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Lane departure warning and blind spot detection systems can significantly prevent crashes if consumers use the features, according to two new studies by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Single-vehicle, sideswipe and head-on crashes are reduced 11 percent if the vehicle is outfitted with lane departure warning systems, IIHS found. The rate of injury-inducing crashes decreases 21 percent with the technology. The lane departure warning study included crashed General Motors, Honda, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Subaru and Volvo vehicles produced between 2009 and 2015. The study looke...
If you love Porsche cars, you'll be glad to find out that Porsche is again the most attractive car brand for drivers in the USA. For the 13th time in succession, the sports car manufacturer has finished top of the overall rankings. The Porsche 911, Cayenne and Macan models also took the top positions in their categories. More than 69,000 new car owners took part in the survey, assessing 243 models from 33 car manufacturers in 10 categories. Oliver Blume, President and CEO of Porsche AG, says that the aim of the company’s actions is to have thrilled customers. The results o...
After US 3 big automakers have revealed their June sales, we expected the luxury car segment to do the same, and here are the sales results from the last month. Porsche Cars North America, importer and distributor of Porsche cars in the United States has sold 4,516 vehicles in June 2017. This is a 0.8 percent increase over June 2016. Year-to-date, deliveries are up 3.2 percent compared to 2016 with 27,568 vehicle sales. Macan sales were notably strong in June with 1,871 deliveries, a 53.1 percent increase over the same period last year. Year-to-date, Porsche Macan sales are up 30.9...
The headlines for Hyundai Motor America's 2016 sales results were the kind any automaker would be proud of: Despite a car-heavy lineup, tight crossover supplies and thin incentive support, Hyundai and the new Genesis brand combined for a seventh consecutive year of record sales. But how Hyundai got there raises questions about the brand's sales tactics and its prospects heading into a softening market, including whether it relies too heavily on sales to rental agencies and to dealerships themselves, dealers and people familiar with Hyundai's sales operations say. The str...
Another month, another drop in U.S. new-vehicle sales. Specialists are convinced that U.S. June car sales will mark the sixth consecutive year-over-year decline, which is going to be the worst half of a year since 2014. For June, forecasts from the most popular companies show sales coming in about 2 percent to 4 percent less than a year ago. The projections translate to a seasonally adjusted, annualized selling rate of 16.3 million to 16.6 million, which would be the lowest monthly rate in more than two years. GM, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., American Honda and Volkswagen Group of Ame...
