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Do you know which make now can be called as the world's most valuable car brand? Toyota got the title, winning to Mercedes-Benz and BMW once again. Speaking of winners, looks like Tesla makes its way to the top too, being placed for the first time in top 10. This challenge between auto companies is rising each year, while the sales are starting to slow down.According to the Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands Toyota's brand value rose 2% to $29.5 billion. The company made it by continuing its emphasis on improving the customer's experience, and by a consistent raise of its val...
It's been not so long since we've wrote about Cadillac ending its Donald Trump sponsorship and PGA's World Golf Championship deciding to move in Mexico. In fact it's been just a few days since then, and U.S. Republican presidential candidate is already responding at this move. Mr. Trump criticized General Motors for investing in Mexico. His campaign speeches say for itself, the presidential elections candidate suggests that Ford Motor Co. would back down from plans to expand in Mexico or face a 35% tariff on vehicle expands. Ford isn't the only ...
Volkswagen Group Skoda has some tough times these days because of its parent, that is why the company isn't sure yet about selling vehicles in U.S. The Czech value brand is examining the potential of markets where the brand is not yet present. One of the chosen places might be North America, but the decision wasn't made yet. Skoda vehicles might be underpinned by Volkswagen Group technology but it won a lot of praises for its high quality and functionality. The vehicles are sold very well in countries like: China and Germany but now with the low economy in Russia ...
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...
