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Editorial: Event Horizon For Compact Crossovers
Normally this is something I would have saved for our “TTAC Staff” news items, but I’m the arrival of the Mercedes-Benz GLA is significant. We’ve reached the event horizon for compact crossovers and...
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New York 2014: BMW X4 Photos, Specs Revealed
Ahead of its debut at the 2014 New York Auto Show, BMW has revealed photos and specs of their X4 crossover. Automotive News reports the X4, underpinned by a slightly longer and lower X3 architecture —...
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Cain’s Segments, Small Luxury Crossovers: July 2014
For the most part, their bigger and more expensive brethren sell more often. But this group of small luxury crossovers is gaining a smaller subset as we speak, one which will see the declining BMW X1...
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More Evidence That The Macan Is Taking Over Porsche
You’ve closely tracked the Porsche Cayenne’s success by scanning parking lots outside fancy restaurants. You understand that the Cayenne’s omnipresence in Orange County translates directly to the mere...
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September 2014 Sales: Now Even The SRX Is Slowing Cadillac Down
Cadillac sales in the United States rose to a six-year high in 2013. Yet in five of 2014’s nine months, sales have declined. Through three-quarters, Cadillac volume is down 4%. Overall new vehicle...
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Surging Small Luxury SUVs Aren’t The Major Players Yet
The rise of the small luxury crossover is undeniable, not just based on the most recent evidence available. U.S. sales of premium brand small utility vehicles rose 17.9% to 23,776 units in November...
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Peak MKC? Lincoln’s MKC Sales Growth Finally Suspended In November
After increasing sales of the brand’s new Escape-related small crossover in five consecutive months, Lincoln MKC volume levelled off in November 2014 at 2152 units. This represents a 2% drop from the...
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What Can The Second Q7 Do For Audi In America?
Sales of the Audi Q7 in 2014 rose to a seven-year high in the United States. That’s a meaningful bit of information right there, given that the Q7 at your local Audi dealer now is basically the Q7 that...
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Lexus Tops 2014’s U.S. Luxury SUV/Crossover Race With 137,000 Sales
Curious fact: America’s two best-selling premium brands and one of the two fastest-growing premium brands are the three premium brands which rely the least upon SUVs and crossovers in the U.S. market....
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U.S. Sales: The Lexus NX Isn’t Hampering The Lexus RX
Up to this point, the arrival of a potential familial rival has not hindered the success of the Lexus RX, America’s favourite premium brand utility vehicle. The RX, still a relatively affordable...
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Cain’s Segments: Small Luxury Crossover Sales In The United States – February...
Sales of small luxury crossovers jumped 40% in February 2015 and so far this year are up 40% compared with the first two months of 2014. Subtract the newcomers from that equation and the continuing...
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Lincoln MKC Inventory Rising, But U.S. Sales Have Levelled Off
With November’s sales results in hand, we asked four months ago whether Ford Motor Company’s Lincoln division had reached “Peak MKC.” Initial evidence suggested the Escape-related small crossover...
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Shock, Horror: U.S. BMW X4 Sales Are Rising Higher
It’s only been on sale ten months. But those who hoped BMW wouldn’t be able to repeat the X6’s moderate levels of success will be disappointed to hear the BMW X4 just recorded its best U.S. sales...
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2016 BMW X1 Hitting US Showrooms This Fall
Coming to showrooms this fall, the 2016 BMW X1 aims to build upon the success of the outgoing first-gen crossover. The sole model available at launch in the U.S. market will be the X1 xDrive28i, with...
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Chart Of The Day: NX Boosting Lexus In The Time Of The RX’s Need
Conventionally pretty, it is not. But the Lexus NX is a hit. The NX200t and NX300h combined to generate 4,014 U.S. sales in May 2015, the best month yet for the six-month-old NX line. Year-to-date,...
View ArticleInfiniti QX50 Is Selling Like It’s 2008, You So 2000 And Late
The tiny, centre-mounted screen is controlled by a wheel and a mound of buttons. Controls for power seat memory protrude from the driver’s door, demanding the attention that protruding things tend to...
View ArticleThe Premium Plunge: Sales of the Most Popular Luxury Cars in America Are...
America’s record-breaking new vehicle sales volume in calendar year 2015 was powered in part by better-than-average growth from premium automakers. Yet after BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Acura, and Cadillac all...
View ArticleTTAC Reverse Bump: Record Audi Q3 Sales In May After Our April Critique
TTAC is the American car buyer’s influencer of choice. We render verdicts, and the masses abide by our verdicts. Why do Americans buy more than 400,000 Toyota Camrys per year? Because TTAC’s Jack...
View ArticleWhile BMW USA Sales Fade, the Most and Least BMW-like Models Are Bright Spots
Forget last year’s record sales achievements in BMW USA’s showrooms. Through the first six months of 2016, sales at the BMW Group’s BMW brand are down 9 percent in the United States, a first-half pace...
View ArticleXT5 is Proof Cadillac’s Broken Product-Planning Clock is Right At Least Twice...
In 1999, GM altered the front fascia and slightly upgraded the interior of the GMC Yukon Denali to introduce the Cadillac Escalade. Although Cadillac was late to the Lincoln Navigator’s game, the...
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