The Tundra (+16.4%) helps Toyota return stable U.S. sales in November. The U.S. new light vehicle market is estimated by TrueCar and ALG to drop -12% year-on-year in November to roughly 1.240.200 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -16.3% to around 12.994.200. However there were 3 fewer selling days…
The Kia K5 sells a record 7.528 in the U.S. in October. 15/12 update: Now with monthly data for all Ford and Lincoln models. The U.S. new light vehicle market is up an estimated 1% year-on-year in October to around 1.350.000 units according to Bloomberg, leading to a year-to-date tally…
The Lexus RX sees its sales jump 35% year-on-year in September. Picture caranddriver.com New light vehicle sales in the U.S. are estimated to rebound up 5.6% year-on-year in September to 1.35 million units. Although it is a lot higher than industry forecasts that predicted a stable market around 1.275 million…
Volvo is the only carmaker in positive among those reporting monthly. 9/09 update: Now with Lexus and Toyota models data. U.S. new light vehicle volumes see their recovery halted in August at -20% year-on-year to 1.32 million units based on estimates from Cox Automotive and LMC Automotive. This is a steeper…
U.S. Volvo V60 sales surge 158.6% year-on-year in July. Picture caranddriver.com Aggregate estimates by ALG, LMC Automotive and COX Automotive show a U.S. light vehicle market down -16% to 1.178 million units in July, leading to a year-to-date tally off -22.2% to 7.659 million units. Fleet shipments remain particularly weak…
The Chevrolet Silverado is up 4% year-on-year in a market down -23.7%. 15/07 update: Now with complete data including Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover. Hit full frontal by the coronavirus crisis with 3.431.574 total cases and 136.466 lives lost according to figures by Johns Hopkins University at the time of…
The new CX-30 helps Mazda to an impressive year-on-year gain in June. 15/07 update: now with Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover Q2 data. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to fall -27% year-on-year in June to roughly 1.115.000 units based on estimates from ALG/TrueCar, J.D. Power/LMC, Edmunds and Cox…
The U.S. recovery is hampered by absent fleet sales, notably rental cars. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to fall -33% year-on-year in May to 1.065.000 units according Edmunds, ALG and Cox Automotive, compared to a revised -50% and 668.000 in April. This pulls the year-to-date tally down -24.2%…
The U.S. Canada border remains closed. According to Wards Auto and J.D. Power, U.S. retail sales through May 24 are down -25% vs. pre-virus forecast at 670.000 units, with J.D. Power predicting 991.000 retail sales in May, down -24% from its pre-virus forecast. This is a significant drop but a…
41 US States and Territories were under stay-at-home orders in April. 8/05 update: Now with Volvo brand and models data. New light vehicle sales in the U.S. collapse -53% year-on-year in April to just 625.000 units according to estimates from ALG, Cox and Edmunds, pulling the year-to-date tally down -22.4% to…
The Ram 1500 wins 6 U.S. States in 2019. Picture motortrend.com For the 6th year in a row and thanks to our partnership with JATO Dynamics, we can share with you today separate rankings of the Top 10 best-selling vehicles for each U.S. State over the Full Year 2019. This data is…
Chevrolet Silverado sales are up 25.7% in Q1 in a market down -11.9%. 11/04 update: Now with Mercedes, Jaguar and Land Rover data. March is the month the coronavirus pandemic upended the US economy. From just 100 confirmed cases as of March 1, the number of infected US citizens surged…
The COVID-19 crisis has suddenly taken a turn for the worse in the US, with the number of confirmed cases going from 6.000 to 35.000 in the space of just 5 days (data as of 5am ET 23/03/20). More States are announcing business shutdowns and shelter-at-home orders each day, meaning…
Almost 2.800 Kia Seltos found a new U.S. home in February. 11/03 update: Now with Toyota, Lexus and Volvo figures. 29 brands ended monthly sales reporting in the U.S. last month, instead choosing to report quarterly. As a result only 11 out of the 40 brands present on the market,…
Toyota RAV4 sales shoot up 35.2% year-on-year in January. Monthly U.S. sales reporting is no more. From Tesla in 2017, to General Motors in 2018, Ford Motor and FCA in 2019, this month Nissan, the VW Group, BMW Group, Mercedes and Jaguar Land Rover have decided to follow suit and will…