gain most if shoppers spurn VW: Ford would gain 26%, Honda - 23%, Toyota - 20%, 18% would go to BMW and 19% - to Mazda.But Volkswagen might have enough in its arsenal to keep some of those shoppers in the fold. Some gasoline-powered VW models had a s...
