Five key factors are helping improve the outlook for U.S. car dealers and new vehicles sales will reach 12.9 million units in 2011, according to Paul Taylor, the chief economist of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA). Taylor made the …
But the sustainability of incentives raises questions about 2011 December’s sales results are not yet in, as we go to press. But barring a complete sales collapse in the final weeks of December, full-year sales will likely exceed 1.56 million …
Big winners and big losers pepper the results Is the glass half full – or is it half empty? Which perspective you choose, when viewing new-vehicle sales, probably depends on your brand affiliation. Looked at overall, sales in 2010 are …
So-so month leaves balance of the year in doubt It seems as if it’s just not possible to put together more than two consecutive months of good sales in 2010. After a couple months, June and July, with SAARs (Seasonally …
Strong July sales tip the scales to a more optimistic outlook For the first time since early in the year, it’s beginning to look like 2010 sales could surpass the analysts’ initial forecasts. Based on results through July, Scotiabank senior …
The question is, “Is it sustainable?” February’s new-vehicle sales in Canada were not only up by 24.9 percent over the same month last year – which was a very low base for comparison – they were up by 2.7 percent …
January sales up from 2009 but down from historic norm There was good news and bad in Canada’s new-vehicle sales results for January. While overall sales were up 6.2 percent from the very low base of January 2009 (which also …
