Car Sales
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With 918 examples destined to be built, Porsche was always going to have a tougher task of selling all build slots for its 918 Spyder than McLaren and Ferrari have had with their respective flagship supercars. After all, McLaren only offered 375 build slots for its P1 and Ferrari only offered 499 for the LaFerrari, and most of these were already accounted for before the cars were even unveiled. MUST SEE: Video Proof Ferrari's LaFerrari Has An All-Electric Mode Nevertheless, a senior Porsche executive has revealed that the 918 Spyder is almost sold out. Speaking with Automotive News...
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Mercedes-Benz Sells Over 100,000 S-Classes In A Single YearMercedes-Benz’s latest S-Class, the W222, has been with us for just over a year and already it's managed to rack up more than 100,000 sales worldwide. This is the best rate of sales for any S-Class generation in its first full year on the market, and with new S-Class variants coming like the...
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Marchionne Promises Not To “Screw Up” Ferrari DNA Despite Increasing ProductionAlmost immediately after it was announced that current Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne would be replacing longstanding Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo, there were fears production would be ramped up and the exclusivity of the brand tarnished. It was a policy of di Montezemolo...
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Lamborghini Huracán Hits 1,000 U.S. Sales, 3,000 Global: New RecordIf you had any questions about the success of Lamborghini’s Huracán as a replacement for the Gallardo—which you really wouldn’t have if you’d read our first drive review—you’ll have none now: the Huracán has officially racked up 1,000 U.S. sales and...
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Lincoln Confirms Next MKX And MKS Replacement Plus Two New CarsThe Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] has taken a page out of the Volkswagen playbook by making public its aggressive new growth targets, which will see the Blue Oval contend not only with VW but also General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] and Toyota for top automaker status. Under its new ‘Vision...
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Lotus Denies Rumors About Evora Pullout From U.S. MarketAccording to reports circling the web this week, the Lotus Evora is on the endangered list. It turns out that rumors of its demise are greatly exaggerated. The company today confirmed that a 2016 model year Evora will be sold in the U.S. DON'T MISS: Jeep Driver Out-Jerks Corvette Driver's Jerk...
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Lotus looks set to fade further into obscurity in the U.S. market with news emerging that sales of the Evora 2+2 sports car in local showrooms could soon cease for the same reason Lotus’ Elise and Exige lines are no longer sold here. Like the Elise and Exige, the Evora doesn’t meeting the federal requirement for the fitment of smart airbags and was only allowed to be on sale here because of an exemption. According to Car and Driver, that exemption has now expired, meaning Lotus will have to stop importing more Evoras. It’s not like the cars have been flying out the door...
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LaFerrari Up For Sale In Dubai With $3.4 Million Price TagFerrari has promised to build just 499 examples of its flagship LaFerrari supercar, despite the company receiving more than a thousand orders for the car just days after its debut at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. Clearly there are plenty of unsatisfied millionaires out there, and because of this any...
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Cadillac’s New Chief Has No Plans To Reduce PricesMuch of Cadillac’s lineup is just a few grand away from matching the prices of comparable models from Germany’s big three luxury makes, and when we’re talking the lower end of the portfolio like the ATS the prices are almost equal across the board. While this strategy has turned...
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CLA-Class Sales Come In At Double Mercedes-Benz’s ExpectationMercedes-Benz’s new CLA-Class is selling far better than the automaker had expected, according to Dieter Zetsche, the CEO of Mercedes' parent Daimler. The compact sedan, which is priced from $30,825, including destination, has proven so popular that tight supplies (in some cases just 10 days)...
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First Lincolns Land In ChinaIt was back in 2012 that Lincoln first announced it was expanding into the lucrative Chinese market, and now the first cars have landed. An additional two shipments of Lincolns will arrive by early October to support a series of grand opening events scheduled for later that same month. Despite...
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Ferrari May Boost Sales To 10,000 Annually Under Marchionne’s WatchFerrari looks set to reverse a decision to limit its annual sales to no more than 7,000 cars after Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne takes over the running of the fabled Italian sports car brand and racing team in mid-October, when current boss Luca di Montezemolo will step down. The...
