Things are rough for Ford on Truck Mountain, with ground lost for the fourth consecutive month in November in a market-share situation that isn’t about to improve any time soon.
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Do you or yours happen to own one of the models affected by the February 2014 General Motors ignition switch recall? The automaker finally has a replacement ready at your convenience.
Were you hoping BMW and Tesla would join forces for the future of electrification? Not so fast.
Can you surry, can you picnic? I’m still trying to figure that one out. But I’ll tell you this: if you drink and drive in Surrey, you’re going to be put on blast, as the kids say. (“Kids”, in this case, means “35-year-olds who listen to Eminem”, btw.)
New vehicle buyers registered 1.3 million cars, SUVs, crossovers, vans, and pickup trucks in November 2014, a 57,000-unit improvement compared with November 2013.
No volume brand accelerated at a faster rate in November than Ram, which shot up 31%. Scion sales, on the other hand, plunged 21%. Land Rover, Cadillac, Smart, Infiniti, and Jaguar all posted double-digit losses, as well. Ford is America’s top-selling auto brand, both in November and the first eleven months of 2014. With a 10% decline in F-Series sales last month, however, Ford was down 2.6%. Total GM sales are up 4.1% this year and rose 6.5% in November, spreading the manufacturer’s lead by 39,484 units to nearly 409,000 units.
As for premium brands, Mercedes-Benz claimed a broad victory in November but trails BMW by 1830 sales heading into 2014’s final month. Lexus, the third-ranked premium automaker, is almost 25,000 sales back of Mercedes-Benz, but the first 22 NXs were sold in November. We also saw the arrival last month of the Chevrolet City Express and Alfa Romeo 4C, both of which produced their first 24 sales. The Toyota Camry was America’s best-selling car; the Honda CR-V led all utility vehicles.
| Automaker | November 2014 | November 2013 | % Change | 2014 YTD | 2013 YTD | % Change |
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Acura
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14,857 | 14,559 | 2.0% | 150,034 | 149,685 | 0.2% |
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Alfa Romeo
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24 | — | — | 24 | — | — |
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Audi
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16,650 | 13,636 | 22.0% | 162,773 | 141,048 | 15.4% |
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BMW
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31,019 | 31,752 | -2.3% | 298,212 | 271,891 | 9.7% |
|
Buick
|
19,143 | 15,072 | 27.0% | 208,606 | 190,130 | 9.7% |
|
Cadillac
|
13,148 | 16,172 | -18.7% | 154,600 | 164,378 | -5.9% |
|
Chevrolet
|
149,673 | 145,089 | 3.2% | 1,848,504 | 1,793,632 | 3.1% |
|
Chrysler
|
27,243 | 21,024 | 29.6% | 277,855 | 282,222 | -1.5% |
|
Dodge
|
42,108 | 41,506 | 1.5% | 527,577 | 548,654 | -3.8% |
|
Fiat
|
3,111 | 3,075 | 1.2% | 42,337 | 39,491 | 7.2% |
| Ford | 178,221 | 182,978 | -2.6% | 2,167,162 | 2,194,934 | -1.3% |
|
GMC
|
43,854 | 35,727 | 22.7% | 448,815 | 407,781 | 10.1% |
|
Honda
|
106,957 | 101,948 | 4.9% | 1,253,557 | 1,240,372 | 1.1% |
|
Hyundai
|
53,672 | 56,005 | -4.2% | 661,211 | 657,778 | 0.5% |
|
Infiniti
|
11,398 | 13,152 | -13.3% | 105,323 | 103,223 | 2.0% |
|
Jaguar
|
1,253 | 1,446 | -13.3% | 14,090 | 15,408 | -8.6% |
|
Jeep
|
57,489 | 45,415 | 26.6% | 629,074 | 437,179 | 43.9% |
|
Kia
|
44,936 | 45,411 | -1.0% | 534,647 | 501,548 | 6.6% |
|
Land Rover
|
3,644 | 4,601 | -20.8% | 45,711 | 44,246 | 3.3% |
|
Lexus
|
27,472 | 25,611 | 7.3% | 271,510 | 239,090 | 13.6% |
|
Lincoln
|
8,113 | 6,727 | 20.6% | 84,784 | 73,710 | 15.0% |
|
Maserati
|
1,203 | 887 | 35.6% | 11,531 | 3,715 | 210% |
|
Mazda
|
21,242 | 20,754 | 2.4% | 280,993 | 260,982 | 7.7% |
|
Mercedes-Benz
|
34,578 | 34,376 | 0.6% | 296,382 | 279,501 | 6.0% |
|
Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
|
2,532 | 2,010 | 26.0% | 22,457 | 18,988 | 18.3% |
|
Total Mercedes-Benz
|
37,110 | 36,386 | 2.0% | 318,839 | 298,489 | 6.8% |
|
Mini
|
5,009 | 4,575 | 9.5% | 49,497 | 59,910 | -17.4% |
|
Mitsubishi
|
6534 | 6071 | 7.6% | 71,098 | 55,671 | 27.7% |
|
Nissan
|
91,790 | 93,376 | -1.7% | 1,164,254 | 1,035,439 | 12.4% |
|
Porsche
|
4,699 | 3,966 | 18.5% | 43,732 | 39,077 | 11.9% |
|
Ram
|
40,864 | 31,255 | 30.7% | 420,511 | 331,815 | 26.7% |
|
Scion
|
3,907 | 4,968 | -21.4% | 54,192 | 63,998 | -15.3% |
|
Smart
|
815 | 959 | -15.0% | 9,480 | 8,409 | 12.7% |
|
Subaru
|
45,273 | 36,621 | 23.6% | 463,770 | 384,511 | 20.6% |
|
Suzuki
|
— | — | — | — | 5,946 | -100% |
|
Toyota
|
151,967 | 147,465 | 3.1% | 1,833,012 | 1,742,111 | 5.2% |
|
Volkswagen
