New JD Power data shows growing numbers of premium compact car, compact SUV and midsize SUV owners are joining a “measurable” downmarket migration. +
Automotive News’s July sales report finds limited inventories have “hamstrung” U.S. Toyota dealers while competitors get a boost from strong hybrid demand. +
The latest quarterly VIN-based inventory report from Lotlinx finds rebounding sales driven by new launches but offset by persistently aged inventory. +
Subaru leads all manufacturers with an 18% year-over-year increase in a report full of double-digit sales gains driven largely by demand for hybrids. +
Kelley Blue Book reports an average transaction price of $49,220 in May, down 0.5% from April but up 1.2% year over year amid heavier incentive spending. +
Sales of new Mazdas and Subarus improved by 35% and 10% year-over-year in May, leading all U.S.-facing factories as fleets helped offset flat retail sales. +
Kelley Blue Book reports trucks and SUVs are largely to blame for April’s average new-vehicle transaction price of $49,461, a 1.8% year-over-year increase. +
Automotive News reports sales of new Hondas improved on a year-over-year basis in April, offering a bright spot in a report dimmed by growing affordability concerns. +
Sales of full-size SUVs and pickups — and a decreased appetite for small cars — pushed the average U.S. new vehicle transaction price to $49,275 in March. +
Factories sharing new vehicle sales reports with the Automotive News Data Center suffered a roughly 5% drop in total volume in the first quarter, driven in large part by a double-digit decline in March. +
