Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
Mercedes-Benz USA is now making some major changes in its working plan, and most importantly it is shuffling some senior managers to new jobs. After it was revealed that its sales in the country were less than predicted, in order to fix the problem the most dedicated persons got higher positions in the company. Bart Herring has become the general manager of sales operations, overseeing the development and implementation of all policies, programs and activities in support of new-vehicle sales and objectives. He will also head up sales volume planning. For a long time Herring was the ...
Global car sales have gained momentum this year, rising a stronger-than-expected 5% through July. While gains are expected to moderate through year-end, strengthening labour markets and improving financial conditions suggest that the upswing will continue in 2017. There are still nearly 50 million vehicles on the road in the United States that were built prior to the new millennium, and as a result U.S. purchases are expected to continue to move higher for the remainder of the year and in 2017. Carlos Gomes, Senior Economist and Auto Industry Specialist at Scotiabank, said that the ...
A Silicon Valley startup called “Otto” has just been bought by Uber, with the goal of putting a fleet of the self-driving trucks on the nation’s highways in as little as two years. At 55 miles an hour, with no one behind the wheel, Otto has tested its technology on closed roads. For test runs on the busy freeway, a safety driver sits behind the wheel, just in case. "We're living in an on-demand era where we all want to press a button and have something arrive as fast as possible. Well, there's a truck behind all of those products." said Lior Ron, cofoun...
Of course when we're talking about U.S. car sales we can say that even though they get higher, they have reached a peak, but speaking about the overall auto sales in the whole world we need to accentuate that it goes better than ever now. Global vehicle sales have risen 5% through July. This improvement reflects a modest acceleration among the G7, especially Western Europe, as well as rebound in purchases across emerging markets. These gains are expected to moderate through the year-end, but specialists suggest us that this strengthening will continue through 2017 as well. Sale...
We already know that the first half of 2016 has been a mixed bag for U.S. automakers with total car sales in the first seven months reaching 4.253 million, a decline of 7.7% compared to last year, and light-duty truck sales increasing by 9.1% to reach 5.913 million. General Motors has sold 1.706 million cars, a 4% drop compared to last year while Ford saw its sales grow by 3.3% to reach 1.560 million. Ford’s jump in sales can be directly attributed to the company’s above-average performance in the light truck segment. Overall passenger car sales has been slow, with sever...
