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Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus and Toyota brands held their lead atop Consumer Reports’ annual reliability rankings, while General Motors Co.’s 117-year-old Buick line became the first from the U.S. to win one of the list’s top three places. The survey, a buying bible to car shoppers that has been dominated by Japanese automakers, has more international representation this year. As other automakers catch up to Japan’s manufacturers, both Subaru and Honda tumbled from the top group of “more reliable” brands, with Honda’s Civic compact car losing its l...
The low margins of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and it high leverage position might have taken a toll on its stock in 2Q16. The company is now trading at massive YTD losses. FCAU reported adjusted EPS (earnings per share) of 0.45 euros in 2Q16, or $0.51, which is about 55% higher than its adjusted EPS in 2Q15. This figure was also higher than the analysts’ estimate of 0.39 euros, or $0.43. However, on the day of its 2Q16 earnings release, the company’s stock fell 4.3%. Stagnation in the company’s 2Q16 revenues and shipments, along with concerns over the growth potenti...
Honda CEO Takahiro Hachigo expects his company's U.S. sales to grow next year even as the market flattens, putting more pressure on North American production capacity that already is stretched to the limit. As a remedy, he soon may fire up Honda's Japan export engine. In an interview Hachigo said a blitz of key redesigns, starting this fall with the redesigned CR-V and continuing with updates to the Odyssey and Accord, will intensify the capacity problem. Takahiro Hachigo said that if they reach 1.7 million U.S. sales this year, then they will probably add on top of that nex...
Specialists have made their forecasts for this October, and they're not optimistic for the U.S. car market, since a drop of 7% is expected. Comparing to October last year a drop of 7% is awaited, as automakers offer steep discounts and adjust production to manage inventories. The two auto industry consultants said October U.S. new vehicle sales will number 1.347 million, down 7.3% from 1.453 million units a year earlier. The seasonally adjusted annualized rate for October will be 17.7 million vehicles, down from 18.1 million on the same basis a year earlier. This October has two...
The weekend Hurricane Matthew traveled up the East Coast, and that is the reason why vehicle online shopping traffic plummeted nearly 60%. The online advertising company compared traffic patterns of certain automotive websites from Oct. 7-9, when the hurricane hit the U.S., to the four weekends prior. The study found Savannah area shopping activity dropped 57%. In Charleston, online shopping traffic fell 55%. The cities of Florence and Myrtle Beach in South Carolina each saw a 41% decrease in traffic. Some residents in Savannah and Charleston were still returning home Sunday, Oct. 9...
