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There might be a problem this month with new auto sales but not when it comes to California. The registrations for new cars sold first months this year, exceeded 500.000, which is a 3.8% improvement comparing to last year. It's a 22nd consecutive year-over-year increase in quarterly registrations, which of course is great news not just for carmakers and dealers, but for costumers too. We are pretty sure the state will top 2 million new vehicle registrations for the second straight year. Brian Maas, the president of the California New Car Dealers Assn. said Ca...
Nissan is the next one to recall their new cars after Toyota. The Company is recalling 12,616 cars, Muranos that were manufactured between December 17, 2015 and February 11, 2016 and Maximas from November 25, 2015 to February 12, 2016. The problem of the cars is a probably damaged O-ring, that might bring to a brake fluid pressure, and affect ABS and dynamic control activation. There are no reports about injuries, or deaths triggered by Muranos or Maximas. Nissan's staff found out about the problem during a routine inspection on vehicles at Smyrna, Tn. ...
Leasing has surged as a share of new-vehicle transactions to impressive indexes in the fourth quarter of 2015, this being caused mainly by captive finance companies seeking to boost sales by keeping customers' monthly payments low. Leasing has been fairly rare in the used-vehicle market, but its share is growing. In such a way more and more lenders are offering leases on used and certified preowned vehicles.This strategy is meant to cope with an industrywide flood of 3.1 million off-lease vehicles returning to the market this year. The number of off-lease vehi...
Almost 60.000 Toyota Avalon and Camry sedans from the 2016 model were recalled by Toyota Motor Sales, USA. Almost all of them were sold in the U.S., only about 1,500 were sold in Canada and Mexico. Toyota Corp. says that these cars have a system that activates or deactivates the front passenger air bags depending on the weight of the passenger. In some of the affected vehicles the system was improperly calibrated, so the front passenger air bags and knee air bags may not deploy.The company affirmed that it's still unclear how many times the condition has occurred or whether it has bee...
All the main automotive dealerships agree on the fact that there is a serious shortage of automotive technicians able to work on today's advanced cars and trucks. In this situation analysts and experts say that simply recruiting more technicians won't help. The emerging gap between the lost and the recruited technicians is considerable. Ford and GM estimate a need for a total of 15,000 new technicians for their U.S. dealerships over the next five years. The North American shortfall is estimated by Mark Davis, automotive programs manager at Seminole State C...