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Mitsubishi Motors and Nissan will resume the sales of the cars that were embroiled in the fuel efficiency scandal, after the Japan's Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry officially allowed it. These news concern more precisely the eK Wagon, eK Space and the Dayz and Dayz Roox models Mitsubishi manufactures for Nissan. Mitsubishi has submitted revised mileage results that were already based on current parameters issued by the ministry. The authorities decided to issue the automaker a stern reprimand, after checking emissions, which passed the ...
The past few years have been a great time for the U.S. car dealers, while manufacturers haven't had it quite so good as retailers. At the same time many auto dealers complained they were often short of the products their customers wanted to buy, and it's pertinent to notice in this context that the factories still make too many vehicles for which there's no demand. Things are going to change soon in the U.S. economy, which will make sales even more exciting for dealers and manufacturers. The American car business will become more dicey for globa...
The growing popularity of crossovers and SUVs on the U.S. market is no more a secret, but lately more and more experts speak about a sweeping growth of the hatchbacks demand. The U.S. market for hatchbacks is expected to grow faster than any of the other nine vehicle body styles according to the results of a specialized research. As specialists expect a 37 percent growth in U.S. hatch sales through to 2020, to 1.1 million vehicles, some of the biggest automakers are supplementing their car lineups with five-doors. Potential high-volume entries such as the Honda Civic and Ch...
It's time to forget about those high cost of meeting new fuel economy standards and massive investments needed for autonomous vehicles, the biggest problem in the profitability of the automakers might be the buyers and their impatience.Less than 5% of new vehicles in U.S. in 2015 were built to customer order, which is so much lower than in Europe were about 50% of the vehicles were produced on customer orders. Did you know that for U.S. dealers it means thousands of dollars in extra floorplan expenses while for automakers it's a huge advertising and incentive costs for each unsold vehi...
Toyota is heading into the summer with sales on the decline. While nearly all automakers reported sales problems this May, Toyota Motor's U.S. sales tumbled 9.6% last month.Almost all of the automaker's models posted sales declines.The automaker's namesake Toyota brand sold 192,657 vehicles, down 9.5% compared to the same period a year earlier. Sales of the luxury Lexus brand declined 10.1% to 26,682. In such a way analysts projecting declines for most major manufacturers in May, compared to the same month a year ago, were right. But Toyota suffered i...
