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AutoNation says vehicle sales rose 7% in January Increases in import and premium luxury vehicle purchases helped AutoNation post a 7 percent increase in new vehicle unit sales last month. ...
2012 JANUARY U.S. AUTO SALES
Automakers bullish as January volume forges strong early pace U.S. auto sales jumped 11 percent in January, led by huge gains at Chrysler Group and Volkswagen of America. Automakers sold 913,284 light vehicles for the month, the bes ...
GM sales fall 6% on incentive hangover GM's sales sank 6 percent in January, a hangover from a year earlier when GM pumped up sales by piling on incentives. GM sold 167,962 vehicles last month, with the total ...
Strong Camry launch propels Toyota sales up 7.5% Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. posted a 7.5 percent sales increase in January, with the continued strong launch for the redesigned Camry propelling Toyota Division to a 9 perc ...
Honda posts first monthly sales increase since April Strong sales of the CR-V crossover and Civic compact propelled American Honda Motor Co. to its first monthly U.S. sales increase since April. Honda Division sold 74,628 v ...
Ford rises 7% as F series, Focus and Escape gain Paced by a strong increase in sales of the Ford Focus compact, Ford Motor Co.'s sales increased 7 percent to 136,294 in January. The Focus moved past the Fusion mid-sized ...
Sedans, Chrysler brand help lift Chrysler sales 44% Chrysler Group today reported its U.S. sales climbed 44 percent in January, led by its sedan lineup and an 81 percent gain by its Chrysler brand vehicles. The automaker s ...
Altima sales push Nissan ahead 12% Big demand for its Altima sedan helped drive Nissan Division sales up more than 12 percent in January compared with January 2011. The brand sold 72,517 cars and trucks fo ...
Volt sales cool following government probe Chevrolet Volt sales dropped steeply in January -- a sign that negative publicity from a government safety investigation might have doused demand for the plug-in hybrid. ...
2012 JANUARY U.S. AUTO SALES
Chrysler, Hyundai set pace as SAAR hits 14.2M Chrysler Group, Volkswagen Group, Hyundai and Kia set the pace as U.S. light vehicle sales rose 11 percent in January from a year ago. Chrysler's sales advanced by 44 per ...
U.S. automakers seen losing market share amid 2012 growth U.S. automakers led by General Motors may lose share in their home market this year, a setback that might be assuaged by holding onto some of their gains against disaster ...
Ford expects Fusion to grab profits without Camry's crown Ford CEO Alan Mulally has suggested that his stylish new Fusion sedan is seeking sales supremacy over Toyota's Camry. That's not exactly what the boss wants, executives s ...
Toyota Prius wagon sales in 10 weeks top GM Volt total for 2011 Toyota scored a quick victory in 2011 as deliveries of its Prius v wagon in 10 weeks topped sales of General Motors' Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid that was available all ...
AutoNation's Jackson predicts 14 million in U.S. sales in 2012 AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson says U.S. vehicle sales will reach 14 million in 2012 as consumers replace aging vehicles and Japanese manufacturers replenish inventory. R ...
Audi adds models for U.S. in bid to grab global lead from BMW Audi will add models in the United States to feed passion for sedans and sport-utility vehicles and gain ground on market leaders BMW and Mercedes. ...
Chrysler scores as BMW-Mercedes race remains unsettled Led by big gains at the Chrysler, Jeep, Kia and Volkswagen brands, U.S. auto sales finished 2011 on a strong note. December light vehicle volume rose an estimated 9 perce ...
GM gains share for first time in decade GM posted a 13 percent U.S. sales increase last year, to 2.5 million vehicles, gaining market share for the first time since 2002. The automaker boosted its U.S. share by ...
Hyundai, Kia set annual sales records Hyundai and Kia capped another banner year in which the brands set U.S. sales records. Hyundai sales totaled 645,691 units in 2011, up 20 percent from the record set in 2 ...
Toyota ends 2011 with tiny gain, sees big advance Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., still struggling to rebuild its inventory levels since the March earthquake, reported a tiny U.S. sales gain in December, trailing the industry ...
SUVs, large sedans lift Chrysler sales 37% in December Chrysler Group continued a strong 2011 comeback with a 37 percent sales increase in December, which Chrysler said was its best retail sales month in four years. Several o ...
Honda, with sales off 7%, loses market share in 2011 What began as a promising year for American Honda Motor Co. ended as one of the worst in the automaker's recent history as natural disasters continued to wreak havoc on t ...
