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Cain’s Segments: Trucks – September 2014
As is the norm, Ford’s F-Series topped September 2014’s sales charts, but if a true winner was to be crowned after a quick glance at the results tables, Chevrolet’s Silverado must surely take the cake....
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September 2014 Sales: Outgoing F-Series Not Responsible For Ford Decline
The Ford Motor Company’s namesake Ford brand suffered a September 2014 sales decline of 3% as the industry reported gains in excess of 9%. First thought? The F-Series, not just Ford’s best-selling...
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Chart Of The Day: U.S. Auto Market Share – September 2014
Auto sales in the United States rose 9.4% compared with September 2013 to 1.245M in September 2014. Pickup trucks climbed above 190,000 units for the third consecutive month. The Honda Accord unseated...
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America’s 10 Best-Selling SUVs & Crossovers In September 2014
After a brief one-month hiatus in which Toyota’s RAV4 took over the title, the Honda CR-V was back on top of America’s SUV/crossover leaderboard in September 2014. CR-V sales were up 11%,...
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September 2014 Sales: Even Uglier For Volkswagen USA
Following 17 consecutive months in which year-over-year volume at the Volkswagen brand declined in the United States, sales fell 19% in September 2014. These September results ended a third quarter in...
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September 2014 Sales: CX-5 Tops Mazda USA Sales Charts
In September 2014, for the third time ever and the third time this year, the Mazda CX-5 outsold the Mazda 3 in the United States. The difference was minimal: just 238 units in September compared with a...
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US New-Car Fuel Economy Improves For 2013, Falls For September 2014
Good news: New-car fuel economy in the United States improved to an average of 24.1 mpg in 2013. Bad news: Said economy fell to 25.3 mpg for September 2014. AutoblogGreen reports the 2013 average, as...
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September 2014 Sales: A3 And Q3 Quickly Become Heavy Lifters For Audi USA
Audi sales in the United States grew 14%, or 1852 units, in September 2014, the first full month of sales for the Q3, Audi’s new entry-level crossover. The Q3, along with Audi’s entry-level sedan, the...
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Early Results: The TLX Might Be A Hit, By Acura Standards
On October 1, after we asked TTAC readers late last month if the TLX could restore Acura’s car business, Acura reported 3884 TLX sales for the month of September 2014. This was a strong follow-up to...
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Chart Of The Day: What Are America’s Leading Automakers Selling?
American consumers are on pace to buy and lease more new vehicles in 2014 than at any point since 2007, if not earlier. The seven largest automakers in the United States generate 77% of the market’s...
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Cain’s Segments: Subcompact Cars In September 2014
In a U.S. auto industry that’s seen total new vehicle sales rise 5.5% over the first nine months of 2014, car sales are up just 1% year-over-year. Subcompacts are performing slightly better, rising...
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9% Of Canadians Are Thankful For Their Civics
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving. Around turkey-laden tables across the country today, Canadians will utter their thanks for family, cranberry sauce, the Saskatchewan Roughriders, warm socks, and Honda...
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The Impreza Is Subaru’s Top Seller, Sort Of
Subaru USA didn’t sell as many Imprezas in 2013 as they did in 2012. By Subaru’s reporting methods, Impreza sales have fallen this year, as well, sliding 0.3% through the first three-quarters of 2014....
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Rare Kia K900 Is Becoming Rarer
When dining at a steakhouse, my father always told me, make sure you ask for your beef to be grilled longer than you would at home, because restaurants always hastily send the food to your table. You...
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Canada Auto Sales Recap: September 2014
Without an unexpected drastic downward turn in the final quarter of 2014, Canadian auto sales will reach record levels this year, a strong follow-up to best-ever sales in calendar year 2013. September...
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Chart Of The Day: The 200 And A Decade Of Chrysler Group Midsize Car Sales
Through the first nine months of 2014, sales of the Chrysler 200 are down 27%. That’s to be expected, as the 200 was transitioning from Sebring-based (but Pentastar-powered!) fleet favourite to sleeker...
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Chrysler Twins Rank First And Second Among Minivans In 2014
Only twice in the last six years have one of the Chrysler Group’s minivans been America’s top-selling minivan. America’s best-selling minivan in 2008 and 2009 was the Honda Odyssey, which also led the...
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September 2014 Sales: Now Even The SRX Is Slowing Cadillac Down
Cadillac sales in the United States rose to a six-year high in 2013. Yet in five of 2014’s nine months, sales have declined. Through three-quarters, Cadillac volume is down 4%. Overall new vehicle...
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September 2014 Sales: $85K Viper Sells Like It’s March 2008
This is what you read two months ago on TTAC: “FCA won’t build this car forever if it remains unwanted. Long live the Alfa Romeo 4C?” The mission for the Viper team then became, how do we make it...
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Mercedes-Benz’s S-Class Is Selling Like It’s 2007
Mercedes-Benz USA has already sold more copies of the all-conquering S-Class in 2014 than in the full calendar years of 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. By the end of October, Mercedes-Benz USA’s...
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