Mercedes-Benz sales have rebounded following the difficulties of 2020 with the German car manufacturer revealing it delivered 590,999 passenger vehicles in the first quarter of the year. In total, 581,270 vehicles were sold by Mercedes-Benz itself, a 21.8 per increase from Q1 2020, while Smart contributed to 9,729 sales, a massive 65.9 per cent increase […]
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2020 was a banner year for Jeep sales in Japan and it only expects things to get better in 2021. The market has officially become the best for Wranglers sales outside of North America and is the brand’s sixth-biggest global market. That despite a historical trend of U.S. brands struggling in Japan. With sales rising […]
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From January till March this year, Tesla has posted its best quarter delivery figures ever. During the first quarter of 2021, the electric car manufacturer delivered 184,800 vehicles, beating Wall Street analysts’ estimates of 177,822 vehicles. Tesla’s delivery numbers for Q1 also exceeded its previous quarterly record of 180,570 deliveries achieved in Q4 2020. “We […]
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Last year’s first-round of lockdown impacted the automotive industry, but Canadian auto sales seem to have recovered in the first quarter of 2021. Major automakers are welcoming big sales bumps in the first three months of the year. General Motors, for instance, reported that its Canadian sales were up 30 percent, totaling 62,552 units. Sandor […]
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FCA has released its Q1 2021 sales chart for the United States, revealing that they parted ways with two Dodge Vipers, a model whose production officially ended in 2017. It’s unknown how many of them still reside in dealer lots nationwide, but Dodge also shifted four of them last year and five in 2019. Mind […]
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In the latest installment of our ongoing series, ‘Premium SUVs Selling Like Hot Cakes’, sales of the GV80 amounted to more than all of Genesis’ sedans combined in the first quarter of 2021. The result is that Genesis’ sales for the first three months of 2021 are 108% higher than they were in 2020. Moreover, […]
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The Nissan 370Z has been around since 2008 and in news that won’t surprise anyone, sales have started to falter. You may be surprised with just how few 370Zs are being sold, however. With the release of its first-quarter sales figures, Nissan revealed that it sold just 28 examples of the 370Z stateside in the […]
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The Dodge Challenger recently celebrated its 13th birthday, but the model is apparently ageless in the eyes of consumers as sales jumped 24% in the first quarter. 15,096 Challengers were sold in the United States in the first three months of 2021, and that’s a sizeable increase over the 12,138 units sold in the first […]
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The month that just ended was Hyundai Motor America’s best ever. With total sales of 75,403 units for the month, it marks a 115% increase over its sales in March 2020. Hyundai’s sales were led by the Tucson, of which 15,744 sold. That marks an increase of 159% for the crossover and means that in […]
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In what seems to be a rather peculiar incident, a number of Telsa buyers have reportedly been charged twice for their cars. When Tesla started accepting Bitcoin, it also introduced automated clearing house payments. These seemed like a quick, convenient, contactless way for people who want to pay for their cars outright. But the risk […]
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