August 2013

Ford sales up 11 percent in July compared to last year

(August 1, 2013) Ford’s U.S. sales grew 11 percent compared with a year ago — the best total July sales since 2006. Retail sales are up 19 percent, marking the company’s best July retail sales month since 2005.

With tight inventories, retail car sales are up 13 percent, utilities are up 19 percent, and trucks are up 27 percent with strong growth in the coastal regions.

Chrysler reports July sales increased 11 percent; best July in seven years

(August 1, 2013) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Chrysler Group today reported U.S. sales of 140,102 units, an 11 percent increase compared with sales in July 2012 (126,089 units), and the group’s best July sales since 2006.

Ford Escape sets new half-year sales record for small utilities

(August 1, 2013) The Ford Escape has set a new sales record. It is now the first small utility ever to sell more than 150,000 vehicles in the first half of any year.

TheEscape is on pace to break its all-time annual sales record, set last year, of 261,008 vehicles sold. Sales through June totaled 156,626 vehicles outselling Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 through the first half of this year.

Hyundai Motor America sells one millionth Santa Fe

(August 1, 2013) COSTA MESA, Calif. — Since the moment it rocked the automotive world at its introduction in September 2000, Hyundai’s Santa Fe has been a powerful player in the crossover segment. That momentum continues, with two all-new models leading the charge to a retail sales growth rate exceeding 40 percent through June, highlighted on July 31 by the sale of the one millionth Santa Fe in the United States.