German luxury automaker BMW announced yesterday that it had significantly increased its 2010 forecast for sales an earnings, explaining that improved conditions in the global automobile market had given its outlook a marked boost. The firm has increased its forecast by about 10 percent, and now says it expects to sell more than 1.4 million [...]
Since the demise of Mercury, Ford’s last luxury brand is Lincoln. LeftLaneNews is reporting that the automaker is attempting to boost sales, after promising new products and technology in order to improve competition. To that end, all Lincoln purchases through September 7th, 2010 will come with free scheduled maintenance for the first three years, or [...]
Today’s post is brief, but it’s so refreshing to have good news connected with Toyota, that we couldn’t resist. Toyota announced yesterday that their incentive officers, originally set to expire on Monday, May 10th, have been extended through June 1st. With recent sales figures showing that good deals trump strings of recalls, there’s no doubt [...]
There’s no denying that, as much as those of us who are pro-environment want it to happen, it’s going to take years – perhaps even decades – before electric cars become de rigueur on American highways. Consumer adoption takes time, after all, and we have a LOT of consumers here. As translated by Hybrid Cars, [...]
Even though new car dealers across the nation were offering big incentives to buyers last month, in a successful effort to increase sales, values of used cars and trucks were not hurt. Figures from ADESA Auction, Inc. show that the average used vehicle in March, 2010 was 7 percent higher than the average price in [...]