Ford sales are up 20% in the US in February. Picture caranddriver.com * See the Top 275 best-selling models, Top 15 groups & Top 40 brands by clicking on the title * In the U.S., January and February are typically the two weakest months of the year. Thanks to petrol prices at…
The Honda Civic is up 43% to 5th overall in January. Picture caranddriver.com * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 274 All-models by clicking on the title * Even though January had one less weekend than in 2015, began with a stock market rout and ended with…
The Ford F-Series is at a 9-year high 780.354 sales. Picture caranddriver.com * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 297 models by clicking on the title * * Check out over 100 years worth of U.S. Data archives here * Never before had U.S. consumers purchased that…
The Jeep Cherokee, Compass & Renegade all post all-time record volumes in December. * See the Top 15 groups, Top 40 brands and Top 280 models by clicking on the title * Five weekends and two extra business days mean December 2015 was the highest on record at 1.641.913 registrations, however the…
Landing just in time for a record year: the new Nissan Titan. Picture caranddriver.com Fellow sales analysts LMC Automotive have released today their projection for U.S. December sales, and these propel the market to over 100.000 units above the previous all-time annual record established back in 2000. December 2015 has two…
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…
Ford F-150 in Wrangell, Alaska Leaving Petersburg to continue on our way south requires a ferry as Petersburg’s road network only reaches 30 miles out of town and does not cross any water along the way. Next we visit Wrangell and Ketchikan before leaving Alaska for good. As well as analysing the car park…
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…
Ford F-350 in Prudhoe Bay, AK After starting in Barrow, the northernmost settlement in the United States, our second stop takes us 200 miles (320 km) south east to Prudhoe Bay, again on the Arctic Ocean. As I detailed in the opening report, there are no roads linking Barrow to Prudhoe Bay,…
Ford F-150 in Barrow, Alaska. Last year, I crossed the United States from Coast to Coast — New York to LA — in a Ram 1500 Tradesman, happily nicknamed Albert. You can follow last year’s coverage here. This year we embark on another crossing, this time from North to South, albeit…
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…