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The number of U.S. car sales is expected to increase in July and the main reason is the strength of the nation's economy. Car sales experts forecast that 1,519,576 new cars and trucks will be sold in July, which would be up 0.8% from the same month in 2015.The forecast would put July as the best for that month since 1.8 million sales were registered in July 2005. July’s figures would also put full-year sales at 17.8 million. The car sales data will be released by the automakers next week. Car sales are considered to be a reliable indicator of strength of the U.S. economy. Customers a...
All of the recent calm in global markets owes a lot to the U.S. consumer, with rising retail sales which helped on becoming the world's largest economy in June. Even so, we've got a very weak spot now and speaking about that we mean- slowing car sales, it's unclear now which market segment will pick up the slack. The U.S. consumption revelations show that car industry is at its peak now, which means it's in trouble. As you can see on the charts from the pictures, U.S. retail sales represent 20% of overall spending, after groceries at 13%. Demand ...
We guess that there is no person who has not heard about the VW diesel-emissions scandal. The company, which owns 70 percent of the U.S. passenger-car diesel market, is in major trouble for cheating on diesel-emissions tests. However, this scandal did not prevent the company to take the leading position in its sales for the first half of the year. The analyzed figures show that Volkswagen Group sold over 5 million cars and light trucks worldwide and more than any other automaker in the first half of 2016. According to the Center for Automotive Management, the carmaker sold up 0.8 p...
Have you seen the new Ford Fusion's Hybrid and Fusion Energi Plug-in Hybrid? These models might become the new Ford's step to high sales since they are loved by potential buyers, and most importantly they are bought. The mid-size stalwart started selling its 2017 model-year version last month, and Ford has told to the media that Fusion's two hybrid models got high sales boost in LA. Considering the mid-size Ford vehicles were down for five years now, it is an exceptionally important moment to see how they were brought up to the new stage by the brand. This plug-in car ma...
FCA has been cheating on automobile sales, by reporting higher results than they have for real, that is what sources are talking about right now. The sources did not specify the time period covered by the review but it revealed that 5,000 to 6,000 vehicles that were told to be sold by dealers, were unwound after. It's been told that the sales numbers were inflated in part under pressure to preserve FCA's streak of U.S. monthly year-over-year sales increases, which now stands at 75 months. The employee turnover rate among sales staff in the company's nine business ce...