May Captive Penetration Dips; Lower Interest Rates Prevail
Grace Hamulic Slightly more than two-thirds (67.4%) of new-vehicle transactions for all brands in May were financed through automaker captive finance arms—which was down more than 3 percentage points...
View ArticleMazda, Mitsubishi, Scion Models Still Attract Young Buyers
Grace Hamulic The 10 light-vehicle models with the highest percentages of young buyers (ages 16 to 35 years old) in the first half of 2011 were mainly compacts, and all were imports. In all, more than...
View ArticleLower Interest Rates Prevail, Trade-Ins on the Rise
Grace Hamulic A majority of new-vehicle buyers or lessees (77.5%) received APRs on their purchase or lease deals below 5% in July this year, much higher than in the same month a year ago (71%). In...
View ArticleNovember US Sales Strengthen; 2011 Forecast Raised
Retail car and light-truck sales in the first half of November* were stronger than anticipated, translating to a projected retail sales pace of 11.3 million units—the highest monthly selling rate in...
View ArticleRetail U.S. Auto Sales Remain Robust in First Half of October
Deirdre Borrego U.S. retail light-vehicle sales during the first 17 selling days of October continued to increase at a robust pace that was similar to the pace in September, according to a monthly...
View ArticleThird-Party Auto Website Executives Offer Insight on Business Models
Third-party automotive website executives offered their observations about vehicle price transparency during a panel discussion at the October J.D. Power Automotive Marketing Roundtable (AMR) in Las...
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