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Car sales extended their declines in France, Spain and Italy last month, data showed on Friday, leaving little hope of a European auto market rebound anytime soon.
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Car sales extended their declines in France, Spain and Italy last month, data showed on Friday, leaving little hope of a European auto market rebound anytime soon.
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TORRANCE, Calif.-- Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. said Friday that its U.S. sales rose 26.6 percent in January behind strong numbers for the Camry and Corrolla cars. BY THE NUMBERS: The Japanese automaker sold 157,725 vehicles last month, compared with 124,540 in January 2012.
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IRVINE, Calif.-- Kia Motors America said on Friday that January sales rose 2.2 on gains for its Optima sedan and Sorento crossover. BY THE NUMBERS: The South Korean automaker sold 36,302 vehicles last month, up from 35,517 a year earlier. TOP SELLER: The Optima was its top seller, rising 27.7 percent to 11,252 units, up from 8,814 a year earlier.
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*Chrysler ousts Ford as No. 1 in sales in Canada in January. Feb 1- Auto sales in Canada slipped 2.2 percent in January, data showed on Friday, on weaker demand for European vehicles and strong comparable data from a year ago when Japan's automakers were rebounding from earthquake and tsunami disruptions.
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FRANKLIN, Tenn.-- Nissan North America Inc. said Friday that its January vehicle sales rose 2 percent on higher demand for its Sentra sedan and Pathfiner SUV. BY THE NUMBERS: The Japanese automaker sold 80,919 vehicles in January, up from 79,313 a year earlier. TOP SELLER: Nissan sold 21,464 Altima sedans, down 4 percent from a year earlier but still its best-seller.
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*GM, Ford, Toyota top Wall Street forecasts. *Chrysler, Honda, Nissan fall short of analysts' estimates. "We all started the year with a little bit of apprehension with the fiscal cliff debates and the new tax rates," said Toyota Motor Corp's Bill Fay, head of U.S. sales for the Toyota brand. "
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TORRANCE, Calif.-- American Honda Motor Co. said Friday that U.S. sales in January rose nearly 13 percent, led by a redesigned version of the venerable Accord. BY THE NUMBERS: American Honda said that it sold 93,626 vehicles last month, up from 83,009 in January 2012. Sales for Honda and Acura grew at about the same rate.
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If January is any indication, 2013 could be another big year for auto sales in the U.S.
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American consumers ignored tax increases and tromped through the winter chill to buy new cars and trucks at an unusually strong pace last month.
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*GM, Ford, Toyota top Wall Street forecasts. DETROIT, Feb 1- Several major automakers, including General Motors Co and Toyota Motor Corp, posted better-than-expected U.S. vehicle sales for January, kicking off the fourth straight year of the sector's recovery from the depths of recession.
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PARIS, Feb 1- Car sales extended their declines in France, Spain and Italy last month, data showed on Friday, leaving little hope of a European auto market rebound anytime soon. "The French passenger car market started 2013 on as weak a note as it exited 2012," analyst David Arnold at Credit Suisse said in a note.
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DETROIT, Feb 1- General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co, the two largest U.S. automakers, reported better-than-expected January auto sales, buoyed by a strong showing in small cars and crossovers.
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DETROIT-- The recovery in U.S. auto sales from the Great Recession really got rolling at the end of last year, and it looks like the momentum continued in January.
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CHERRY HILL, N.J.-- Subaru of America Inc. said Friday that January U.S. sales rose 21 percent from the same month a year ago led by its Forester and Outback models. BY THE NUMBERS: Subaru said that it sold 27,663 vehicles last month, up from 22,807 in January 2012. TOP SELLER: The Outback wagon led the way, at 8,632, an increase of more than 16 percent.
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HERNDON, Va.-- Volkswagen of America Inc. said Friday that U.S. auto sales rose 7 percent in January and marked the company's highest sales in the month since 1974.. BY THE NUMBERS: VW sold 29,018 vehicles, up from 27,208 in January 2012. TOP SELLERS: Sales of the Jetta fell 4 percent, but it was still VW's biggest seller in the U.S., at 10,522..
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Jan 31- AutoNation Inc, the largest U.S. auto dealer group, said strong new vehicle sales boosted its fourth-quarter net income by 20 percent and revenue by 13 percent. In early trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, AutoNation shares were up 0.6 percent at $45.35.
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DETROIT-- AutoNation Inc., the country's largest auto dealership chain, said Thursday that its fourth-quarter net income rose almost 20 percent as the U.S. auto sales rebound continued to gain momentum. The Fort Lauderdale, Fla., company also announced that its 210 U.S. domestic and import dealers will be branded as AutoNation stores this year.
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Shoppers at the Citroën showroom on the Champs-Élysées were conspicuous mostly by their absence on a recent weekday. Earnest-looking employees outnumbered the lone visitor by at least 10 to 1. Two of the workers were busy refining their already considerable skills at an auto-racing video game. The New York Times reports.
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Toyota Motors regained the crown as the world's top selling automaker in 2012, posting record-high sales and beating rivals General Motors and Volkswagen.
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*Toyota sells record 9.75 million vehicles group-wide. TOKYO, Jan 28- Toyota Motor Corp regained the crown as the world's top selling automaker in 2012, posting record-high sales and beating rivals General Motors and Volkswagen.