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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

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

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