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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Celebrates Fifth Successive Sales Record

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Celebrates Fifth Successive Sales Record

4,063 cars delivered to customers in 2014 (+12%). Fifth consecutive record year and the highest sales in the marque's 111-year history. Reaffirmation of leadership of super-luxury segment (>$250,000 net). Bespoke personalisation at highest-ever levels. North America tops regional figures, ahead of the Middle East, Euro ... Continue reading

Car Stuff@2015 CES - Toyota Invites Industry to the Hydrogen Future +VIDEO

Car Stuff@2015 CES - Toyota Invites Industry to the Hydrogen Future +VIDEO

More than 5,600 fuel cell and related patents available for royalty free use Patents include industry leading fuel cell technology used in new Toyota Mirai 2015 CES - TMS SVP Bob Carter's speech LAS VEGAS, (Jan. 5, 2015) – Toyota is opening the door to the hydrogen future, making available thousands of hydrogen fu ... Continue reading

2015 Detroit Auto Show - The Gallery Kicks Off Auto Nirvana January 5, 2015

2015 Detroit Auto Show - The Gallery Kicks Off Auto Nirvana January 5, 2015

Countdown to NAIAS 2015 – Act One: The Gallery at MGM Grand Detroit Exotic vehicles, Wolfgang Puck, and high fashion set to launch event unlike any other Detroit January 5, 2015; The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) has announced the lineup of vehicles that will grace The Gallery at MGM Grand Detroit ... Continue reading

Car Stuff @ CES 2015 -Tegra X1 Mobile Super Chip

Car Stuff @ CES 2015 -Tegra X1 Mobile Super Chip

But First Snide's Remarks: With your next car or maybe next one after that being a rolling computer device, that will not only drive the car for you, order your takeout, find a parking space and order the flowers you forgot to order and will be connected to every device you own both at home and away, I thought you car ... Continue reading

Porsche Reports December and Annual Sales

Porsche Reports December and Annual Sales

U.S. Porsche dealers sell 47,007 vehicles in 2014 ATLANTA -- Jan. 5, 2015: Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor in the United States of the Porsche 918 Spyder, 911, Boxster, and Cayman sports cars, Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and the Panamera four-door sports sedan line-up, today announced 3,27 ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Delivers Record-Breaking 2014 Sales Volume Of 330,391, Up 5.7%

Mercedes-Benz Delivers Record-Breaking 2014 Sales Volume Of 330,391, Up 5.7%

Mercedes-Benz today reported record-breaking 2014 sales of 330,391, up 5.7% from the 312,534 units sold in 2013. Annual Sprinter sales increased 18% to 25,745, combining with 10,453 units at smart, up 12.8%, for a best-ever year-to-date grand total of 366,589 for Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA). "The past year brought key mi ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Reports Best Year And December Ever

Hyundai Motor America Reports Best Year And December Ever

Sonata and Elantra top 200,000 in sales - Santa Fe and Tucson up double-digits for the year FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 5, 2015 -- Hyundai Motor America today announced a record December sales month of 64,507 units, up two percent versus the record-setting period in 2013. This is the fifth consecutive year of record ... Continue reading

BMW Group U.S. Reports December and 2014 Sales

BMW Group U.S. Reports December and 2014 Sales

BMW Group U.S. breaks sales record BMW brand sets new sales record MINI brand sets new December record BMW Motorcycle sales up 5.4 percent WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ -- January 5, 2015: The BMW Group in the U.S. (BMW and MINI combined) reported December sales of 48,141 vehicles, an increase of 9.5% percent from the 43,981 vehi ... Continue reading

Kia Reports Best Ever Full year Sales in 2014

Kia Reports Best Ever Full year Sales in 2014

Annual Sales Up 8.4 Percent as Kia Surpasses Half a Million Vehicles for Third Straight Year; Optima Achieves All-time Single Nameplate Sales Record IRVINE, CA -- Jan. 5, 2015: Kia Motors America (KMA) capped a record-setting year with best-ever December sales of 45,587 vehicles – up 35.6 percent over the same per ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Ends 2014 With Dramatic Sales Increase

Mitsubishi Motors Ends 2014 With Dramatic Sales Increase

Total sales for 2014 is 77,643 units -- a 24.8 percent increase over 2013 -- December 2014 marks tenth consecutive month of year-over-year sales increases -- December sales of 6,545 units mark the best December since 2006 -- Outlander Sport has best-ever December sales month at 2,755 units CYPRESS, CA -- Jan. 5, 2015: ... Continue reading

Subaru Reports Best December Ever

Subaru Reports Best December Ever

Subaru sets a new all-time sales record of 513,693 vehicles; up 21 percent over 2013 Record December - monthly sales increase 24 percent over December 2013 37th consecutive month of month-over-month growth Best December ever for Legacy, Forester, WRX, Outback and XV Crosstrek Best year ever for Forester, WRX, Legacy se ... Continue reading

Infiniti Reports U.S. Sales for December 2014

Infiniti Reports U.S. Sales for December 2014

Infiniti today reported sales of 12,007 vehicles in the U.S. during December. Sales of the updated 2015 Q70 luxury performance sedan – including the new Q70L long-wheelbase model, which has class-leading rear legroom – were up 78.7 percent for the month. The Q60 sports coupe and convertible increased 42.4 per ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor Sales Results Up 12.7 Percent in December; 6.2 Percent for 2014

Toyota Motor Sales Results Up 12.7 Percent in December; 6.2 Percent for 2014

Lexus posts best-ever month in December TMS light trucks set new December record Toyota Division #1 retail brand in 2014 Camry best-selling car in America for 13th straight year TORRANCE, CA --Jan. 5, 2015: Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported December 2014 sales of 215,057, an increase of 12.7 percen ... Continue reading

