Hints and tips:
...It sold more than 52,000 Maverick pick-up trucks in 2023, making it the fifth best-selling hybrid in the US after models from Toyota and Honda....
...On dealership forecourts across the world, rival car brands vie for consumers’ attention and business....
...John Bozzella, chief executive of Global Automakers, said: “It’s a bad day for American consumers. The US auto industry is thriving and growing....
...A few weeks after his release, he found work at a local car dealership, where he details and washes the cars that come in....
...Four years later, Ford reported a $6.6bn profit – the biggest in the sector that year – and Toyota was comparing its cars with Fords, not Hondas, in its ads....
...The French producer, unlike Honda or Toyota, does not make cars in Britain, and so has felt the brunt of an unfavourable euro-to-pound exchange rate....
...Johnson Matthey, the catalyst maker, fell 2.6 per cent to £18.35 and Toyota dealership Inchcape lost 4.5 per cent to 350p....
...JD Power, the consultancy, now ranks it seventh among vehicle brands in customer satisfaction, up from 16th last year and ahead of all mass-market brands, including Toyota and Honda....
...Concluding the interview, we walk out to the visitors’ centre, which Agassi calls “the biggest dealership on earth”....
...In January, Germany introduced a €2,500 (£2,200) bonus for cars nine years or older, attracting over half a million buyers into dealerships....
...Honda instructed its dealers on Friday to hold off registering cars until the uncertainty had been resolved....
...Mr Musk said it was already assured of $250m in loan support under one DoE plan, but it hoped to qualify for a larger $350m loan....
...This weekend, car salesmen around the US have donned Abraham Lincoln wigs and beards in a bid to tempt reluctant buyers back into dealerships for Presidents Day sales....
...After much research, she has a Honda Accord and a Toyota Camry at the top of her shopping list. Additional reporting by John Reed in London...
...Weststar has specialised in the imports of Honda and Chevrolet cars....
...The 27-month lease on the couple’s Honda Odyssey minivan was expiring and they browsed widely last month, weighing the merits of sport utility vehicles ranging from the Honda CR-V small crossover to Porsche...
...To relieve a glut of unsold trucks and SUVs at dealerships, Toyota recently halted production of the Tundra and Sequoia for three months....
...Rod Lache, analyst at Deutsche Bank, says: “Ultimately, Ford, Toyota, Nissan and Honda, with their more focused brand portfolios, may be the potential winners”....
...Even Honda, which posted a relatively strong performance earlier in the year, reported a 23 per cent drop....
...Incentives seldom fail to bring more buyers into car dealerships....
...Honda, Toyota, Nissan, General Motors, and Ford Motor have all also announced production slowdowns, temporary plant closures, or other cutbacks in the UK in response to their declining sales....
...Furthermore, the G3 plugs a gap at GM’s Buick, Pontiac and GMC dealerships....
...“You really can’t force them down the customer’s throat,” said John Tack, used-car manager at a Ford dealership in Maryland....
...Porsche’s dealership in central London’s Mayfair district was nearly empty one afternoon this week as rush-hour traffic bustled down nearby Park Lane....
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