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Friday, January 3, 2014

2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Priced at $75,000

2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Priced at $75,000

Chevrolet today announced the 2014 Camaro Z/28 will go on sale this spring with a suggested retail price of $75,000, including a $995 destination charge, but excluding tax, title, license and dealer fees. ... Continue reading

Subaru Canada: 2013 Marks Another All-Time Annual Sales Record

Subaru Canada: 2013 Marks Another All-Time Annual Sales Record

Subaru sells a record 36,760 units in 2013, increasing sales by a whopping 18.7 percent over 2012. All regions set new records for annual sales. BRZ, Forester and XV Crosstrek outshine their previous December records, with increased sales of 61.1, 51.1 and 19.7 percent respectively. MISSISSAUGA, ON, Jan. 3, 2014 /CNW/ ... Continue reading

Triple Digit Sales Increases in Final Three Months Ensure Most Successful Year Ever for Maserati

Triple Digit Sales Increases in Final Three Months Ensure Most Successful Year Ever for Maserati

Maserati North America closed an unbridled year of success in 2013, driven by dynamic new entries into top segments, closing December with a 210% increase over the same month last year. Each of the last six months of 2013 brought year over year growth, with the final three months all delivering significant triple digit ... Continue reading

Kia U.S. Sales Surpass Half a Million Vehicles for Second Straight Year

Kia U.S. Sales Surpass Half a Million Vehicles for Second Straight Year

Kia Motors America (KMA) today reported the company's second-best annual sales in 2013 of 535,179 vehicles following the delivery of seven all-new or significantly redesigned vehicles over the course of the year. For the second straight year the U.S.-built* Optima was KMA's best-seller and December's total of 33,631 un ... Continue reading

2013 BMW Group U.S. Sales Breaks All-time Record

2013 BMW Group U.S. Sales Breaks All-time Record

The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported December sales of 43,981 vehicles, an increase of 0.3 percent from the 43,855 vehicles sold in the same month a year ago. At year end, the BMW Group (BMW and MINI combined) is up 8.1 percent on sales of 375,782 compared to 347,583 in 2012, a new record for the ... Continue reading

Mazda 2013 Retail-only sales best since 1994; 2013 total sales best since 2007

Mazda 2013 Retail-only sales best since 1994; 2013 total sales best since 2007

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported calendar year 2013 total (combined fleet and retail) sales of 283,947, up 2.5 percent over 2012 and the best result since 2007. For the first time, MNAO also released retail-only sales, with 262,970 sales representing an increase of 16.1 percent over 2012, and the b ... Continue reading

Honda Sets All-Time December Sales Record

Honda Sets All-Time December Sales Record

01/03/2014 CR-V annual sales top 300,000 for first time, joining Accord and Civic Accord posts best annual sales since 2008 with double-digit gain plus strong December RDX posts 20th straight monthly increase, smashes previous mark with sales up 51.6 percent for the year MDX has best sales month in model history Americ ... Continue reading

Toyota Division No. 1. Retail Brand in 2013

Toyota Division No. 1. Retail Brand in 2013

Camry ends 2013 as best-selling car in America for 12th year in a row; TMS hybrids set all-time sales record in 2013 December 2013 Sales Chart “ Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported December 2013 sales results of 190,843 units, an increase of 2.2 percent over December 2012 on a daily selling rate (DS ... Continue reading

Subaru Reports Best December Ever and All-Time Record Sales for 2013

Subaru Reports Best December Ever and All-Time Record Sales for 2013

Subaru of America, Inc. has reported record sales of 424,683 vehicles for the 2013 calendar year. This is an increase of 26.2% over the previous record of 336,441 vehicles, which was set in 2012. This fifth consecutive record also represents the largest ever single-year increase in volume for the brand. The company als ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover Reports U.S. Sales For December 2013

Jaguar Land Rover Reports U.S. Sales For December 2013

2013 Jaguar Land Rover North America sales increase 20 percent for 2013 with 66,962 units sold Land Rover sets new U.S. full year sales record for the brand of 50,010 units with increase of 15 percent for 2013 All new aluminum Range Rover increases 56 percent for 2013 Jaguar finishes 2013 as one of the fastest growing ... Continue reading

