Archive for Category: "Auto Market"
April 2012 US Auto Sales
Last year, the automotive industry contained 27 selling days in the month of April. This year, that number fell to 24 but despite that drop, the American people proved that their love affair with wheeled motion is still alive and strong. During those shorter days, a total of 1,184,447 light duty cars and trucks were purchased in the United States which [...]
March US Auto Sales
Inside the month of March is the beginning of Spring and with that, there is usually a resurgence positive spirits. This statement couldn’t be more true in regards to the United States automotive industry as within the 28 selling days of last month, the American people purchased a total of 1,404,774 light duty vehicles. Compared [...]
February 2012 US Auto Sales
The 25 selling days of February 2012 are up and the United States’ automotive industry managed to close on a success. Compared to last year, the entire market saw a overal sales increase of 15.7 percent with 1,149,396 total vehicles sold. Each segment with the exception of two witnessed an increase as well with the [...]
Army bringing Detroit military muscle, efficiency to Chicago Auto Show
The U.S. Army is sending two concept hybrid vehicles to the Chicago Auto Show to showcase its latest energy-efficiency efforts that can save money, address environmental concerns and, most importantly, save Soldiers’ lives. The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, known as TARDEC, will display two Clandestine Extended Range Vehicles, or CERVs, [...]
January 2012 US Auto Sales
The United States auto industry has kicked off 2012 with a bang. The general rule-of-thumb is that the first few months of a new year return smaller sales outputs compared to the middle and end but even still, the American light duty vehicle market saw an overall increase. Compared to January 2011, there was a 11.4 [...]
December 2011 US Auto Sales
The month of December is over which means that the United States’s automotive industry has released both its monthly sales figures and final year-to-date numbers. With the cold winter here and growing, the American people proved that there will always be room in their driveways for the pickup. With 682,181 total light duty trucks sold, [...]
November US Auto Sales
The month of November 2011 is officially over which means the U.S. auto industry has released its sales figures. If the month proved anything, it showed that the large car is hurting. Of the four categories of cars, the large segment was the only one that fell from last year as only 2,004 were sold [...]
October U.S. Auto Sales
The United States auto industry recently released its sales figures for the month of October 2011. During that month, the people of America went to prove that smaller is becoming more and more popular. Of the 481,450 cars sold, only 2,789 of those were large. Compared to October 2010, that figure is down 50.7 percent [...]
September US Auto Sales
Results for the United States auto industry’s sales for the month of September 2011 have been released. It would appear that during the month, the American public had mixed feelings towards vehicle size when looking at a specific segment. Sales of cars were skewed towards the small as midsize and compact cars took the majority of total sales. Things went in [...]
August US Auto Sales
The United States auto industry released its sales figures for the month of August, which to many is the start of the end of the year. As 2011 begins to be wrapped up, it would appear that more and more Americans are purchasing SUVs and Pickups. Up 40.7 percent from last year’s August were total [...]