|
31,725 | 30,727 | 3.2% | 332,911 | 373,689 | -10.9% |
|
Volvo
|
3,623 | 4,233 | -14.4% | 51,446 | 56,345 | -8.7% |
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BMW-Mini
|
36,028 | 36,327 | -0.8% | 347,709 | 331,801 | 4.8% |
|
Chrysler Group/FCA
|
170,839 | 142,275 | 20.1% | 1,897,378 | 1,639,361 | 15.7% |
|
Daimler
|
37,925 | 37,345 | 1.6% | 328,319 | 306,898 | 7.0% |
|
Ford Motor Company
|
186,334 | 189,705 | -1.8% | 2,251,946 | 2,268,644 | -0.7% |
|
General Motors
|
225,818 | 212,060 | 6.5% | 2,660,525 | 2,555,921 | 4.1% |
|
Honda Motor Company
|
121,814 | 116,507 | 4.6% | 1,403,591 | 1,390,057 | 1.0% |
|
Hyundai-Kia
|
98,608 | 101,416 | -2.8% | 1,195,858 | 1,159,326 | 3.2% |
|
Jaguar-Land Rover
|
4,897 | 6,047 | -19.0% | 59,801 | 59,654 | 0.2% |
|
Nissan Motor Company
|
103,188 | 106,528 | -3.1% | 1,269,577 | 1,138,662 | 11.5% |
|
Toyota Motor Corporation
|
183,346 | 178,044 | 3.0% | 2,158,714 | 2,045,199 |
5.6% |
|
Volkswagen Group *
|
53,387 | 48,652 | 9.7% | 542,007 | 556,336 | -2.6% |
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Industry Total
|
1,302,655
|
1,245,189
|
4.6%
|
15,023,111
|
14,243,037
|
5.5% |
* Volkswagen Group includes sales figures for Audi, Bentley, Porsche, and Volkswagen brands
** Industry total includes Automotive News sales estimates for ultra-low-volume automakers and their 2200-unit (November) Tesla sales estimate.
Timothy Cain is the founder of GoodCarBadCar.net, which obsesses over the free and frequent publication of U.S. and Canadian auto sales figures.
Ever wondered what Indian curry and Swedish meatballs tasted like together? You will soon enough, thanks to a new deal between National Electric Vehicle Sweden and Mahindra.
Following reaffirmation of the National Labor Relations Board ruling in its favor, the United Auto Workers will push managers at Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to respect the ruling, allowing the union to discuss organization on the factory floor.
Derek’s Grandma returns, by popular demand.
I am a very lucky lady. And I don’t say that because I have won the slots every time I have gone to Vegas. I live in the kind of comfortable circumstances than many seniors do not enjoy. I have had a fulfilling career as an educator of children and adults that I only recently gave up. I am surrounded by amazing friends and family and have been fortunate to get through 81 years without any major health problems. So it was just my luck that my brand new Honda Fit was crashed into just days after I got it.
BMW’s i Series is lending its technology to the automaker’s core portfolio, spurring a new generation of PHEVs in so doing.
Though I’ve been a Judge at The 24 Hours of LeMons for over 5 years now, it wasn’t until a brush with Stevens-Johnson Syndrome that I decided to amp up my Mad Bribery Skills.
Not just with cash, that’s horribly un-entertaining unless it involves getting busted F1 style. So like any good criminal, let me boast about my bounty of ill-gotten booty in a tale that’s sure to please.
Uber is having a hard time breaking into the German livery market, and not just for its business model.
Today’s young drivers don’t believe it, but before 1973 and from 1995 to 1998, there really was effectively no speed limit on Montana freeways. In 1998, in response to a traitor’s motorist’s decision to contest his “reasonable speed” tickets all the way to the Montana Supreme Court, a limit of 75mph was imposed.
That limit may be raised in short order.
TTAC reader (and Pontiac G8/Holden conversion owner) David Obelcz gives us his thoughts on the current situation in the world of crude oil – and how that will affect car enthusiasts.
Over the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, Saudi Arabia blocked a proposed production cut by OPEC, sending oil prices plummeting around the world. As I write this the price of oil and gasoline futures are in collapse. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures are down over 10% to $66.15 a barrel on the near-month (January 2015) contract, Brent is at $70.15, and gasoline futures are down to $1.90.
As much as people dog on Oakland, it is certainly exciting, hilarious, and raw– all at the same time.
A confluence of events led to the greatest car chase ever caught on tape. The grand jury’s decision in Ferguson caused rioting and looting in Downtown Oakland on Monday and the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland (think Williamsburg West) on Tuesday. Opportunistic asshats figured that since all law enforcement assets would be busy elsewhere Wednesday night, they could put together a sideshow at the Port of Oakland a couple of miles away, unmolested. They were wrong. Read More >
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