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THE TOYOTA RECALL CRISIS
U.S. joins Toyota, California in inspecting runaway Prius
11:58 am U.S. ET, March 9 | UPDATED: 3/9/10 2:28 p.m. ET
U.S. safety regulators and Toyota Motor Corp. dispatched investigators to San Diego today to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway. U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said two investigators from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration were sent to join a team from the California Highway Patrol to be part of the investigation. Read More » Comments [0] | Recommendations [0]
- Toyota names former U.S. Transportation chief Slater to head quality panel
- Toyota seeks to block executive testimony in suit
- Mazda follows Toyota in installing brake override systems
- Toyota expands Tundra recall to cover entire U.S.
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GM, dealers talk cash to wind down
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Audi predicts strong Q1 sales after 19.9% rise in February
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U.S. will get compact Lexus hybrid after all
After long insisting that a compact car was not in Lexus' U.S. product plans, Toyota officials last week confirmed that... Read More »
Numbers are abstract; hiring is personal
JESSE SNYDER: The U.S. jobless rate remaining at 9.7 percent is an abstract number. It’s a big-picture number that tells auto... Read More »What's Japanese for Schadenfreude?
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How do we get the economic engine running again?
GUEST COMMENTARY: As a young auto dealer, decades ago, I had an encounter with one of my neighbors, Fred Trump, who was a prominent real estate developer based in New York, and, yes, Donald's... Read More »ARTICLE:
Arbitration strategy: Let the dealers speak
From redtruck: NFW is correct...the cover of bankruptcy allows companies to do many things that are very unfair, but legal. What exactly are chrysler dealers getting back? at their sales rate and lack of product, how long can existing dealers survive, let alone add ... Read More »More »
Data Center
Canada light-vehicle sales by make, Feb. & YTD
Sample data:
| Total | |||||||
| Car | Car | Truck | Truck | Total | Total | Percent | |
| Make | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | change |
| Acura | 394 | 377 | 464 | 613 | 858 | 990 | -13% |
| Audi | 662 | 461 | 204 | 166 | 866 | 627 | 38% |
| Bentley | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 0% |
| BMW division | 946 | 859 | 474 | 331 | 1,420 | 1,190 | 19% |
| Buick | 248 | 160 | 253 | 166 | 501 | 326 | 54% |
Canada light-vehicle sales by nameplate, Feb. & YTD
Sample data:
| Feb. | Feb. | 2 mos. | 2 mos. | |
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| 1 series (I) | 104 | 122 | 104 | 122 |
| 3 series (I) | 691 | 582 | 691 | 582 |
| 5 series (I) | 99 | 117 | 99 | 117 |
| 6 series (I) | 2 | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 series (I) | 23 | 10 | 23 | 10 |
| Z4 (I) | 27 | 14 | 27 | 14 |
| BMW division car (D) | - | - | - | - |
| BMW division car (I) | 946 | 859 | 946 | 859 |
North America car and truck production – 03/08/2010
Sample data:
| 3/1- | Feb. | 1/1- | 1/1- | |
| 3/6/10 | total | 3/6/10 | 3/7/09 | |
| Ford Mustang | 1,850 | 3,657 | 10,960 | 688 |
| Mazda Mazda6 sedan | 1,236 | 3,410 | 9,373 | 3,658 |
| AUTOALLIANCE | 3,086 | 7,067 | 20,333 | 4,346 |
| X5 (trk.) | 2,044 | 6,960 | 16,788 | 13,141 |
| X6 (trk.) | 939 | 4,093 | 8,676 | 8,413 |
| BMW MFG. CORP. (trk.)‡ | 2,983 | 11,053 | 25,464 | 21,554 |
Mexico car and truck sales, January
This Mexico car and truck sales, January data is available within our Data Center as a PDF download.
Customer and Dealer Incentives
This Customer and Dealer Incentives data is available within our Data Center as a PDF download.
U.S. car sales, Feb. & YTD
Sample data:
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| ASTON MARTIN (I)* | 92 | 95 | 184 | 190 |
| 1 series (I) | 781 | 853 | 1,324 | 1,569 |
| 3 series (I) | 6,817 | 6,414 | 12,235 | 11,427 |
| 5 series (I) | 2,270 | 3,191 | 4,739 | 5,787 |
| 6 series (I) | - | - | 237 | 591 |
| 7 series (I) | 899 | 10 | 2,207 | 33 |
| Z4 (I) | 389 | 21 | 587 | 66 |
| BMW division (D) | - | - | - | - |
| BMW division (I) | 11,156 | 10,489 | 21,329 | 19,473 |
| Total BMW division | 11,156 | 10,489 | 21,329 | 19,473 |
| Cooper/Cooper S (I) | 2,871 | 2,826 | 5,118 | 4,908 |
U.S. total vehicle sales by make, Feb. & YTD
Sample data:
| 2010 | 2009 | Car | 2010 | 2009 | |||||
| Car | Car | Car | Car | percent | Truck | Truck | Truck | Truck | |
| Make | 2010 | 2009 | Share | Share | change | 2010 | 2009 | Share | Share |
| Acura | 4,664 | 4,969 | 1.1% | 1.4% | -6% | 4,275 | 2,690 | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Aston Martin** | 92 | 95 | 0.0% | 0.0% | -3% | - | - | - | - |
| Audi | 4,790 | 3,588 | 1.1% | 1.0% | 34% | 1,426 | 1,065 | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Bentley | 95 | 69 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 38% | - | - | - | - |
| BMW division | 11,296 | 10,776 | 2.7% | 3.0% | 5% | 3,804 | 2,203 | 1.0% | 0.7% |
Print Issue | March 8, 2010
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Toyota, rivals in 'dogfight' for wary shoppers12:01 am U.S. ET | March 8
A battle is raging for the tens of thousands of customers Toyota has lost since its recall crisis erupted six weeks ago -- "a dogfight," says one analyst who sees Toyota losing market share over the long term. Toyota has piled on record incentives... ... Read More »
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