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At $59,995, the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is one of the performance bargains of our era. For the price of an optioned-up six-cylinder sedan from one of the established luxury marques, Dodge will supply you with the world's most powerful muscle car, a 707-horsepower tire-shredding beast that gives us just a little hope for the future of back-to-basics performance cars. Well, it's a bargain when dealers aren't slapping enormous markups on the price anyway. What is a bargain at sixty grand can appear less so with ten or twenty thousand extra on the sticker, but Dodge itself is stepping...
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2016 Volvo XC90 First Edition Sells Out In Two DaysVolvo, a maker of some hugely competent cars and with Polestar badges on the trunk, some rather brisk and wholly desirable ones. But not, you'd think, the sort of cars to trigger a sales rush. That isn't the case with the 2016 Volvo XC90, whose First Edition, limited to 1,927 individually-numbered...
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2015 Dodge Viper SRT Starting Price Dropped By $15,000: OfficialDodge has just announced a round of updates for its 2015 Viper SRT but the updates alone aren’t likely to see the sales performance of the all-American supercar change for the better. Yes, the latest Viper hasn’t exactly been racing off dealer lots, with more than 600 examples said to...
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New Corvette Already Popular, Hugely Outsells Previous ModelWhen an automaker launches a new car, particularly one as iconic as the Chevrolet Corvette, it takes a risk. Will people actually buy it? Will customers be turned off by the new styling? Or has the market simply moved on to something new? If General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] had any concerns...
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China To Fine Audi For Breaking Monopoly Law, Other Makes Under InvestigationAudi will reportedly be fined around $40 million for violating an anti-monopoly law.
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2015 Audi Q3 Priced: At $33k, Facing Off With Mercedes GLAWith the 2015 Audi Q3 that arrives to the U.S. this fall, Audi cements the its crossover strategy, with a five-passenger, subcompact-size tall hatchback that fits five, meets all the standards for features and luxury for the brand, and makes a nice complement in the lineup both to the larger Q5 and...
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In a bid to ensure future exclusivity, Maserati will limit its future output to no more than 75,000 cars per year. Or so says managing director for general overseas markets Umberto Maria Cini, reports Reuters. While the idea of enforcing a low volume total to protect the brand’s value and image makes good sense—even if it seems a bit gauche to announce it—the 75,000 vehicle per year target actually represents a 50 percent increase from next year’s target of 50,000 vehicles—itself an increase over 2014’s figures. With cars like the Ghibli and revamped...
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Challenger SRT Hellcat Production May Be Volume-LimitedThere's no denying that the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is one of the most exciting new American cars in recent years. It's the most powerful muscle car ever created from the factory, it will run the quarter-mile in under 11 seconds, and it has one of the greatest names ever applied to a...
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U.S. Accounts For 40 Percent Of Pagani Huayra SalesWith Pagani’s first supercar, the Zonda, never officially being sold in the U.S., there was always going to be some pent-up-demand among the nation’s One-Percenters for the Italian marque’s latest model, the Huayra, which has been approved for local sale. What’s surprising...
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McLaren Confirms Track-Focused P1 And New P13 For 2015McLaren Automotive, the road car division of the famous British racing team, has announced its financial results for 2013 and during the announcement also confirmed two new cars. Although we already knew the cars were coming, McLaren has now made them official and even confirmed a release date. The...
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VW Looks To Shorter Product Life Cycles To Boost SalesVolkswagen has set itself an ambitious sales target for the U.S. market, aiming to hit 800,000 annual sales by 2018. Last year the automaker sold just over 400,000 units, which has led some to believe the 2018 target date may need to be pushed back. VW isn’t giving up, however, and is looking...
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First 500 Ford Mustangs For Europe Sell Out In 30 SecondsFord recently opened up the order books for its 2015 Mustang in Europe, and within 30 seconds the first 500 cars destined for the old continent were snapped up. In an interesting move, Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] opened up the order books during last weekend’s final for the UEFA Champions...
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