Martin Winterkorn, CEO of Volkswagen, resigned following the emissions scandal. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 279 models by clicking on the title * We are approaching the end of what is shaping up to be a historical year for new light vehicle sales in the U.S.…
The Toyota RAV4 is up 31% to #7 (2016 hybrid variant pictured) * See the Top 15 best-selling groups, Top 40 brands and Top 280 models by clicking on the title * Similarly to electric wonder Tesla, the U.S. new light vehicle market got into "Insane Mode" in October. Sales…
The Ram pickup is the best-selling vehicle in Montana so far in 2015. * Click on title to see the Top 5 best-selling light trucks and Top 5 cars in each U.S. state * Here you will find the Top 5 best-sellers in the light truck category - that's pickups…
The Outback (best-ever 15.126 sales) lifts Subaru to a third consecutive all-time record U.S. month. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 280 models by clicking on the title * All planets aligned for the U.S. new car market in September. A calendar twist that put Labor…
Jeep hit an all-time record monthly volume in August. * See the Top 279 models, Top 20 groups and Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * Even though U.S. sales fell into negative territory for the first time in 19 months in August at -0.6% to 1.577.179 units,…
Discounted before the facelifted 2016 model arrives, the Chevy Silverado is up 34%... * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 276 All-models by clicking on the title * The U.S. light vehicle market starts the second semester in a very strong manner with sales up a solid…
The Chevrolet Colorado is reviving the mid-size pickup truck segment. * Click on title to see the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 280 models * The U.S. new light vehicle market hasn't stopped exceeding expectations over the First Half of 2015 with sales up 4% year-on-year to…
The Chevrolet Silverado is nipping at the Ford F-Series' heels. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 278 models by clicking on the title * The U.S. new light vehicle market is up a satisfying 4% year-on-year in June to 1.476.472 registrations, lifting the H1 2015 result…
Jeep sets an all-time volume record in May at 79.652 units. * Now updated with the Top 20 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 275 models * Whereas the totality of analysts had predicted a slight year-on-year decline due to less selling days in May this year than in 2014, the…
Lindsay Chappell this week published a fascinating article on Automotive News USA about the growing power of Hispanic buyers in the U.S. market. I summarise it below, you can read the full article here: "Sales to Hispanics outpacing the market" What's the weight of Hispanic buyers in the U.S. market? 54 million Hispanics…
The self-driving car as imagined by Mercedes-Benz Recently Barclays' auto analyst Brian Johnson forecast in "Disruptive Mobility" that self-driving cars will eliminate most multicar households, reduce the number of cars on American roads from 250 million to below 100 million and cut U.S. annual auto sales by 40% to just 9.5 million units…
The Chevrolet Colorado is the fastest-selling pickup truck in the country in April (10 days on lot). * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 274 models by clicking on the title * U.S. new light vehicle sales are up a solid 4.6% year-on-year in April to 1.454.951 registrations,…
The reintroduction of the mid-sized Colorado is helping keep the US market in gear. * See the Top 274 All-models, Top 40 brands and Top 15 groups by clicking on the title * It’s time for our Quarterly update of the US new light vehicle market. A lot of actors in the industry were…
The Hyundai Elantra sold a record 28,794 units in the US this month. * See the Top 274 All-models, Top 40 All-brands and Top 15 groups by clicking on the title * At +0.5% to 1.545.710 sales, the year-on-year gain may be small for the US new light vehicle market this…
The Chrysler 200 is up to #17 overall in the US in February. * UPDATED - See the Top 271 All-models, Top 40 brands & Top 15 groups * Particularly severe wintry weather will finally have had an impact on US light vehicle sales: whereas the average forecast for February was…