Jesse Toprak
Jesse Toprak
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When you adjust for selling days, auto sales are essentially flat compared with this time last year. We anticipate May will be more robust.
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February sales are typically much more robust than January's, but some may be surprised that this month even exceeded last February's sales. We attribute this in part to dramatically renewed consumer interest in compact vehicles.
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This month, compact cars and compact SUVs are selling particularly well, while sales of trucks, luxury cars and large cars are suffering.
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Compact cars and compact SUVs are selling particularly well, while sales of trucks, luxury cars and large cars are suffering.
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As far as impact on sales of Chevy trucks, there was very little. A 10 percent increase in fuel efficiency isn't going to make people rush into these vehicles.
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Gasoline price spikes will generally help sales of the Fit and compact cars in general.
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The market is healthy. The year-over-year decline is mainly because of the exceptional sales volume we experienced last March.
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Incentives do work, up to a certain point, to give sort of a stimuli to sales and bring showroom traffic. It's just that you can't rely on incentives to bring people into the showroom day after day. It gives people a sense of urgency. You need to get this deal now because tomorrow, it's not going to be here.
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I think the moral of the month was that the more gas-efficient models did well.
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Just three years ago, people ignored the fuel economy numbers on the sticker. Now it's one of the first things people ask about, especially the middle-income families.
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Mercedes-Benz and BMW are associated with quality engines, so it was a smart thing to do.
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The only thing that's perhaps different is that Ford and GM did not go through the route of increased pricing and incentives whereas with Jeep, it's continued business as usual.
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Toyota has the right product, right image, and right distribution system. The consumer mindset has permanently changed already because of the prolonged nature of high gas prices.
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With the upcoming introduction of new vehicles based on the GMT 900 platform, GM should regain lost share in the remarkably profitable large truck and large SUV segments.