Ford sales rise 9% in 2011, paced by Fusion, Escape, F series Ford Motor attributed its 2011 growth to improved sales of small cars, SUVs and pickups. For the year, SUV sales grew 20 percent, trucks 12 percent and cars 4 percent. Sa ...
Nissan sidesteps disasters to rise 17 percent in '11 Nissan Division has posted the highest U.S. vehicle sales year in its history, despite slogging through the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that hampered industry supply ...
VW Group of America reports a 23% sales gain for 2011 Volkswagen Group of America finished 2011 with U.S. sales of 443,840 vehicles -- up 23 percent over 2010 -- thanks to brisk sales of key VW models and a milestone year fo ...
2011 DECEMBER U.S. AUTO SALES
GM's Volt misses 2011 sales target as safety probe goes on General Motors' Chevrolet Volt missed its domestic sales target of 10,000 cars in 2011, the company said. Chevy dealers sold 1,529 of the plug-in hybrids last month, leav ...
2011 DECEMBER U.S. AUTO SALES
Kia, Chrysler, VW set pace as Dec. sales advance 9% Kia, Chrysler and Volkswagen posted some of the strongest sales gains for December as the industry closed out 2011 on a high note. December volume was up 9 percent to 1.2 ...
DECEMBER U.S. AUTO SALES
New-car sales pace to top 13 million, J.D. Power says The auto sales rate for the United States in December is expected to top 13 million on an annual basis for the fourth consecutive month, indicating uncertainty about the ...
Holiday auto sales ads aren't so effective, analysis says In a rather Scrooge-esque report released by advertising evaluation firm Ace Metrix, creative spots for new luxury model automobiles that hyped the holiday have failed to ...
Toyota threatened in U.S. by Camry's growing competition While Toyota is set to lose its ranking as the world’s largest automaker this year to General Motors, the company has said it’s determined to keep Camry the b ...
Fiat-Chrysler's Marchionne pins hopes on 2013 success Sergio Marchionne is gearing up for a big year for his combination of Fiat SpA and Chrysler Group, but instead of next year it will be 2013. That's when the CEO of both c ...
Chrysler extends streak, Toyota ends slide; industry looks up Chrysler continued its year-long surge, and Toyota had something to crow about for the first time since spring. Those factors combined to helped U.S. light vehicles jump ...
Pickups, SUVs drive GM's 7% Nov. gain GM posted a 7 percent U.S. sales gain for November, buoyed by strong sales of pickups and SUVs as it cleared out 2011 models. Meanwhile, sales of the Chevrolet Cruze tall ...
Ford sales rise 13% on SUVs, pickups Ford rode strong SUV and pickup sales to a 13 percent sales increase in November, a percentage point behind the November industrywide gain. Ford's November sales totaled ...
Chrysler Group surges 45% in November Resurgent sales of sedans and another strong showing across the Jeep brand lineup helped power Chrysler Group to a 45 percent sales gain in November, the automaker said t ...
Toyota, aided by growing stockpiles and new models, sees first increase since April Toyota, Scion and Lexus have nearly put inventory shortages behind them, and the improvement in stockpiles is starting to show up in the automaker's U.S. sales results, c ...
VW brand's U.S. sales rise 41% in November With strong sales of the redesigned Passat, now assembled in the United States, the Volkswagen brand posted a 41 percent U.S. sales increase in November vs. November 2010 ...
Ford's first-quarter 2012 N.A. output to rise 3% Declaring that replacement demand will carry the industry's strong momentum into 2012, Ford said today it will increase North American production in the first quarter of ...
2011 NOVEMBER U.S. AUTO SALES
Chrysler, Hyundai-Kia, VW lead industry to 14% gain U.S. auto sales -- led by big gains at Chrysler Group, Hyundai-Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen -- rose 14 percent last month for their biggest increase since April. On ...
2011 NOVEMBER U.S. AUTO SALES
Ford says small SUVs leading monthly sales gain Ford said its domestic auto sales will rise for November, led by sales of small sport-utility vehicles. ...
Toyota aims for pre-2008 sales levels with new products Toyota is aiming for its plug-in Prius hybrid and other new models to help pave a return to sales levels before the global recession in 2008, Executive Vice President Tak ...
Honda tells U.S. dealers 'full speed ahead' on December sales Honda will continue to push special lease and loan rates that vary by region through year end. John Mendel, American Honda's sales boss, told Honda's U.S. dealers in a me ...
