Car Sales

For the second time in its 110-year history, Buick has topped one million sales in a year--and set a new overall record in the process. Last year saw the marque shift 1,032,056 vehicles, beating the company's last million-sale year in 1984, when it sold 1,003,345 cars. Whereas that 1984 volume was...

Mercedes-Benz has ended 2013 with the sales crown for luxury autos in the U.S., with 312,534 units walking out the door over the past 12 months. This represents a 14 percent increase from the 274,134 units sold in 2012 and is a new record for the brand. When you add sales from Smart (9,264) and the...

Now that the initial buzz surrounding the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray has worn off, Chevrolet is expanding the number of dealers eligible to sell the car. You may recall that during the car’s sales launch last fall, Chevrolet limited the Corvette Stingray’s availability to only...

Despite Ferrari’s best attempts to screen buyers of its LaFerrari, with chairman Luca di Montezemolo himself determining the final cut, an example has already hit the used car market, mere weeks after deliveries commenced. It’s listed on the website of Munich dealer SEMCO and is priced...

A McLaren P1 is listed for sale at an exotic-car dealer in the U.A.E.

All 375 McLaren P1 supercars destined for production are accounted for, which means if you’re in the market for a hybrid hypercar your only option left would be the Porsche 918 Spyder. Ferrari’s LaFerrari supercar was sold out even before the car was unveiled. In fact, there was so much...

Not long ago, Maserati was selling around 6,000 cars per year on the back of two model lines: the Quattroporte and Granturismo. Not surprisingly, many scoffed when the automaker announced in 2011 it would increase annual sales to 50,000 units and launch three additional model lines by the end of...

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is a very good car. In fact, it’s a great car. That’s why General Motors already has a long list of orders despite it only just reaching showrooms. In addition, dealers are expected to have few unsold examples up until the second quarter of next...

Mercedes-Benz’s new compact range has proven a hit in the markets where the stylish offerings are sold, and it looks like that success will be repeated in the U.S. The automaker’s local chief, Steve Cannon, is confident of reaching 60,000 combined annual sales split evenly between the...

The industry as a whole is trending strongly upward at the end of a long summer of brisk car sales, but the luxury segment in particular is showing positive returns. Leading the charge are Cadillac and BMW, up 37.8 percent and 45.7 percent, respectively. For General Motors' [NYSE:GM] luxury brand...

We love it, and we love to hate its marketing almost as much as we despise the overzealous, often ignorant coverage in the press. First, Tesla insists on listing prices with government incentives--which buyers don't always qualify for--already deducted. Then we didn't get the more affordable 40-kWh...

The 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is one of the most anticipated cars of the year and pent-up demand, both from hardcore fans and first-time ‘Vette buyers, is sure to cause a stampede at showrooms when the car officially arrives in early October. Not surprisingly, dealers have already been...

It was four years ago at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show that we first saw BMW roll out its Vision EfficientDynamics concept and announce its commitment to launching an advanced sports car with stellar gas mileage based on it. At the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show in one month’s time, BMW will finally...

Lamborghini marked its 50th anniversary this year and as part of the celebrations rolled out the striking Veneno at March’s 2013 Geneva Motor Show, a bespoke supercar based on the Aventador platform and with styling one could best describe as polarizing. Only four examples were promised, one...

Tesla keeps moving from strength to strength, with sales of the company’s Model S electric sedan steadily increasing, profit levels remaining positive and expansion of the business running smoothly. This week, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] released its financial results for the second quarter of...

Back in May, Ferrari made the announcement it would target maximum sales of 7,000 cars this year, down from 7,318 sales in 2012, in order to improve the exclusivity of the marque while at the same time protect its margins and residual values for its customers. Ferrari has now released its first...

While Volvo's range of vehicles does get a range of minor dress-up updates for 2014, the bulk of the range remains essentially the same as last year. Accordingly, the pricing remains much the same as last year, with the 2014 S60's base price rising $500, from $31,900 to $32,400, to cover the...

Is the 2014 Nissan 370Z the smartest performance value now?

Last year was a banner year for the German luxury brands in the U.S., with Mercedes-Benz fighting a close battle with BMW to finish second by 7,000 vehicles. Despite the rivalry seen in last year's sales race, Mercedes-Benz CEO Dieter Zetsche has already bowed out for 2013--even though Mercedes is...

With a population exceeding one billion and a voracious appetite for luxury goods, it’s only a matter of time until China overtakes the U.S. as the single biggest market for premium cars. China is already the biggest market for new cars and this year the country is expected to overtake Europe...