Infiniti Reports December U.S. Sales

Infiniti Reports December U.S. Sales

Infiniti today reported U.S. sales of 13,232 units, an increase of 4.8 percent versus 12,627 units a year earlier. This was the best December in the luxury automaker's history. The all-new Infiniti Q50 luxury sports sedan saw deliveries of 4,568 units in December. Overall sales of Infiniti sports sedans, which include ... Continue reading

Nissan Returns To Top-Level U.S. Sports Car Racing

Nissan Returns To Top-Level U.S. Sports Car Racing

Nissan aims to return to its glory days of sports car success from the late 80s/early 90s with Muscle Milk Pickett Racing joining forces with the Japanese manufacturer as its official partner team. After taking back-to-back American Le Mans Series championship victories, Muscle Milk Pickett Racing will be powered by Ni ... Continue reading

Pennsylvania Insurance Department Offers Tips for Winter Storm Victims

Pennsylvania Insurance Department Offers Tips for Winter Storm Victims

As consumers dig out from yesterday's winter storm, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department offers the following advice and tips about homeowner's and auto insurance policies. First, damage to your house and its contents caused by weight of snow or ice, creating a collapse, is covered under standard homeowner's insurance ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Has Best Year Ever

Hyundai Motor America Has Best Year Ever

Hyundai Motor America today announced sales for the month of December of 63,005 units, up six percent versus the same period in 2013, representing the best December in company history and the first December to break the 60,000 mark. Annual sales were 720,783 units, up 2.5 percent over a record setting 2012. ... Continue reading

Nissan Vehicle Sales increased 10.5 percent compared to last year

Nissan Vehicle Sales increased 10.5 percent compared to last year

Nissan announced today total U.S. sales for December 2013 of 109,758 units, an increase of 10.5 percent compared to last year. In 2013, Nissan sold 1,248,420 vehicles in the U.S., an increase of 9.4 percent over 2012 and the best annual sales total in Nissan's history. Nissan Division December & 2013 highlights: Nissan ... Continue reading

Best December for Mitsubishi in Seven Years

Best December for Mitsubishi in Seven Years

Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) today reported December sales of 6,423, up 56.2 percent compared to December 2012. Mitsubishi sales were up 7.7 percent for the year. The U.S.-built Outlander Sport led the way with 2,358 units sold, an increase of 33.2 percent for the month compared to prior year sales. Sales of ... Continue reading

Porsche Reports Record Sales in 2013; 21 percent increase over 2012

Porsche Reports Record Sales in 2013; 21 percent increase over 2012

ATLANTA--Jan. 3, 2014: Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), the exclusive U.S. importer of Porsche sports cars including the Macan and Cayenne SUVs and the Panamera sports sedan, today announced it has once again set an all-time U.S. sales record, with 42,323 cars sold in 2013 (plus 21 percent over 2012). The previ ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz hits new height of sales at 343,614, up 12.6%

Mercedes-Benz hits new height of sales at 343,614, up 12.6%

Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported the highest annual sales volumes in its history with 312,534 units sold for the Mercedes-Benz brand in 2013, representing a 14.0% increase from the 274,134 vehicles sold in 2012. Sprinter Vans achieved an annual sales total of 21,816, gaining 4.2%. Adding 9,264 units from smart, ... Continue reading

Study Says Sales Of "Self-Driving Cars" Will Blast-off "+Learn More Link"

Study Says Sales Of "Self-Driving Cars" Will Blast-off "+Learn More Link"

Washington DC January 3, 2013; The AIADA Online newsletter reported annual sales of self-driving cars worldwide — including those that require some driver input — will balloon from 230,000 in 2025 to 11.8 million by 2035, a new study predicts. That would result in a cumulative total of 54 million self-driving ... Continue reading

"Open the Briefcase" contest designed to thrill participants, promote all-new 2014 Nissan Rogue

"Open the Briefcase" contest designed to thrill participants, promote all-new 2014 Nissan Rogue

What would you do if your everyday ride home suddenly turned into a full-throttle car chase? To keep fans on the edges of their seats and to introduce the all-new 2014 Rogue, Nissan is inviting fans to "Open the Briefcase" and participate in an exciting online adventure. All entrants will have a chance to win one of th ... Continue reading

