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Electrifieds Lead EU New-Vehicle Sales
Hybrids in particular lead not only EV market share but all power trains on the continent so far this year as gas and diesel continue their decline.
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SEARCHMENUSEARCHHybrids in particular lead not only EV market share but all power trains on the continent so far this year as gas and diesel continue their decline.
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Black Book's distribution agreement with HP360 will help expand the footprint of its new Bullseye Prospecting solution, a turnkey platform for dealer marketing campaigns.
Read More →The vehicle information site said this week that April sales are on pace to eclipse the April 2005 sales record of more than 1.5 million units. It also believes the industry is on pace to shatter last year’s 17.5 million-unit sales record.
Read More →The percentage of alternative-fuel vehicles in the overall automotive market has dwindled over the last three years, the NADA Used Car Guide said this week. Hybrids continue to make up the majority of the alternative fuel market, but data does show consumers are beginning to shift toward electric vehicles in greater numbers.
Read More →Used-vehicle buyers are turning to sports cars in greater numbers thanks to low fuel prices, which are allowing them to forego fuel efficiency in favor of performance, KBB said this week.
Read More →A CDK Global survey found that a large percentage of car shoppers want dealer websites to offer more of the car-buying experience online. Information from the survey also found that the majority of respondents felt more comfortable starting the car-buying process on a dealer's website as opposed to a third-party site.
Read More →An Edmunds analysis found that only 27.5% of all hybrid and EV trade-ins in 2016 have been applied to the purchase of another hybrid or EV, an 11.3% drop from last year’s rate of 38.5%. A larger percentage, 33.8%, of trade-ins are going toward the purchase of SUVs.
Read More →The BMW Group's newest vehicle distribution center at the Port of Galveston, Texas, officially opened Wednesday. The distribution center, according to the company, will better serve the 45 BMW and MINI dealers in the nation’s southern region: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas.
Read More →TD Economics, an affiliate of TD Bank and TD Auto Finance, projects U.S. auto sales will peak at 17.6 million units this year before edging down to 17.3 million in 2017. But sales should remain at the 17 million-unit level for some time, the finance source’s economist noted.
Read More →Nissan is making it easier for commercial fleets to acquire vehicles outside of annual purchasing cycles with its Fleetail 2.0 program that will expedite orders of less than 50 vehicles to commercial fleets and fleet management companies.
Read More →Greg Miller, who stepped down as CEO of the Larry H. Miller Group in March 2015, has acquired Bob Baker Toyota in San Diego, Calif. The dealership will be renamed Greg Miller Toyota and will be operated under his new enterprise, Greg Miller Automotive San Diego.
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