Sales volume grew slowly in July, as economic uncertainty and supply interruptions continued to foil a full turnaround in US sales volume. On the other hand, TrueCar reports that the consumers that did buy cars spent record amounts on average, as transaction prices soared to their highest levels in history and incentives fell. According to our developing table, the Detroit automakers are coming through July ahead of their year-ago numbers, but the Japanese automakers (who are still releasing their numbers) are expected to take a bit of punishment as they struggle to recover from the industry-crippling tsunami. Hit the jump for a full table of July sales results (developing).
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TAP - It is a great vignette, but please give us more detail on the driving experience.
golden2husky - Enjoy the feeling. Undefeatable stability control is a fun killer. A few years ago we had a good winter with snow on the ground for about 5 weeks. My hybrid Altima was...
NoGoYo - I know a guy who has basically a XT with a wagon body, which I didn’t know existed. I assume the 1987 GL Turbo AWD is just a wagon XT…
Brendan McAleer - Hi Jeff, I hardly ever use foul language. In fact, there are only two pieces on this site where you will find the word...
wmba - Welcome back, Brendan. Great vignette.
Summicron - “iHAWK doctor’s switch” I’m old so I had to look that up. Damn, are you ever spot-on.
oldowl - I think that if stainless stainless screws are used to attaching fittings to aluminum masts, booms, etc., without being isolated with non-metallic washers,...
Kyree S. Williams - Jesus drove an Accord. But you’d never know that, because he didn’t speak of his own Accord.
slow kills - Off road ability? More like side of the road ability.
TW4 - Yeah, footprint problems are starting to show, particularly with small-light-trucks and full-size sedans. If they...