Sentences with phrase «u.s. vehicle sales»

Chief Executive G. Richard Wagoner agrees with the industry consensus that U.S. vehicle sales probably will drop 5 % from this year's record high.

U.S. vehicle sales this year are expected to reach nearly 18 million units.

DETROIT (Reuters)- General Motors Co (GM.N) said on Tuesday it will stop reporting monthly U.S. vehicle sales, saying the 30 - day snapshot does not accurately reflect the market and the company will, instead, issue quarterly sales reports.

Automakers slipped after several posted weaker new U.S. vehicle sales in April with consumer demand in the world's largest economy continuing to soften.

[58] The following year, Lexus recorded its 2 millionth U.S. vehicle sale, [59][60] and the first luxury - branded production hybrid SUV, the RX 400h.

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Nowhere is the climate fight more important than in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of electric cars: Last year, sales of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three times the U.S. figure.

Kia plans to more than double its Mexico output this year to 250,000 vehicles and aims to boost U.S. sales by 8 % to 699,000 vehicles.

Strong vehicle sales data helped U.S. indexes gain momentum throughout the day while investors weighed President Barack Obama's effort to win support in Congress for a military strike on Syria.

To the best of my knowledge, Autodata Corporation's light weight vehicle sales data, which are derived directly from the very corporations who sell cars and trucks in the U.S., never get revised.

The company, which builds everything from weapons systems and munitions to ships and combat vehicles, has seen its combat segment sales fall 40 % since 2009 — a direct result of the U.S. withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan, says Nicholas Stark, an investment analyst with American Century Investments.

So sedans and other cars are expected to still form more than a quarter of all consumer vehicle sales in the U.S., but the overall trend appears to be that American companies especially are giving up trying to sell cars to Americans.

Since 2010, Porsche has almost tripled its sales in China, where its sales trailed the U.S. last year by fewer than 100 vehicles.

Hyundai and smaller affiliate Kia, which together make the world's fifth - largest automaker, said demand was expected to soften in the U.S. and Chinese markets as they unveiled a combined sales target of 7.55 million vehicles this year.

Last month, trucks and SUVs were two - thirds of U.S. new vehicle sales.

In a world of driverless cars, U.S. auto sales would plummet, vehicle ownership falls 50 % and opportunities in fleet management, tech and mapping arise.

Ford Motor's premium Lincoln brand plans to build as many as five new vehicles in China by 2022, according to two U.S. sources, in a move to expand sales that would also blunt the impact of the U.S - China trade spat.

General Motors (gm), the largest U.S. automaker, is third in global sales rankings, with six - month sales of 4.76 million vehicles, down 1.2 % from a year earlier.

DE), the world's largest automaker by sales, has admitted it had rigged emissions tests in diesel - powered vehicles in the United States and U.S. authorities said on Monday they would widen their probe to other automakers.

Prime Automotive Group bounded into the top 15 on Automotive News» annual Top 150 Dealership Groups list, which ranks dealership groups based in the U.S. by new - vehicle retail sales.

Sales of new vehicles in the U.S. throughout July were poor, and investors are scrambling to find an explanation, especially when factoring in a strong growth of licensed drivers, relatively affordable financing and cheap gas.

Regarding the U.S. payrolls report, we expect a solid 210k headline rise, though risks are to the upside following tight initial claims data and remarkable strength in consumer confidence and vehicle sales data.

Temperatures below zero in some parts of the U.S., and just unseasonably cold elsewhere in the country, took their toll on light vehicle sales last month.

Executives at GM have expressed frustration that comparisons of monthly U.S. sales results among rival automakers are distorted by short - term discount programs, and by differences in strategy for selling vehicles in bulk to rental car fleets.

On Monday, Moody's Investors service said it expected U.S. new vehicle sales to dip in 2017 and warned of a «significant credit risk» for auto lenders as competition for loans intensifies.

DETROIT Major automakers on Tuesday reported higher new vehicles sales for March on the back of a strong U.S. economy and big consumer discounts, sending shares in Detroit's automakers up.

DETROIT — Major automakers on Tuesday posted lower U.S. new vehicle sales in April as consumer demand continued to weaken and competition intensified following a lengthy boom for the industry.

U.S. retail sales barely rose in November as households cut back on purchases of motor vehicles, suggesting some loss of momentum in economic growth in the fourth quarter.

It's seeking 3 million new - energy vehicle sales a year by 2025, from 330,000 in 2015, when the country surpassed the U.S. to become the world's biggest electric - car market.

