While Toyota has not announced any revised predictions for 2011 sales, the automaker announced today that it expects to sell more of it’s hybrid Prius cars by the end of the year than it did in 2010, despite setbacks in production after the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in early March. In some parts [...]
Despite severe shortages in the Infiniti inventory, which resulted in a sales dip of 24% for that brand caused by last March’s earthquakes and tsunami in Japan, Nissan’s sales increased by 17% in June, with the sales for Nissan North America Inc. rising to 71,940 units – an 11 percent increase. All totaled, Nissan Division [...]
Gas prices in the United States reached an average of $3.14/gallon this week, according to numbers from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). What that means to most of us is that the average price of gas is 53 cents higher per gallon than it was a year ago, and that prices are now the [...]
Auto industry analysts are predicting another drop in SUV sales and trade-in values at car dealerships as gasoline prices begin another upward climb, industry authority Automotive News reported earlier this week. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, gas prices have topped $3/gallon again over the last week, the highest price since October, 2008. On [...]
If you’re considering a new car before the year’s out, a hybrid might be your best bet, or at the very least you should be looking at cars that rate highly in terms of fuel efficiency. Why? Because experts are predicting that the price of gasoline might hit $3.00 by January. Just this past Monday [...]