Daily Car News Bulletin for May 13, 2016 Honda Quarter Loss Honda Motor Co. posted a net loss for its most recent quarter of $859.56 million. Most of it is recent airbag recall cost related to a replacement of deadly airbag parts made by Takata. General Motors and Dealer Sales
Google Auto Search Trends – Audi – 2016 Audi 2016 List 2016 Audi A3 2016 Audi A3 e-tron 2017 Audi A4 2016 Audi A5 2016 Audi A6 2016 Audi A7 2016 Audi A8 L 2016 Audi allroad 2016 Audi Q3 2016 Audi Q5 2017 Audi Q7 2016 Audi RS
Daily Car News Bulletin for May 10, 2016 Mitsubishi and Nissan Plans Mitsubishi and Nissan are planning to repay damages to customers from lower than reported fuel efficiency. The amount paid will depend on the fuel efficiency test by Japan transport ministry. Mitsubishi will pay Nissan’s portion since they supplied
Daily Car News Bulletin for May 9, 2016 Legal blow for key dealer-performance metric New York highest court has ruled against GM, as they violated state law by trying to cancel Chevrolet franchise for sub-par sales. A ruling that could force automakers to alter how they measure retailers’ sales performance
Daily Car News Bulletin for May 6, 2016 Driverless Chevrolet Bolt Self-driving Chevrolet Bolt Taxis, testing phase is planning to start within a year on public roads, technology created by Cruise Automation is going to be a major competition for Google. Studies from J.D. Power says consumers aren’t ready to
RV Values and Volume Rising – 2016 RV Analysis The weather has finally started to improve, and the performance of RVs at auction has followed suit. Motorized and towable units have once again moved in the same direction. Although both major market portions improved, motorhomes increase is less than one
Proportion of Drivers in Fatal Crashes Under Influence, 1982-2010 Traffic Safety Facts More than 5.4 million police-reported motor vehicle crashes occurred in the United States in 2010. Twenty-eight percent of those crashes (1.54 million) resulted in an injury, and fewer than 1 percent (30,196) resulted in a death.
Crash Type and Impact Speed Statistic Impact Speed and Crash Type Impact speed and crash type are statistically significant, and their coefficients consistently increase from the less severe outcomes injury to the most serious injury levels or death. The graphical table above shows the probability of a specific maximum injury level
Most Common Collision Repair Facilities Collision repair involves repairing structural damage after a vehicle has been in a collision. Another term for collision repair is auto body repair. There are several ways to classify a collision repair facility, most common are: Independent body shop – is one that operates by a private
Most Common and Costly Car Repairs According to a 2012 industry report, America’s auto repair business is expected to grow 1.2% annually over the next five years. By 2017, auto shop industry revenues will reach $54.7 billion. An improving economy and advances in auto manufacturing technology requiring more skilled
Daily Car News Bulletin for May 5, 2016 Tesla Production Tesla production output expected to grow to 500,000 cars a year by 2018. This year production output is 80,000 – 90,000. Takata Faulty Airbags Causing Deaths Takata faulty airbags death toll increases. Recent 2 fatal crashes in Malasia involved ruptured
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Daily Car News Bulletin for May 4, 2016 Auto Sales Report Total auto sale rose 3.5%, more than 1.5 million cars and light trucks. U.S. SAAR: April 2016: 17.42 million March 2016: 16.56 million April 2015: 16.77 million Led by gains at Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Fiat Chrysler and Ford, U.S.
Heavy Duty Trucks Value Change – April 2016 2013-2014 Construction/Vocational segment dropped an average of $360 (0.5%) 2013-2014 Over the Road Tractor segment dropped an average of $813 (1.2%) 2013-2014 Regional Tractor segment dropped an average of $914 (1.6%) 2005-2012 HD Construction/Vocational segment dropped an average of $239 (0.6%)
Truck Values Improved While Car Values Continuous To Decline Overall car values decreased by 0.21% last week. Compact Car: -0.35% Sub-Compact Car: -0.31% Prestige Luxury Car: -0.28% Luxury Car: -0.24% Truck values increased by +0.05% last week. Compact Crossover/SUV: +0.36% Minivan: +0.25%
Daily Car News Bulletin for May 3, 2016 Ford Gets Fined by Mexico Ford moving bad vehicles to Mexico and fined $1 million by Mexico’s environmental prosecutor. Vehicles are way under norms of regulating gas emissions and noise levels. Ford have no comments at this moment. BMW Profits BMW
Safety Recall Letter Sent By VW A Worldwide Auto Recall The automotive world and beyond is raging about the massive airbag recall affecting many millions of vehicles in the World from nearly two dozen brands. The issue involves defective inflator and propellant devices that may deploy improperly in the
How Not to Advertise Your Car for Sale What Not To Do: Do NOT forget to remove your vehicle from your insurance policy. What To Do: Selling your car is pretty easy if you know what to do. Here are some best and worst practices of selling your own
Motorcycle and Powersports Percent Change- March to April 2016 PowerSports What Do We See in The Powersport Market – Among the on road bikes, and in a reversal from last month, Cruisers (up 2.2%) are the biggest gainers this time, with Street Bikes (up 2.0%) following closely behind.
U.S. Toyota Sales vs. Production vs. Inventory – 2015 to 2016. Toyota Sales vs. Production vs. Inventory, February 2015 to 2016. Toyota Sales Toyota Production Toyota Inventory Date Value Date Value Date Value Feb-15 153,608 Feb-15 145,509 Feb-15 343,400 Mar-15 190,481 Mar-15 169,232 Mar-15 325,400 Apr-15 173,144 Apr-15 177,143
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