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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

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

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

Nutson's Auto News Blast - CES 'Car Show'?, 2014 Auto Industry Records, Slippery Oil Prices, GM, Ford, Lincoln Recall, Plus More Automotive News December 29-Jan 4 2015

Nutson's Auto News Blast - CES 'Car Show'?, 2014 Auto Industry Records, Slippery Oil Prices, GM, Ford, Lincoln Recall, Plus More Automotive News December 29-Jan 4 2015

* The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opens next week and cars are now in the forefront instead of video games. Ford and Daimler-Benz CEOs will be at the show. Also at the show will be Volkswagen, Toyota, General Motors, Hyundai, Mazda, Audi, BMW and FCA US LLC. * LCM Automotive and J.D. Power predict the actual total ... Continue reading

ESCORT Opens CES Week at CEA Unveiled New Product Show with Bluetooth-equipped Radar Detectors and App Updates

ESCORT Opens CES Week at CEA Unveiled New Product Show with Bluetooth-equipped Radar Detectors and App Updates

New Detectors Link Award-winning ESCORT Live™ Social App LAS VEGAS -- Jan. 2, 2015: ESCORT Inc,, designer and manufacturer of the world's best performing radar and laser detectors, is exhibiting the new PASSPORT® and PASSPORT Max2™ radar detectors at the 2015 CES Unveiled New Product Show this weekend ahea ... Continue reading

GM Updates 2014 Recall Tally

GM Updates 2014 Recall Tally

General Motors has updated its list of 2014 recalls through Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. ... Continue reading

BMW Announces Price Adjustment in the US

BMW Announces Price Adjustment in the US

BMW of North America today announced a modest inflationary price increase for some Model Year 2015 vehicles, effective January 5th, 2015. The Destination and Handling fee for all models is $950 and is included in the following list for current and new prices. ... Continue reading

HH Reports: Volkswagen Group Shows Its Fuel Cell Technology Future

HH Reports: Volkswagen Group Shows Its Fuel Cell Technology Future

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor The Auto Channel Auto Central Europe December 30, 2014; In the past few years, we did not hear much about fuel cell vehicles (FCV), but Research and Development engineers world wide have not been resting on their laurels. They are working continuously to optimize the technology fo ... Continue reading

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