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December promises to be the strongest month in auto sales. It is expected to set an annual record with 17.5 million sales in 2015, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.The car retail sales are projected to reach 1,400,100 units, while total light-vehicle sales are expected to reach 1,712,200, both a 6% increase on a selling-day adjusted basis, compared with December 2014. Both sales volumes are also the highest for any month since July2005, when retail sales hit 1.64 million units and total sales 1.80 million units.“We now have greater ...
FORD COMPANY HELPS EASE TRAFFIC JAMSFord will start offering a new ride-sharing shuttle service for employees in Dearborn starting Tuesday in a move that could lead to a new business for an automaker trying to re-invent itself more broadly as a mobility company.Ford introduced the Ford Smart Mobility Plan that has 25 projects, which incorporate ride-sharing, data and alternative modes of connectivity, transportation and autonomous driving in an attempt to find ways that are better for people to share our roads in the years to come.The team of social scientists has already spent several months ...
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 ...
US auto safety regulators fined Fiat Chrysler Automobiles $70 million for failing to report key safety data to regulators on death and injury claims linked to their vehicles.The penalty is an amendment to an earlier $105 million fine on Fiat Chrysler over its poor handling of auto recalls, taking the total in the enforcement case to $175 million, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.Fiat Chrysler acknowledged earlier this fall that it failed to provide early warning data to regulators over a period of several years. That data - which includes deaths, injuries, warranty ...
Audi has announced it is still committed to hit the 2-million annual sales objective by the year 2020.This is a rather bold target, despite the ongoing Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal which has affected over 2 million Audi models. The premium automaker managed to sell 1.74 million vehicles worldwide last year and in the first 10 months of 2015, shifted to a total of 1.5 million cars.Audi has a few new models that will likely sell in crazy numbers. The first will be the Q2 entry-level crossover set to go on sale in the second half of next year, following a world premiere in Geneva...
