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SEMA Announces Hottest Car, Sport Compact, Truck And 4x4-SUV At The 2015 SEMA Show

SEMA Announces Hottest Car, Sport Compact, Truck And 4x4-SUV At The 2015 SEMA Show

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 3, 2015 -- The top trending vehicle models in four categories were announced today at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. This year's SEMA Award for the Hottest Car was awarded to Ford Mustang, the Ford Focus took the Hottest Sport Compact honors, the Ford F-Series was named Hottest Truck and the Jeep Wrangler ... Continue reading

Lincoln Luxury Gets A Special Touch For Chinese Market

Lincoln Luxury Gets A Special Touch For Chinese Market

By Martha Hindes Senior Editor Michigan Bureau The Auto Channel Detroit MI Nov 3, 2015; If you like to watch your Lincoln auto being repaired, you might want to consider moving to China. At today's APA meeting which was held at the Detroit Athletic Club Lincoln, Ford Motor Co's. luxury brand announced is building a sta ... Continue reading

World's Largest Car Rental Company To Highlight Sustainability 'Best Practices' at UNLV's Lee Business School

World's Largest Car Rental Company To Highlight Sustainability 'Best Practices' at UNLV's Lee Business School

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 3, 2015 -- On Wednesday, Nov. 4, the Lee Business School at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is featuring the world's largest car rental company as part of its Sustainability Speaker Series and ongoing efforts to promote responsible business education. Tomorrow's presentation – "Implement ... Continue reading

Hyundai Reports Its Best October Ever

Hyundai Reports Its Best October Ever

Hyundai Motor America posted its best October ever, with sales of 60,005, up 20 percent compared with October 2014. Tucson, Santa Fe and Santa Fe Sport, our CUV/SUV segment, continued at a brisk rate setting records for the month of October. "The strong demand for crossovers continued during this month with the all-new ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz USA Reports October Sales Of 32,472 Units Sold

Mercedes-Benz USA Reports October Sales Of 32,472 Units Sold

MBUSA posts 6.1% YTD increase, Mercedes-Benz up 6.5% YTD Mercedes-Benz USA (MBUSA) today reported October sales at 32,472 units, an increase of 3.7% from the 31,318 vehicles sold during the same month last year. Sales of Mercedes-Benz vehicles tallied 28,952 units sold, a 1.3% increase over October 2014. Mercedes-Benz ... Continue reading

Subaru Reports Record October Sales

Subaru Reports Record October Sales

Monthly sales increase 20 percent over October 2014 47th consecutive month of year-over-year growth Best October ever for Crosstrek, Forester, Impreza, Outback and WRX/STI 14.8 percent increase YTD over 2014 27th consecutive month of more than 10,000 Foresters sold 20th consecutive month of more than 10,000 Outbacks so ... Continue reading

Kia Announces Best-Ever October Sales

Kia Announces Best-Ever October Sales

Sixth Consecutive Monthly Sales Record Pushes Year-To-Date Sales Up 7.4 Percent IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2015 -- Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced best-ever October sales of 50,044 vehicles, a 12-percent increase over the same period last year. Led by the Optima and Soul with 14,381 and 12,246 units sold, respect ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars' Global Sales Up 12.6%, Strong Growth in US

Volvo Cars' Global Sales Up 12.6%, Strong Growth in US

Global retail sales of 45,801 cars in October Significant growth in the US market Continued positive development in Europe GOTENBURG, SWEDEN -- November 3, 2015: Volvo Cars posted a 12.6 per cent increase in retail sales for the month of October, selling 45,801 cars globally. Sales of the new Volvo XC90 in the US marke ... Continue reading

BMW Group U.S. Reports October 2015 Sales

BMW Group U.S. Reports October 2015 Sales

BMW brand decrease 3.8 percent, YTD up 4.6 percent MINI brand sales decrease 22.9 percent, YTD up 10.3 percent BMW Motorcycle sales decrease 3.7 percent, YTD up 11.5 percent Woodcliff Lake, NJ – November 3, 2015… Sales of BMW brand vehicles decreased 3.8 percent in October for a total of 29,439 compared to 30 ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Reports October 2015 Sales

