courtesy of Fiat SpAOf the 33 automobile brands ranked in the 2015 U.S. vehicle dependability study conducted by J.D. Power, three of the bottom five brands belong to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV…
Kelley Blue Book (KBB) recruited U.S. families to evaluate a range of vehicles and, based on the results, the 15 top family cars for 2015 were selected.
Record recalls, trouble in Europe and what some thought were modest U.S. sales: all is forgiven, judging by the movement of GM shares recently.
Car sales rose 6.7% in the European Union during January, and Volkswagen had an extraordinary 25% market share.
After years of trouble in Europe, GM sales turned sharply higher in January, outpacing the region's overall performance.
Despite trouble at its Fiat unit and the fact that Chrysler has no real footprint outside the United States, company sales continue to outpace the industry.
The Tesla Model S sedan beat the perennial category leader -- the Nissan Leaf -- in total January U.S. sales.
Toyota reported third-quarter and fiscal year 2015 nine-month results before markets opened on Wednesday morning.
Paul Ausick The car company that has been most able to aggressively raise prices is General Motors. What it can charge for the average vehicle it produces and sells has risen 8.2%.
Automakers will be announcing January U.S. new car and light truck sales on Tuesday morning and industry watchers are predicting sales at their highest levels since January 2006.
General Motors is expected to have a large increase in sales from January 2014 to January 2015, according to Kelley Blue Book.
On Friday, Volkswagen's Porsche division said it would recall 13,500 vehicles globally, including more than 9,100 Cayenne and Panamera vehicles in China.
Paul Ausick Toyota's anticipated sales drop is mostly due to being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Toyota sales in Japan are expected to fall 9% this year.
Sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia declined by nearly 300,000 units in 2014, compared with the prior year.
When Volkswagen released its sales delivery figures for 2014, and it was all China. More than a third of its cars and light trucks sold were in the world's largest market.
