Showing posts with label car. Show all posts
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Opel Ampera EV Police Cruiser Car Revealed
If there is a way to boost sales of specialty cars like the Chevrolet Volt and its European counterpart Opel Ampera which is mobilizing the government as one of your customers. And with a starting price of � 42,900 (about U.S. $ 58,000 at current exchange rates) in Europe, the Opel division of GM needs all the help it can get to sell Ampera world is now Slowly the big step towards more environmentally friendly vehicles and, like us, buyers, government and law enforcement
Opel Ampera EV Police Cruiser Car Revealed
forces to do it, too. And the police is the first of which could be used for the new Chevy Volt as a way to combat the criminal law, because Opel has just rolled out two photos looks like your volt, the Ampera, dressed in a police car
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
2012 Ford Focus Electric Car And Price
Fors Focus Electric features an advanced charging system that allows the car’s battery to fully recharge in four hours using available 240-volt outlets that can be installed in residential garages.Faster charging with 240 volts also can extend range as drivers can more quickly recharge between stops so they can significantly improve a car’s range during a busy day of driving by recharging multiple times.
Price :
The 2012 Ford Focus Electric showed up on the company websites configurator this morning with a base price of $39,200 before state and federal incentives, plus an additional $795 for destination charges. That brings the total base starting price of the Focus Electric to $39,995. Factor in a maximum federal tax credit of $7,500 and the price falls to a more palatable $32,495.
Options that will inch up the Focus Electrics price are few, but include special Blue Candy ($395) and White Platinum ($495) paint options, as well as leather-trimmed seats ($995) to replace the cars standard Earth-friendlier cloth seats.
Ford Focus Electricwith a permanent-magnet electric motor producing 123 horsepower and 181 pound-feet of torque. The motor is fed by a 23 kwh lithium-ion battery system and mated to a single-speed transmission. A full charge can be had in 18-20 hours by a typical 120v outlet or 3-4 hours by a special 240v charger. While no quick charge option is available, Ford has partnered with a company called SunPower to offer a home solar charging option for an additional $10,000.
Other standard features on Ford Focus Electric include Ford’s Rear View Camera System, MyKey®, rain-sensing windshield wipers and Reverse Sensing System.
Ford will ramp up Focus Electric retail production in the first half of 2012 for dealership availability in California, New York and New Jersey. By the end of 2012, Focus Electric will be available in 19 markets across the U.S.
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Sporty Car Sales In America December 2014 Year End
But the Mustang, buoyed by a new generation that became available toward the end of the year, was the dominant muscle car during the latter part of 2014, outselling the Camaro in November and December by wide margins.
But December was a strong month for their segment overall, as the Mustangs 66% year-over-year improvement partnered with the Dodge Challengers 72% leap and the 32% jump in Camaro sales. Dodge needed best-ever December sales for the Challenger to record its sixth consecutive year-over-year year-end improvement in 2014, and demand for the Challenger did indeed reach that level. The trio combined for a 55% improvement last month, equal to 7463 units.
• U.S. Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
• U.S. Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
The Camaro was Americas 26th-best-selling car in calendar year 2014; the Mustang 29th; the Challenger 45th. In December, the Mustang ranked 21st; the Camaro 31st; the Challenger 42nd.
For every 11 Camaros, Mustangs, and Challengers sold in America in 2014, consumers also picked up one 4C, TT, Z4, F-Type, SLK, Boxster, or Cayman. This group of European sports cars combined for a marginal 0.2% improvement in 2014 thanks almost completely to the F-Type. Sales of the soon-to-be-replaced TT slid 44%, the Z4 was down 13%, the SLK slid slightly, and the Boxster/Cayman duo fell 8%.
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But 2014 was the year of the Corvette. 34,839 copies of Chevrolets iconic sports car were sold to Americans last year, the highest total since 2006, more than the number of 4Cs, TTs, Z4s, F-Types, SLKs, Boxsters, Caymans, R8s, ELRs, GT-Rs, 911s, and Vipers combined.