Volkswagen Reports October 2015 Sales

October sales total 30,387 units, a 0.24 percent increase over October 2014 Tiguan delivered 4,815 units, a 167.1 percent increase, marking the best month for the vehicle on record The all-new Golf family of vehicles delivered 5,716 units, a 40.2 percent increase over the previous October Golf GTI delivered 2,520 units ... Continue reading

Toyota Exceeds Expectations by Topping 200,000 Sales in October

Toyota Exceeds Expectations by Topping 200,000 Sales in October

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., today reported October 2015 sales of 204,045 units, an increase of 13 percent on a volume basis. With one more selling day in October 2015 than in October 2014, sales were up 9.0 percent on a daily selling rate (DSR) basis. Toyota Division posted October 2015 sales of 177,609 uni ... Continue reading

Mazda Reports Best October Sales in 21 Years with 35.4 Percent Sales Increase

Mazda Reports Best October Sales in 21 Years with 35.4 Percent Sales Increase

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today reported October U.S. sales of 25,451 vehicles, representing an increase of 35.4 percent versus last year. Year-to-date (YTD), Mazda has sold 267,158 vehicles ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Reports 20th Consecutive Month Of Year-Over-Year Sales Increases

Mitsubishi Motors Reports 20th Consecutive Month Of Year-Over-Year Sales Increases

Mitsubishi CUVs lead the way as Outlander Sport reports best October ever; Outlander has best October since 2002 - October sales represent a 19.8 percent increase year-over-year and year-to-date sales are up 25.0 percent - Year-to-date sales through October have already eclipsed total MMNA sales for 2014 CYPRESS, Calif ... Continue reading

American Honda Breaks October Sales Record on Strength of Light Trucks, Strong Honda Car Sales and All-Time Sales Record for Acura TLX

American Honda Breaks October Sales Record on Strength of Light Trucks, Strong Honda Car Sales and All-Time Sales Record for Acura TLX

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. today reported record-breaking October sales of <em>131,651 </em>Honda and Acura vehicles, an increase of 8.6 percent. Honda Division sales rose to an October record of <em>115,572 </em>units, up 9.3 percent, with truck sales rising 18.5 percent on sales of 55,930 for another October reco ... Continue reading

EPA Notifies VW of Additional Clean Air Act Violations

EPA Notifies VW of Additional Clean Air Act Violations

​WASHINGTON November 3, 2015; NACSonline reported that5 yesterday the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a second notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act (CAA) to Volkswagen, Porsche AG and Porsche Cars North America, alleging that VW developed and installed a defeat device in certain VW, Aud ... Continue reading

EPA Nears Completion of Renewable Fuel Obligations for 2014-2016

EPA Nears Completion of Renewable Fuel Obligations for 2014-2016

​WASHINGTON November 3, 2015; NACSonline reported that on Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sent its final rule establishing renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for 2014-2016 to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB review and approval is generally the last step in the regulatory proc ... Continue reading

Audi Sets 58th Straight Monthly U.S. Record in October 2015

Audi Sets 58th Straight Monthly U.S. Record in October 2015

Sales for the month rose 16.8% to 17,700 vehicles Demand for Audi SUV models increased 31.1% for the month All-time best October sales of Audi Certified pre-owned vehicles November 03, 2015 10:06 AM Eastern Standard Time HERNDON, VA -- November 3, 2015: Audi reported that its October 2015 sales increased 16.8% to 17,70 ... Continue reading

Nissan Group Reports October 2015 U.S. Sales

Nissan Group Reports October 2015 U.S. Sales

Nissan Group today announced total U.S. sales for October 2015 of 116,047 units, an increase of 13 percent over the prior year. ... Continue reading

Chevrolet's Best October in 11 Years Leads GM to its Seventh Consecutive Increase in Retail Market Share

Chevrolet's Best October in 11 Years Leads GM to its Seventh Consecutive Increase in Retail Market Share

