Forecasts
Why Ghosn's Renault paycheck depends on EV sales
June 18Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn has a new incentive to promote development and sales of electric vehicles: A significant part of his pay now depends on it.
Growing challenges dent dealers' optimism
June 11Rising interest rates and stretched vehicle inventory could keep vehicle sales from growing in the coming months, a Cox Automotive survey finds.
Global EV fleet expected to triple in 2 years
May 30EVs are likely to become a much more common sight on the world's roads in the next two years as the global fleet of electric vehicles is likely to more than triple to 13 million by the end of the decade from 3.1 million last year, the International Energy Agency says.
Starved of product, Fiat brand is at a crossroads
May 26When Fiat Chrysler presents its 2018-22 business plan on June 1, the biggest question mark will be the future of the Fiat brand, which has been losing share steadily in its two main markets — Europe and Brazil — and is disappearing in the U.S.
In self-driving car race, Waymo leads traditional automakers
May 8In the race to start the world's first driving business without human drivers, Alphabet's Waymo is ahead of traditional automakers such as GM, Mercedes and Audi.
Honda, Mazda issue profit warnings as yen rise clouds outlook
April 27Honda and Mazda issued profit warnings for the current financial year on worries a stronger yen would erode their operating earnings, wiping out the impact of record high global vehicle sales.
Report: Dealerships leaning more on incentive money to turn profit
April 16Dealerships' average net profit was more than 15 times the size of total operating profit last year, showing just how much they rely on automaker incentives.
Longtime GM economist Mustafa Mohatarem plans to retire
April 5Longtime chief economist at General Motors, Mustafa Mohatarem, has announced his retirement and is succeeded by Elaine Buckberg, who assumed her new duties April 1.
Expect a sales plateau — a healthy one
March 23U.S. new-vehicle sales should be a healthy 16.7 million in 2018, then stay in a range of 16.5 million-16.7 million in the next couple of years, according to Patrick Manzi, NADA senior economist.
More off-lease crossovers could hurt new-vehicle sales
Feb. 26Dealers will have more used SUVs and crossovers to sell in 2018, but the greater supply coming off lease may also squeeze margins and volume on vehicles.
This is no time to get sloppy
Feb. 19There is a great deal of uncertainty out there and it seems prudent to be conservative. Still, when the car business is bad, I am told, it is still pretty good.
Ferrari aims to double core earnings by 2022
Feb. 1Ferrari aims to double core earnings no later than 2022 and become debt free by 2021. The automaker reported an 18 percent rise in 2017 adjusted earnings.
