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Ford: Market Share Declines Will Continue Near-Term
Things are rough for Ford on Truck Mountain, with ground lost for the fourth consecutive month in November in a market-share situation that isn’t about to improve any time soon. Automotive News...
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Cain’s Segments: Full-Size Trucks In November 2014 – GM Twins Outsell...
Full-size pickup trucks generated 13.1% of all U.S. new vehicle sales in November 2014, up from 12.5% in November 2013 thanks to a 10% volume gain. That 10% segment-wide increase occurred despite a 10%...
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November 2014 Scion Sales Hit 34-Month Low, 18 Consecutive Months Of Decline
For the 18th consecutive month, the Scion brand’s U.S. volume declined in November 2014. The streak has reached a special low point, however, with the worst percentage decline since June and the lowest...
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Chart Of The Day: U.S. Auto Market Share – November 2014
Compared with the previous month, November 2014 saw smaller automakers pick up market share at the expense of America’s largest automobile manufacturers. General Motors and Ford Motor Company combined...
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America’s 10 Best-Selling SUVs & Crossovers In November 2014
If ever there was a month to highlight the popularity of America’s best-selling SUVs and crossovers, November 2014 is it. The Honda CR-V, the top-ranked utility vehicle in each of the last three...
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Cherokee Is Jeep’s Best Seller Three Months Running
In each of the last three months, the Cherokee has been the best-selling model at America’s fastest-growing volume brand. Jeep sales are up 44% in the United States through the first eleven months of...
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Surging Small Luxury SUVs Aren’t The Major Players Yet
The rise of the small luxury crossover is undeniable, not just based on the most recent evidence available. U.S. sales of premium brand small utility vehicles rose 17.9% to 23,776 units in November...
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November 2014: The Worst Sales Month For The Chevrolet SS Ever
November 2014 U.S. sales of the Chevrolet SS fell to the lowest full-month total in the model’s 13-month history with General Motors reporting just 105 units. SS volume peaked at 350 units in March of...
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Lower Fuel Prices Not Slowing U.S. Car Sales At BMW
Passenger car sales in the United States are up just 1% as the overall industry has grown more than 5% through the first eleven months of 2014. America’s two best-selling premium brands, however, are...
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November 2014 Was The Dodge Dart’s Best Month Ever
The Chrysler Group reported the Dodge Dart’s best-ever sales month in November 2014 as year-over-year volume jumped 39% to 9012 units. This was the first time Dart volume climbed beyond 9000 units in a...
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Surprise: The New Ford Mustang Is A Hot Ticket
Ford reported in November 2014 the largest number of Mustangs sold in any November since 2006. With 8278 sold last month, year-over-year Mustang volume jumped 62%. It was also the best month for the...
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Honda Civic Sales Are Steadily Declining; Corolla’s Rising
American Honda’s Civic posted decreased sales volume in each of the last five months. After claiming the title of America’s best-selling small car in two consecutive years, it’s highly unlikely that...
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The Ford Transit: America’s Best-Selling Commercial Van In November 2014
In November 2014, for the first time in its six-month North American existence, the full-size Ford Transit was America’s best-selling commercial van. A number of special circumstances made the...
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Peak MKC? Lincoln’s MKC Sales Growth Finally Suspended In November
After increasing sales of the brand’s new Escape-related small crossover in five consecutive months, Lincoln MKC volume levelled off in November 2014 at 2152 units. This represents a 2% drop from the...
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Cain’s Segments: Minivans In November 2014
Despite massive year-over-year improvements, the Kia Sedona continues to be a relatively low-volume player in America’s minivan segment. But are the gains made by the Kia significant enough to make...
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Chart Of The Day: How Important Is The TLX In Acura Showrooms?
Even in the Acura TLX’s best sales month, the brand’s MDX and RDX crossovers still accounted for 55% of Acura sales in the United States. With the TLX now consistently generating around three out of...
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U.S. Volvo Sales Situation Getting Uglier As New XC90 Is Readied
We’re still a few months away from seeing the first new XC90s at Volvo dealers in North America and many more months away from discovering whether it can rescue the brand’s fortunes on this side of the...
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Small MPVs In Rapid Canadian Sales Decline
GM Canada sold only 32 copies of its Chevrolet Orlando in November 2014, the worst month yet for the rapidly declining Mazda 5 alternative. Although the Orlando set an impressive sales pace in its...
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These Are The Subaru Tribeca’s Dying Days
Try to conjure up in your memory the Subaru B9 Tribeca’s early days. No, we’re not talking about those TTAC-oriented Tribeca memories – I’m far too new at TTAC to delve into the site’s ancient history....
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Canada Auto Sales Recap: November 2014
Canadians registered more new vehicles in 2013 than any year in the country’s auto-buying age. Yet in 2014, that record was very nearly broken in the first eleven months of the year. Auto sales in...
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Chart Of The Day: 11 Years Of Nissan Titan Market Share
Nissan USA announced on December 16, 2014, that the next Titan, the second Titan, the first all-new Titan since 2003, will be introduced at 2015’s NAIAS in Detroit on January 12, 2015. Hardly altered...
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What Can The Second Q7 Do For Audi In America?
Sales of the Audi Q7 in 2014 rose to a seven-year high in the United States. That’s a meaningful bit of information right there, given that the Q7 at your local Audi dealer now is basically the Q7 that...
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Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Is Twice As Popular As Taurus Police...
As the Explorer goes, so goes the Ford Police Interceptor Utility. Unfortunately for Ford, as the Taurus goes, so too goes the Police Interceptor Sedan. Sales of civilian Explorers in the United States...
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Hybrids Down, PHEVs, EVs Up In US Sales Amid Falling Fuel Prices
With fuel prices continuing their downward spiral, one would think EVs and hybrids would become the new Hummers and Escalades to be left to rust in the backlot of the dealership. Not quite. Detroit...
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Supplier Woes Lead To Lada’s First-Ever Loss Of Monthly Sales Crown
Since the first Ladas left the assembly line in the 1970s, the automaker has always held the top spot on the sales podium, month after month, year after year. Until November 2014, that is. Automotive...
View ArticleDodge Viper Assembly To Resume Mid-November
After months of idling, the Dodge Viper will once again roll out of the assembly line to a roped-off display near you. Automotive News reports the Conner Avenue plant will start production of the...
View ArticleU.S. Auto Sales Results: November 2014 YTD
New vehicle buyers registered 1.3 million cars, SUVs, crossovers, vans, and pickup trucks in November 2014, a 57,000-unit improvement compared with November 2013. No volume brand accelerated at a...
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