November 3, 2015: General Motors&#8217; Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac brands sold 262,993 vehicles in the United States in October 2015, with Chevrolet posting its best October sales since 2004. GM&#8217;s total and retail deliveries &#8211; sales to individual customers &#8211; climbed 16&nbsp;percent compared wi ... Continue reading

Demand for Company’s Newest Vehicles Pushes Ford Sales to a 13 Percent Gain in October; Retail Sales up 13 Percent

Demand for Company’s Newest Vehicles Pushes Ford Sales to a 13 Percent Gain in October; Retail Sales up 13 Percent

Ford Motor Company U.S. sales totaled 213,938 vehicles last month, up 13 percent from a year ago. Retail sales results were up 13 percent with 154,036 vehicles sold – for the company’s best October sales performance since 2004. Retail sales increased across the product portfolio, with cars up 8 percent, with both tru ... Continue reading

Ford and Michelin Team Up to Provide Custom-Engineered Tires for Ford Performance Vehicle Lineup

Ford and Michelin Team Up to Provide Custom-Engineered Tires for Ford Performance Vehicle Lineup

Ford and Michelin are entering into an official relationship for Ford Performance vehicles. Producer of some of the world’s highest-performing sports car and off-road tires, Michelin will provide tire fitments for the Ford Performance vehicle lineup, including Ford GT, Shelby<sup>®</sup> GT350 and Shelby GT350R ... Continue reading

New-Car Transaction Prices Rise More Than 1 Percent In October 2015

New-Car Transaction Prices Rise More Than 1 Percent In October 2015

The analysts at Kelley Blue Book today report the estimated average transaction price (ATP) for light vehicles in the United States was $34,023 in October 2015. New-car prices have increased by $458 (up 1.4 percent) from October 2014, while climbing $233 (up 0.7 percent) from last month. "Transaction prices continue to ... Continue reading

Mopar Debuts Customized Vehicles at 2015 SEMA Show

Mopar Debuts Customized Vehicles at 2015 SEMA Show

The Mopar brand is showcasing a large lineup of vehicles transformed with production and concept parts and accessories at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show, Nov. 3-6 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep®, Ram and FIAT customized vehicles will spread out over the vast 15, ... Continue reading

An Extraordinary Evening for Bentley in Monaco +VIDEO

An Extraordinary Evening for Bentley in Monaco +VIDEO

To celebrate the European launch of the new Bentley Bentayga, Mr Wolfgang Dürheimer, chairman and chief executive of Bentley Motors, and Robert Engstler, Regional Director Europe of Bentley Motors, hosted an extraordinary dinner in the heart of Monte Carlo. The guests at the Grimaldi Forum event were a collection of ... Continue reading

2016 Cadillac CT6 Range Headed for a March Launch +VIDEO

2016 Cadillac CT6 Range Headed for a March Launch +VIDEO

NEW RANGE INCLUDES CT6 STARTING AT $53,495; CT6 PLATINUM PRICED FROM $83,465 DETROIT --November 2, 2015: Cadillac extends the top of its range with the 2016 Cadillac Touring 6 sedan, which begins production in Detroit in January, with initial shipments to dealers in March. Through the integration of new technologies, t ... Continue reading

FCA Partners With Lionsgate, 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2,' on Co-Branded Marketing Campaign Featuring Chrysler, Dodge and Ram Brands

FCA Partners With Lionsgate, 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2,' on Co-Branded Marketing Campaign Featuring Chrysler, Dodge and Ram Brands

Four custom television commercials launch across the country beginning Sunday, November 1, 2015, featuring Chrysler, Dodge and Ram brands Multimedia campaign spans across television, radio, digital and social Campaign champions release of the highly anticipated Lionsgate film “THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – P ... Continue reading

Progressive Donates More Than 130 Vehicles to Deserving Military

Progressive Donates More Than 130 Vehicles to Deserving Military

Insurer Honors Veterans Day with Events Countrywide in Partnership with the National Auto Body Council, Veteran Organizations and Business Partners MAYFIELD VILLAGE, OH -- November 02, 2015: This Veterans Day, more than 130 veterans and their families will be getting the keys to newly-refurbished vehicles as part of Th ... Continue reading

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