China's government wants sales of electric vehicles to exceed 3 million units a year by 2025, after surpassing the U.S. last year to become the global market leader.

Cadillac has lost ground in the U.S., even as premium vehicle sales have risen and Cadillac's business has boomed in Asia.

During the past decade, Toyota has controlled around three quarters of the U.S. hybrid market, with worldwide sales of the Prius and luxury Lexus hybrids nearing two million vehicles — more than half of them Priuses.

Like cross-town rival Ford, which saw sales of its brawny Mustang and immense Lincoln Navigator models jump 70 percent or more, General Motors Co. and Fiat Chrysler, the smallest by market share of the former U.S. - owned and so - called «Big Three,» reported sharp increases in demand for many of their largest vehicles.

1Vehicle counter based on HybridCars.com count of U.S. sales of plug - in vehicles (BEVs, PHEVs, EREVs) from December 2010 through the end of.

A former managing director at Reliant Equity Investors, Roberts also served as the highest - ranking African - American executive in the U.S. automobile industry as group vice president for North American Vehicle Sales, Service, and Marketing of General Motors Corp..

That strategy includes building up to 150,000 vehicles at the new facility annually — nearly half of Volkswagen's U.S. sales goal for the year 2012.

Indeed, Volkswagen's TDI vehicles have an almost cult following and represent about a fifth of VW's U.S. sales.

The plug - in hybrid version of the Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan will only be built in China, meaning that it will be among the few Chinese - built vehicles imported to the U.S. when it goes on sale later this year.

That's according to a Cars.com analysis in January, which found that around 3 in 5 U.S. light - duty vehicle sales in 2016 were from cars assembled in America.

Maybe what Volvo is really onto here is the fact that the traditional station wagon is no longer even a niche vehicle, but has, despite the wishes of the many wagonistas with whom I share a line of work with, evolved into a boutique one — at least here in the U.S. With a sales pace exceeded even by the likes of Lamborghini, the 2018 Volvo V90 offers its small crop of buyers what the XC90 and V90 CC can not: the exclusivity of an exotic that can hold its own on a canyon road while hauling the dogs or a raft of cargo at the same time.

Average vehicle sales per U.S. dealership in 2013 were on track to set a record for the second year, said John Frith, vice president - retail solutions for consultancy Urban Science.

The seasonally adjusted sales rate for U.S. light vehicles edged past 18 million in October, yet forecasters and futurists are lining up to predict the doom of the auto industry.

Chrysler plans to decrease its rental - car sales as a percentage of its overall 18 % U.S. fleet mix, as well as improve margins on some of its vehicle lines, the automaker's chief financial officer says during a conference call to discuss third - quarter financial results.

Audi's sales have been increasing around the world, causing a strain on supply everywhere — but the growing pains are particularly sharp in the U.S. Audi typically aims to have a 60 - day supply of all vehicles, but demand has whittled inventories down to a 27 - day supply.

Going in the books as the best March in its U.S. sales history, Mercedes delivered 22,546 vehicles during the month, besting Lexus by 1864 vehicles and German rival BMW by 2251 units.

September's gain was fueled by a 9.5 % jump in North America, where the U.S. (+10.7 %), Canada (+0.2 %) and Mexico (+11.5 %) combined for nearly 1.3 million sales for 18.6 % of global vehicle sales.

VW and Audi no longer are selling diesel engines in the U.S. following an emissions cheating scandal that was revealed in fall 2015, and it appears sales are rebounding: Together, VW and Audi sold 508,929 vehicles in the U.S. through November, up 7.6 % from like 2016.

* CEO expects 2013 U.S. auto sales near 15.5 million * Branding change at 210 franchises * New - vehicle sales up 19 percent in fourth quarter By Bernie Woodall Jan 31 (Reuters)- AutoNation Inc, the largest U.S. auto dealer group, said strong new vehicle sales boosted its fourth - quarter net income by 20 percent and revenue by 13 percent.

NEW YORK — Sales of diesel - powered light vehicles in the U.S. rose 13.5 % year - over-year in 2014 and have increased every year since 2010 as an industry official predicts, «Consumers are warming to diesels.»

LMC Automotive forecasts U.S. sales of diesel vehicles will grow from 400,000 units in 2011 to almost 1 million in 2016.

Diesels represent less than 3 % of light - vehicle sales in the U.S., but industry experts forecast their market share to climb to 8 % or even 10 % by 2018.