Sentences with phrase «percent of the minivan»

Chrysler owns 50 percent of the minivan market for one simple reason: The nation's third largest automaker builds the world's best minivans.

But Jim Holden, CEO for DaimlerChrysler in North America, has predicted that the Chrysler group will regain 40 percent of the minivan market in 2001.

The Caravan and its siblings - the Plymouth Voyager and Chrysler Town & Country - control a staggering 45 percent of the minivan market.

The Caravan and its two siblings account for more than 50 percent of all minivan sales.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, this simple measure would score 88 percent of all vehicles between a B and a C. «You need sufficient resolution to allow customers who say «I want a minivan» or «I want a midsize SUV» to meaningfully cross-shop vehicles that are similar,» says John M. DeCicco, a senior lecturer at the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment.

Within the sector, light - duty vehicles like passenger cars and smaller trucks, including SUVs, pickup trucks and minivans, were responsible for more than 50 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.

Of course, going the minivan route is more practical than any three - row crossover; a Honda Odyssey, for example, packs 13 percent more passenger volume and 28 percent more cargo volume than the Acadia (see them compared).

The stylish CC four - door coupe and Routan minivan both experienced drops of 24.5 and 4.4 percent, respectively.

It's no surprise, then, that traditional big sellers like the Avenger midsize sedan (down 54 percent) and the Grand Caravan minivan (down 10 percent) will eventually be phased out of the lineup in favor of their Chrysler equivalents.

After forming only 25 percent of Chrysler brand sales at this stage of 2015, minivans are suddenly responsible for half of all volume at the fading Pentastar brand.

Year - to - date, the Grand Caravan accounts for 53 percent of FCA minivan sales in America and is on track for its best year since 2007.

Seventy five percent of first time BMW buyers are expected for the new minivan.

Toyota thinks that about 20 percent of Sienna customers will be coming out of other import - brand minivans.

A more meaningful comparison is with Chrysler's minivans, which still command more than 42 percent of the market.

Drivers of cars, minivans, and SUVs employed tethers at about the same rate, around 44 percent.

The breakthrough means Ford can coax about 10 percent better fuel economy out of its large front - wheel - drive cars and minivans that use conventional automatic transmissions.

The minivan's risk of rollover was determined to be 13 percent.

Sales of the Pacifica — the most - awarded minivan of 2016 and 2017 — increased 5 percent for its best July sales ever.

The Montana does not offer four - wheel drive, although GM engineers say that a front - drive minivan with traction control provides 75 percent to 80 percent of the traction of four - wheel drive.

The other parts of the industry summed up as light trucks — SUVs, crossovers, pickup trucks, minivans, commercial vans — continued to expand rapidly, climbing by more than six percent thanks to continued surges from the Ford F - Series, Toyota RAV4, and Dodge Grand Caravan, Canada's top - selling truck, SUV, and minivan nameplates, respectively.

Chrysler built 575,000 minivans in 1993 and is aiming at 600,000 in 1994 to keep its lock on 50 percent of the market.

Allstate Insurance Co., for example, provides insurance discounts of 25 percent to 55 percent on 1986 and 1987 models including the AMC Eagle, Cadillac Fleetwood, Dodge Diplomat, Dodge full - size and minivan, Ford LTD, Lincoln Mark VII, Lincoln Town Car, Mercury Grand Marquis, Plymouth Voyager van and Volvo 240.

Last January NHTSA researcher Susan Partyka reported that the rear minivan hatch opened in 1.9 percent of 767 minivan accidents studied that were severe enough to require the vehicle to be towed away.

From Dec. 11 through Jan. 10, sales of Chrysler minivans climbed 50 percent over year - earlier levels.

On the other end of the spectrum, stronger March 2015 sales for the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna saw their combined market share rise to 39 percent in the oxymoronically labeled full - size minivan segment.

With the Chrysler PT Cruiser and Chrysler Aspen no longer going concerns, the only other member of the brand's roster, the Chrysler Town & Country minivan, endured an 18 percent decrease in sales.

-- November 2017 YTD Sales: -12 % to 18,804 — Tumbling 9 percent so far this year, the shrinking Dodge brand is undeniably fading, in large part due to the loss of Grand Caravan minivan sales.

The Terraza will give GM its first minivan to compete with the Chrysler Town & Country in the growing number of minivans selling for more than $ 30,000, which now represents about 24 percent of the market.

Tether anchors should be easy to find on the rear deck in sedans or the top 85 percent of the seatback in minivans and SUVs.

For the outboard rear seat positions, using lap / shoulder belts reduced the risk of a fatality by 54 percent for car occupants and by 75 percent for occupants of minivans, pickups and SUVs.

Market share of Chrysler group minivans in the United States slipped to 35.7 percent through the first seven months of this year, the lowest point since Chrysler introduced its minivans in 1983.

Using a lap / shoulder belt reduces the chances of dying in a crash by 58 percent for people seated in the center rear seat of cars and 75 percent for people buckled up in minivans, pickups and SUVs, a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) report indicates.

Sales of Chrysler minivans equipped with all - wheel drive increased from 2 percent to 10 percent this year, Holden said.

Despite being one of the best minivans on the road, the new Honda Odyssey will never pose any major threat to DaimlerChrysler, whose Plymouth Voyager, Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country still own nearly 50 percent of the total minivan market.

They won't say how, but Ford engineers have designed a continuously variable transmission for use with higher - torque V - 6 engines.The breakthrough means Ford can coax about 10 percent better fuel economy out of its large front - wheel - drive cars and minivans that use conventional automatic transmissions.Engineers are developing the CVT in a Ford Taurus with the Duratec 3.0 - liter V - 6, which generates 200 pounds - feet of torque.

In the end, the Transit Connect wagon will be shunned by 99 percent of potential buyers in favor of a larger, comparably equipped traditional minivan.

Chrysler Brand Sales of the all - new Chrysler Pacifica — the most - awarded minivan of 2016 and 2017 — were up 18 percent last month for its best September sales since launch last year.

The transportation sector accounts for roughly one - third of U.S. carbon emissions, of which more than half (about 60 percent) come from the use of gasoline in our cars, pickups, SUVs, and minivans.

Likewise, you will find that «transportation activities accounted for 28 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2012» with the largest sources being «passenger cars (43.2 percent), light duty trucks, which include sport utility vehicles, pickup trucks, and minivans (18.1 percent), freight trucks (22.2 percent), rail (2.6 percent), and commercial aircraft (6.3 percent)».

According to the 1999 Simmons survey of REALTOR ® households, 59.4 percent own or lease a pick - up truck, minivan, full - size van, or sport - utility vehicle.