ESA Car Keys | With a solid December performance, the US auto market finished 2015 with the highest full-year auto volume ever at 17.47M units, surpassing a 15-year record from 2000.
ESA Car Keys | Good snapshot of today’s dealer inventory, which is leaner than last year. Chrysler lots are turning 4x per year on average, while Subaru runs at about 20x per year.
ESA Car Keys | October was another month pointing toward a possible new volume record in automotive sales for 2015. Average prices were up, as where incentives. Light trucks again lead the way, along with import passenger vehicles.
ESA Car Keys | It might be time to rename this thread to Truck Keys, as a familiar story repeats itself. US Auto Sales are pacing at an any-month decade high exceeding 17.7M units. Very strong gains for Ford and Hyundai.
ESA Car Keys, March 2015 | When even a brisk 17.1M SAAR pace doesn’t tell the whole story; yes, March 2015 was a show of strength in the US auto market.
ESA Car Keys | With nearly 1.6M units sold in December -- a SAAR pace of 17.8M units -- the US Automotive Market finished the year at 17.13M units. A good year by many standards, but down 1.9% from 2016's record sales of 17.46M vehicles.
EHS | Even in the face of inventory shortages and hurricane hangover, the housing market is showing strong signs in Q4, on the back of a strong jobs market.
Great Graphs | Despite Amazon's moves to prevent people gaming its review system, there's been a massive up-tick in the number of fraudulent reviews on the site, according to a recent study
ESA Great Graphs | First-time homebuyers fueled a brief housing rebound, as home sales perked-up in September. Prices appreciated year-over-year for the 55th straight month.