courtesy of General MotorsIf car buyer brand performance is any measure of the success of a nameplate, Cadillac and Lincoln still have a long uphill battle against foreign competition. Brand weakness is yet another hurdle each…
Courtesy Ford Motor Co.The luxury car sales race in the United States in 2012 was won by BMW, with Mercedes second and Toyota Motor Corp.’s (NYSE: TM) Lexus in third. The two…
ThinkstockVenezuelan Oil Lost among most of the discussions about the health of Venezuela’s president-for-life, Hugo Chavez, as he moves toward what seems will be an imminent death is the future of the…
courtesy of Kia MediaU.S. car and light truck sales rose 13.45% to 14,491,873 last year. As is true in any industry with a large number of companies, there were winners and losers.…
ThinkstockU.S. new car sales are on track to top 14.4 million vehicles in 2012, and up to 15.5 million in the new year. Today’s reports on sales from major automakers continue a…
thinkstockLast night’s passage of a deal on the fiscal cliff in the U.S. House of Representatives has lit a fire under stock futures this morning. The DJIA is up more than 160…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.In a display of confidence about its fourth calendar quarter sales, Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) yesterday announced that its Ford Focus nameplate is the best-selling car in the…
Paul Ausick courtesy of FordThe popularity of cars can be measured by several factors. Among these are total unit sales in a year, market share versus direct competitors, and sales improvement year-over-year. The best…
courtesy Ford Motor Co.According to a research study at Indiana University, only 4% of 2,300 U.S. adult drivers said that purchasing a plug-in electric vehicle (EV) was under serious consideration. Of those,…
courtesy of General MotorsThe top 12 luxury brands accounted for only 10.8% of total U.S. car sales through the first 11 months of this year. But these lines are important to the…
courtesy of Toyota Motor Corp.Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE: TM) released its sales forecasts for its 2013 fiscal year, which begins in April. The prediction is extremely optimistic. The Japanese firm expects global sales…
Jaguar Land Rover will recall some cars in China over safety concerns. (Reuters) Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) blames Amazon.com Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) e-commerce outsource operation for a Christmas Eve disruption of the…
courtesy of General MotorsProfit-sharing bonuses for United Auto Workers’ members at Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) and General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) are expected to be at least as large as last…
courtesy of NetflixUBS A.G. (NYSE: UBS) admits fraud in the Libor case and will pay $1.5 billion. (Reuters) Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) says a large number of recalls have not hurt sales.…
courtesy of Morgan StanleyThe commonwealth of Massachusetts has fined investment bank Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) $5 million for “improper influence” related to its dealing with research analysts prior to the March IPO…