New-Car Transaction Prices Up Nearly One Percent Month-Over-Month

New-Car Transaction Prices Up Nearly One Percent Month-Over-Month

New-car transaction prices increased an average of $197month-over-month in December 2013. The estimated average transaction price for light vehicles in the United States was $32,890, up 0.6 percent from last month and down $159 (0.5 percent) year-over-year, according to Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com. "Along with solid n ... Continue reading

All Four GM Brands Gained Retail Market Share Overall for 2013, Down 6% from Last December

All Four GM Brands Gained Retail Market Share Overall for 2013, Down 6% from Last December

General Motors Co. dealers delivered 2.8 million vehicles in the United States in 2013. Retail sales increased 11 percent and total sales were up 7 percent compared with 2012. Dealers delivered 230,157 vehicles in December, down 6 percent versus a year ago. Retail sales were down 6 percent and fleet sales were down 9 p ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group's December 2013 U.S. Sales Increased 6 Percent

Chrysler Group's December 2013 U.S. Sales Increased 6 Percent

45th-consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains Chrysler Group full-year U.S. sales increase 9 percent in 2013; fourth-consecutive year of annual sales growth Jeep® and Ram Truck brands each post double-digit sales increases in December compared with same month a year ago Jeep brand posts best December sales ever ... Continue reading

Mazda6 Wins The Carbuyer 'Best Large Family Car' Award 2014

Mazda6 Wins The Carbuyer 'Best Large Family Car' Award 2014

Mazda's ability to manufacture uniquely efficient cars by defying engineering and styling convention was given another endorsement today (Friday), by the experts at Carbuyer when they nominated the Mazda6 as the 'best large family car' - for the second year in a row - at the website's 2014 Car of the Year Awards. ... Continue reading

Ford Has Best Sales Year Since 2006

Ford Has Best Sales Year Since 2006

Ford brand 2013 retail sales up 14 percent, with cars up 12 percent, utilities up 13 percent, trucks up 17 percent; Ford is best-selling brand for fourth consecutive year Ford Motor Company total December sales up 2 percent, with retail sales up 3 percent for best December since 2005 Ford Fusion sales up 27 percent for ... Continue reading

The Elise S Cup R Makes Global Debut At Autosport 2014

The Elise S Cup R Makes Global Debut At Autosport 2014

The Elise S Cup R takes its place in the stable alongside big brothers the Exige V6 Cup and Exige Cup R and the mighty Evora GT4 in Birmingham between 9th and 12th January 2014, illustrating the variety of appeal of the Lotus Motorsport family. ... Continue reading

Dacia Duster Scores Again At Carbuyer Awards

Dacia Duster Scores Again At Carbuyer Awards

For the second year running, "smart buy" Dacia Duster has scooped the best small SUV crown again at the annual CarBuyer Car of the Year awards. ... Continue reading

Final Line-Up Announced For The World's Leading High Performance Low Carbon Conference!

Final Line-Up Announced For The World's Leading High Performance Low Carbon Conference!

The final line-up of world-class panellists, vehicles and technology showcases has now been confirmed for the Motorsport Industry Association (MIA's) 8th International Low Carbon Racing Conference - promising a truly unique insight into the future of efficiency-led motorsport and automotive development. ... Continue reading

Kia's Seven Year Warranty Lauded By Carbuyer As It Hits Seventh Year

Kia's Seven Year Warranty Lauded By Carbuyer As It Hits Seventh Year

The Kia Seven Year Warranty - still the simplest and most straightforward in the industry - has been lauded with the CarBuyer 'Buyer's Award' in its 2014 honours. ... Continue reading

S-Class Scoops 'Luxury Car Of The Year' Honour In Carbuyer Awards

S-Class Scoops 'Luxury Car Of The Year' Honour In Carbuyer Awards

Just three days into its first full year on-sale, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class has already won an Award - scooping the 'Luxury Car of the Year' honour in the CarBuyer Car of the Year Awards. ... Continue reading

New Generation Hyundai i10 Leads The Way In Carbuyer Awards

New Generation Hyundai i10 Leads The Way In Carbuyer Awards

The New Generation Hyundai i10 has been crowned 'Car of the Year' by leading car review website, CarBuyer. ... Continue reading

Infiniti reveals first image of Q50 Eau Rouge Concept

Infiniti reveals first image of Q50 Eau Rouge Concept

Infiniti has revealed the first image of the Q50 Eau Rouge concept which will have its world premiere at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 13. ... Continue reading

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