Derek's 2015 Predictions
At the start of 2014, I made a number of predictions related to the automotive world, and promised to revisit them at year end . You can see the results here. With that in mind, we’re playing again in 2015. As always, feel free to ridicule me if I’m wrong.
-GM will announce that it is closing the Oshawa plant, once its obligation to the Canadian government expires in 2016. Not only will this allow them to shift volume products to the United States and other lower-cost locations, but it allows them to avoid having to re-negotiate their contract with Canadian labor union Unifor, which also expires in 2016.
-The Honda HR-V will sell 65k units in 2015. It could sell more, but a late Q1 launch and stringent QC checks to avoid the debacle of the Fit launch at Celaya will hamper it
– The Mazda6 diesel will not arrive in 2015.
-The Toyota Tacoma will continue to reign as the top compact pickup, outselling the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon.
-The new Ford GT will be built by Multimatic. The entire run will be 300 units and it will cost $300,000.
If any of the B&B want to play along, submit your predictions below. We’ll revisit them in a year and see what came to pass.
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Like my 2014 prediction, I'm going with Lincoln unveiling a LWB Mustang sedan. Maybe if I wish hard enough.... As much as everywhere else besides TTAC seems to love the GT, I'd prefer 400-500 HP Lincoln sedans being unveiled instead.
-Ford Shelby GT350 will start at 50k -fold Shelby GT350R will start at 75K without any options -New Malibu to be shown -possible new station wagon from GM -Mitusbishi will bring its new galant and lancer replacement sedans and will still have no clue what to do -Subaru will show off the WRX STI Hatchback -(wishful thinking) a new lincoln base on the mustang RWD platform with a ecoboost -Jeep Cherokee Hellcat aka trackhawk -new Chevy Cruze to Debut -the return of the 300c srt8 with the hellcat(one can wish right) -Volvo sales to drop since they will start selling Chinese built cars -GM will show the new 2016 Camaro -NIssan GT-R hybrid will be on the rumor mills -Toyota will still tease the Ft-1 until their platform with bmw is ready fro 2016 -gray will be the popular color again
Subaru will build a hatchback WRX. Then ruin it by offering it ONLY with the CVT. Volvo will see the light and sales will surge, when it institutes my new marketing plan of "Great cars, prices exactly $6,000 less than a comparable BMW or Mercedes".
as the dollar surges, japanese automakers use their new found advantage to add content to their vehicles.