Chrysler's Kuniskis leads Fiat N.A.; Soave departs Chrysler Group named Timothy Kuniskis head of Fiat brand for North America, replacing Laura Soave, who "has left the company and will pursue other interests." Kuniskis mo ...
Auto executives are less optimistic, survey says A new industry survey shows that automotive industry executives are less optimistic than they were three months ago about the economy, but remain mostly positive about 20 ...
GM sees Nov. sales accelerating to 14M pace Industrywide U.S. auto sales may accelerate this month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about 14 million, the best pace this year, a GM executive said today. ...
Hyundai to show Elantra coupe in Chicago Hyundai plans to reveal an Elantra coupe in February at the Chicago auto show as the company tries to capitalize on continuing sales momentum by fortifying its product li ...
GM lets dealers sell their Volt demo models GM is notifying dealers today that they are free to sell their Chevrolet Volt demonstration models, a move that more than doubles the availability of the plug-in hybrid. ...
Chrysler, Hyundai, Nissan set pace; biggest makers take back seat The smallest of the U.S. industry's “big” automakers -- Chrysler, Hyundai-Kia, and Nissan – drove U.S. auto sales to an 8 percent gain in October, match ...
GM posts smallest gain of the year GM eked out a 2 percent sales increase in October, as Japanese competitors wielded more-aggressive incentives to rebound from months of market share losses. ...
Honda gets brief relief between quake, Thai floods American Honda posted another sales decline last month despite North American assembly plants that were nearly back to full production. The October sales drop was less th ...
Jeep Compass helps Chrysler climb The Jeep Compass, once derided as a “pretend” Jeep, has become one of the hottest vehicles in the Chrysler Group lineup, setting a new monthly sales record in ...
Inventory shortages extend Toyota sales decline Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. sales fell 8 percent in October as the automaker struggled to backfill inventories crimped by the March earthquake. The decline in sales was the ...
Ford's 6% gain driven by Explorer, F series Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. light-vehicle sales rose 6 percent in October from the year-earlier level, led by sales of crossovers and pickups -- particularly the Explorer cross ...
New Versa, old Sentra lift Nissan 22% Strong performances by one of Nissan's freshest models and one of its oldest helped lift the brand's October sales 22 percent over October 2010. ...
OCTOBER U.S. AUTO SALES
GM stands by 2011 Volt sales target General Motors is sticking to its 2011 U.S. sales forecast of 10,000 Chevrolet Volts, even though it must sell as many in the final two months of the year as it did in th ...
Mercedes-Benz tops BMW in October luxury race Mercedes-Benz sold more luxury cars than BMW in the U.S. market last month, bolstered by a new sporty C-Class model. ...
OCTOBER U.S. AUTO SALES
Chrysler, Hyundai lead industry to 8 percent advance A streaking Chrysler and a record-setting Hyundai helped U.S. light vehicle sales rise 8 percent in October, keeping the industry's recovery on track amid economic uncert ...
Sonic, Group 1 post higher Q3 profits from increased new-vehicle revenue Sonic Automotive and Group 1 Automotive, the nation's third- and fourth-largest auto dealership groups, both said today they posted improved third-quarter profits, powere ...
Why auto sales will outpace economy Automakers expect new-car sales to outperform the lousy overall economy in the coming months -- just as they did in a surprisingly strong September. A surge in retail sa ...
Automakers trimmed September U.S. incentives 3.5% Automakers, while beating estimates for industry sales, reduced spending on incentives for U.S. customers in September by 3.5 percent to an average of $2,653 per vehicle, ...
Chrysler soars, Toyota struggles as industry outpaces economy Led by strong gains at Chrysler, Nissan and GM, U.S. auto sales increased 10 percent in September despite strong economic headwinds. The industry sold 1,053,761 light veh ...
Rebounding trucks lift GM's sales 20 percent in September Surging sales of full-sized pickups and SUVs fueled GM's 20 percent U.S. sales gain in September, even as demand for a few key car models waned. Industrywide sales rose 1 ...
Ford's sales gain on trucks; car sales slide Ford's U.S. sales rose 9 percent in September, to 175,199 vehicles, led by pickup and crossover sales. Ford's performance slightly lagged an industrywide light-vehicle sa ...
Ram pickup leads Chrysler's 27% sales spike Chrysler Group continued its momentum with a 27 percent increase in U.S. September sales from the same month last year. The Ram pickup led the charge with a 45 percent bu ...