Dataium’s ASI Index Sees Strong Sales Month in December

Eric Brown CEO Dataium Dataium’s ASI Index grew 2.38% in December over the previous month, which was significantly larger than the 1.03% growth seen one year before. Dataium forecasted the US retail SAAR to be 13 million units for December. The holiday spirit was present with consumers pursuing year-end incentives, and Hurricane Sandy’s impact was […]

Datatium ASI Report December 2012

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Air Pollution Has High Casualty Rates in Developing Markets

There was bad news in a study of global health hazards, with auto emissions making the list for the time ever in the study. Much of this has to do with high volumes of vehicles being added to roads in China and India. According a study published in The Lancet, “Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, […]

Kelley Blue Book Analyzes Used Car Market Trends Following Superstorm Sandy

While there was increased demand from dealers in the Northeast following Superstorm Sandy, used values have declined steadily after a slight increase immediately following the storm, says Kelley Blue Book.

Northeast demand minimized depreciation – down a modest 0.8% in November, compared to November 2011 when…

Luxury and subcompact cars led used vehicle market declines in November, while two segments outperformed the market…

Luxury SUVs and a Premium Luxury Cars had modest growth in KBB Research Activity, with an increase of…

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Numbers Looked Good for December’s Retail Used Vehicle Sales

Art Spinella President CNW Research The used-car industry was expected to top 40 million units in US sales for 2012, the first time since 2007 – a 4.5% gain over last year’s 38.8 million. Franchised dealers had a very good year – sales were up from than 8%, while independents saw a more modest gain […]