December Industry Average Transaction Price Reaches Highest Point in 2014

December Industry Average Transaction Price Reaches Highest Point in 2014

Cars.com reports today that December's Average Transaction Price (ATP) for new light-vehicle sales in the United States was $31,550, up 3.6 percent ($1,105) from November, and 5.2 percent ($1,562) year-over-year. "Thanks to the healthy sales performance of luxury vehicles as well as SUVs and trucks, industry Average Tr ... Continue reading

Mazda Reports Best Annual Sales in 20 Years

Mazda Reports Best Annual Sales in 20 Years

Mazda Eclipses 300,000 CY Sales IN U.S.; December 2014 Best Sales Since 2012; CX-5 Records Best-Ever Sales Year - IRVINE, CA -- Jan. 5, 2015: Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported calendar year (CY) 2014 total (combined fleet and retail) sales in the U.S. of 305,801, up 7.7 percent over 2013 and the bes ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars Reports Record Sales in 2014

Volvo Cars Reports Record Sales in 2014

465,866 cars sold in 2014 Record year driven by strong growth in China and Western Europe 18 months of consecutive sales increases Volvo will continue to expand in all markets in 2015: CEO GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN -- January 5, 2015: The pace and depth of Volvo Cars’ global transformation was underlined today after the ... Continue reading

GM Deliveries Up 19 percent in Blockbuster December

GM Deliveries Up 19 percent in Blockbuster December

Chevrolet up 20 percent Buick up 32 percent; GMC up 23 percent Cadillac, Trucks and SUVs Drive Record ATPs DETROIT – General Motors Co. dealers in the United States delivered 274,483 vehicles last month for the company’s best December sales in seven years. Total sales were up 19 percent compared to a year ago ... Continue reading

Honda Division Breaks Annual Auto Sales Record in 2014

Honda Division Breaks Annual Auto Sales Record in 2014

Torrance California December 5, 2015; American Honda Motor Co., Inc. today reported record Honda Division sales of 1,373,029 vehicles for 2014 as overall vehicle sales reached 1,540,872 units, the second-best result in company history and an increase of 1.0 percent for the year. AHM light truck sales reached new monthl ... Continue reading

Nissan Reports Record December and 2014 Calendar Year U.S. Sales

Nissan Reports Record December and 2014 Calendar Year U.S. Sales

Nissan today announced total U.S. sales for December 2014 of 117,318 units, an increase of 6.9 percent compared to last year and a December record. For calendar year 2014, Nissan set an all-time record with 1,386,895 total U.S. sales, an increase of 11.1 percent over 2013. Nissan Division 2014 calendar year highlights: ... Continue reading

FCA Reports December 2014 U.S. Sales Increased 20 Percent -- Best December Sales in a Decade; Full-Year Sales Up 16 Percent -- Strongest Annual Sales Since 2006

FCA Reports December 2014 U.S. Sales Increased 20 Percent -- Best December Sales in a Decade; Full-Year Sales Up 16 Percent -- Strongest Annual Sales Since 2006

57th consecutive month of year-over-year sales gains Annual U.S. sales top 2 million units; best full-year sales since 2006 Chrysler, Jeep®, Ram Truck and FIAT brands each post sales gains in December compared with same month a year ago Jeep brand records best ever December and annual sales Chrysler 200 sales up 187 ... Continue reading

Honda Division Breaks Annual Auto Sales Record as Honda and Acura Brands Set Numerous New Sales Marks

Honda Division Breaks Annual Auto Sales Record as Honda and Acura Brands Set Numerous New Sales Marks

Honda Division sets new annual record with total sales of 1,373,029 vehicles - American Honda sets new light truck sales mark for calendar year and December - Acura Division has best annual sales since 2007, with best-ever month & year for trucks TORRANCE, CA -- Jan. 5, 2015: American Honda Motor Co., Inc. today report ... Continue reading

Ford Posts Best U.S. December Sales Results since 2005; Ford Once Again Best-Selling Brand and Best-Selling Vehicle

Ford Posts Best U.S. December Sales Results since 2005; Ford Once Again Best-Selling Brand and Best-Selling Vehicle

Ford Motor Company posts best U.S. December sales results since 2005, with 220,671 vehicles sold; Ford remains America’s best-selling vehicle brand for fifth straight year Escape has best-ever December performance and record sales for the year; full-year Explorer sales best since 2005 Fusion hits full-year sales r ... Continue reading

Seats, Interior, Battery Innovations - Johnson Controls At 2015 Detroit Auto Show

Seats, Interior, Battery Innovations - Johnson Controls At 2015 Detroit Auto Show

Johnson Controls unveils seating, interior and battery innovations at the 2015 North American International Auto Show ... Continue reading

Details of Ford Motor Company's December 2014 U.S. Sales Conference Call

Details of Ford Motor Company's December 2014 U.S. Sales Conference Call

DEARBORN, MI -- January 2, 2015: Ford Motor Company will release its December 2014 U.S. sales results at approximately 9:30 a.m. ET Monday, January 5, 2015. At 10:00 a.m. ET, Erich Merkle, Ford U.S. sales analyst, will host a conference call for the investment community and news media to discuss the results and related ... Continue reading

Visteon Launches Electronics Solutions to Unlock the Value of the Connected Vehicle at 2015 International CES

Visteon Launches Electronics Solutions to Unlock the Value of the Connected Vehicle at 2015 International CES

Global automotive supplier's advanced technology creates value for consumers and automakers through Cloud-based technology and connected services - Exhibit will feature production-ready technologies, future-proof vehicle cockpit concepts and autonomous driving simulations LAS VEGAS -- Jan. 2, 2015: Premiering a range o ... Continue reading

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