Land Rovers and Jaguars are getting diesel engines.
Almost all Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles will have the option to get a diesel engine. Within the next three years, the company confirmed this at the Detroit Auto Show. The blitz will begin this coming fall, when the new 2016’s launch. The engine is a turbocharged 3.0-litre V6 diesel….
Americans pay more for cars
Could the auto industry be even hotter than we thought? The car world tends to focus on units sold, which is to say the total number of vehicles rolling out of dealerships during any given period. This year, Americans are on pace to buy about 16.4 million vehicles, a 6…
November sales at an all time high
The auto industry in the US might post its sales volume in November since 2001, some forecasters say that the light-vehicle prices are on par to reach the highest ever for the second month in a row. TrueCar and Cars.com today projected that November’s seasonally adjusted, annualized market rate will…
Safe and Affordable Used Cars for Young Drivers
Although today’s youth are not as eager to learn to drive as previous generations, getting a driver’s license and driving their first car remains an important rite of passage for teens. Unfortunately, a recent study found that many teens are driving vehicles that are woefully insufficient in terms of crash…
Auto Sales On the Rise in North America
A recent report released by Scotiabank (TSX:BNS).revealed that while light vehicle sales have eased back on a global scale, sales in the United States and Canada are soaring. Bank senior economist and auto industry specialist Carlos Gomes says auto sales around the world were up a meagre one per cent…
Vehicles Are More Efficient Than Ever
SUVs, pickups and muscle cars have a reputation for being gas guzzlers, but their drivers are getting better fuel economy than ever before, according to a recent study. Over half of the vehicles sold this year deliver over 23 mpg, with one in nine topping 30 mpg, the study showed….
Spring Upswing in Auto Sales
U.S. auto sales picked up steam halfway through March and ended strong. 6% may not seem like huge growth. But after a 3% decline in January and a flat result in February, any sign of momentum is a good one for the industry. Coming after many months of strong growth,…
USA Population Likes Keeping Their Cars
American motorists are waiting longer than ever to trade in their cars, trucks and crossovers — with 10 years and 150,000 miles becoming the new norm, rather than the exception, according to a pair of new reports. In the golden era of planned obsolescence, it became common for American new…
Jeep Production to Rise
Chrysler Group will add employees later this year to its Toledo Assembly Complex to increase production of the Jeep Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited, sales head Reid Bigland said today. Bigland said the automaker has been studying ways to boost Wrangler production for several months, and will add employees in the…