Tag: AUTO TRENDS
9 Winners and Losers of 2019
Ram Truck brand sales topped 700,000 units sold for the first time in 2019. It’s a wrap: 2019 is in…
Emerging Alliances Point to Further Auto Industry Consolidation
What a month! March 2019 may go down as a pivotal time in automotive history as auto industry consolidation talk…
Like a Rock: 2019 Chevrolet Silverado
Introducing the fourth-generation Chevy Silverado. Fresh on the heels of celebrating 100 years of truck building, Chevrolet has a new…
America’s Top 10 Selling Vehicles in 2017
New vehicle sales dip slightly in 2017. US passenger vehicle sales fell by 1.8 percent in 2017, the first year-over-year…
US Auto Trends: First Half 2016
Is the US automotive market at its peak? The dust has settled following June’s US auto sales manufacturer reports, giving…
IHS: Utility Vehicle Owners Drive Up Loyalty Rates
IHS Automotive analyzes 32 vehicle segments for auto trends loyalty. Subcompact CUV: Honda HR-V. Keeping vehicle owners in the fold…
December Sales Momentum May Mean Record Sales
2015 is on pace to set a new, all-time sales record in the United States. Retail and fleet light-vehicle sales…
AutoPacific Forecasts Positive Auto Trends
US auto sales continue to grow and have started the year off strong. Across the board, analysts have been predicting…
Looking Back: The Best of 2014 Auto Trends
4×4 fun in a Toyota 4Runner. Sixty models came and went in 2014. Those 60 represented my weekly drivers, an…
Strategic Vision: Tesla, Audi, Jaguar and Kia Top Quality Awards
A look at how consumers perceive todays new cars. June seems to be the month for automotive awards. Earlier in…
Volkswagen Amarok: The Key to Unboring?
Volkswagen has a crisis on its hands. No, that crisis does not involve recalling millions of its vehicles as Toyota…
Auto Trends: Average Age of Cars is 11.4 Years
IHS Automotive issues latest snapshot of vehicles in operation. That aged clunker you are driving might be in good company…
Capacity Unconstrained: Kia Plans Mexico Factory
Hyundai might benefit from Kia’s plant too. The Hyundai Kia Automotive Group is the fourth largest automotive manufacturer in the…
5 Auto Trends for 2014
With 2013 now behind us, it is time to look ahead to 2014. Four consecutive year-over-year sales increases has the…
Auto Trends, Five Years Later
April marks an important milestone for this publication as it was on April 1, 2008, or there about that Auto…
Buick Aspirations and the Opel Cascada
GM’s Buick brand will get two new redesigned models later this year as both the larger LaCrosse and midsize Regal…
Shining Stars to Ramp Up Production
The US auto industry continues to rebound from its 2009 lows with 2012 sales coming in at more than 30…
Hyundai Sonata Disturbs D-Segment
Hyundai continues to challenge the market. The medium size sedan market, or D-segment, is a crowded field. The Toyota Camry…