You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly U.S. auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBCs Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank sports cars, coupes, and GTs any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2015 • November 2014 • December 2013
American Muscle | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Camaro | 6628 | 5015 | 32.2% | 86,297 | 80,567 | 7.1% |
Dodge Challenger | 4938 | 2872 | 71.9% | 51,611 | 51,462 | 0.3% |
Ford Mustang | 9511 | 5727 | 66.1% | 82,635 | 77,186 | 7.1% |
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Total | 21,077 | 13,614 | 54.8% | 220,543 | 209,215 | 5.4% |
Euro Sports Cars | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alfa Romeo 4C | 67 | --- | --- | 91 | --- | --- |
Audi TT | 12 | 159 | -92.5% | 1158 | 2053 | -43.6% |
BMW Z4 | 168 | 191 | -12.0% | 2151 | 2480 | -13.3% |
Jaguar F-Type | 448 | 185 | 142% | 4112 | 2250 | 82.8% |
Mercedes-Benz SLK | 384 | 393 | -2.3% | 4737 | 4757 | -0.4% |
Porsche Boxster | 144 | 262 | -45.0% | 3875 | 4570 | -15.2% |
Porsche Cayman | 198 | 277 | -28.5% | 3417 | 3383 | 1.0% |
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Total | 1421 | 1467 | -3.1% | 19,541 | 19,493 | 0.2% |
Other Sporty Cars | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Audi A5 | 1292 | 1384 | -6.6% | 16,620 | 18,664 | -11.0% |
BMW 1-Series & 2-Series *^ | 724 | 1039 | -30.3% | 7345 | 7220 | 1.7% |
Chevrolet Corvette | 3552 | 3005 | 18.2% | 34,839 | 17,291 | 101% |
Honda CR-Z | 224 | 384 | -41.7% | 3562 | 4550 | -21.7% |
Infiniti Q60 & G37 Coupe/Convertible * | 658 | 462 | 42.4% | 7740 | 9806 | -21.1% |
Lexus RC | 1042 | --- | --- | 1922 | --- | --- |
Mazda MX-5 Miata | 378 | 276 | 37.0% | 4745 | 5780 | -17.9% |
Mazda RX-8 | --- | --- | --- | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
Mitsubishi Eclipse | --- | --- | --- | --- | 109 | -100% |
Nissan 370Z | 446 | 469 | -4.9% | 7199 | 6561 | 9.7% |
Scion FR-S | 834 | 1029 | -19.0% | 14,062 | 18,327 | -23.3% |
Subaru BRZ | 416 | 705 | -41.0% | 7504 | 8587 | -12.6% |
Subaru Impreza WRX * | 2816 | 1680 | 67.6% | 25,492 | 17,969 | 41.9% |
Volkswagen Eos | 204 | 222 | -8.1% | 3411 | 4178 | -18.4% |
Volkswagen GTI * | 1789 | 976 | 83.3% | 17,362 | 13,310 | 30.4% |
Volkswagen Golf R * | --- | 22 | -100% | 15 | 1598 | -99.1% |
Volvo C70 | 1 | 195 | -99.5% | 779 | 3234 | -75.9% |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 14,376 | 11,848 | 21.3% | 152,598 | 137,185 | 11.2% |
Warm Hatches | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiat 500 * | 2302 | 2324 | -0.9% | 33,708 | 35,834 | -5.9% |
Hyundai Veloster * | 1685 | 3047 | -44.7% | 27,598 | 30,711 | -10.1% |
Mini Cooper * | 4545 | 3887 | 16.9% | 31,385 | 41,915 | -25.2% |
Scion tC * | 1128 | 1143 | -1.3% | 17,947 | 19,094 | -6.0% |
Volkswagen Beetle * | 2270 | 2819 | -19.5% | 29,182 | 43,134 | -32.3% |
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Total | 11,930 | 13,220 | -9.8% | 139,820 | 170,688 | -18.1% |
Premium Sporty Cars | December 2014 | December 2013 | % Change | 2014 | 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Audi R8 | 64 | 70 | -8.6% | 735 | 813 | -9.6% |
BMW i8 | 158 | --- | --- | 555 | --- | --- |
Cadillac ELR | 118 | 6 | 1867% | 1310 | 6 | 217% |
Dodge Viper | 89 | 55 | 61.8% | 760 | 591 | 28.6% |
Jaguar XK | 88 | 105 | -16.2% | 1452 | 1346 | 7.9% |
Lexus LFA | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 17 | 23 | -26.1% |
Mercedes-Benz CL-Class | 14 | 45 | -68.9% | 221 | 476 | -53.6% |
Mercedes-Benz SL-Class | 539 | 565 | -4.6% | 5030 | 7007 | -28.2% |
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 6 | 44 | -86.4% | 232 | 451 | -48.6% |
Nissan GT-R | 156 | 78 | 100% | 1436 | 1236 | 16.2% |
Porsche 911 | 776 | 828 | -6.3% | 10,433 | 10,442 | -0.1% |
Porsche 918 Spyder | 39 | --- | --- | 96 | --- | --- |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 2048 | 1797 | 14.0% | 22,277 | 22,391 | -0.5% |
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ BMW USA, not GoodCarBadCar, has chosen to combine sales figures of the 1-Series and 2-Series.
Clearly GoodCarBadCar is not suggesting that the cars in the two tables above are all direct competitors. Establishing categories among cars as unique as even the Audi TT and Porsche Boxster has never pleased a single reader, so cars have been lumped together so you can simply see how buyers looking for sports cars, roadsters, hot hatches, convertibles, GTs, and wanna-be sports cars spend their money. Greater categorization of cars would only lead to problems that automakers create by not isolating model-specific sales figures: we dont know how many M3s BMW has sold or how many Civics are Si models, for example. The numbers we do have are listed above. The BMW 6-Series has been removed from the premium list because we dont use this space as a showcase for sedans (unless automakers release data for high-end sporting models like the Lexus ISF, as Toyota Canada does) and the 6-Series lineup now relies heavily on a sedan variant. GoodCarBadCar is always open to hearing about the ways you would break down segments, so feel free to get in touch. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts. Sales data for brands such as Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lotus, Rolls-Royce etc. are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands in 2014 were 1224, 2100, 708, 172, and 900, respectively. Tesla, unfortunately, doesnt release model-specific monthly U.S. sales data, but HybridCars.com estimates 1900 December Tesla sales, 16,550 in 2014.
RECOMMENDED READING
Sporty Car Sales In America - January 2015
Sporty Car Sales In America - November 2014 YTD
Sporty Car Sales In America - December 2013 & Year End
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In America - December 2014
U.S. Auto Sales Brand Rankings - December 2014 & Year End
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