Ten years of change
LOOKING AT THE MARKET AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES THAT HAVE IMPACTED THE AUTO INDUSTRY IN THE LAST DECADE What a difference a decade makes! Especially in the car business, where change is the only constant. But the 10 years since …
Author: Gerry Malloy
Why it’s tough to be clean
TAKING AN IN-DEPTH LOOK AT THE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTED TO MEET NOx EMISSIONS STANDARDS How could it possibly happen? Beyond the initial outrage, that’s probably the first question many of us asked on learning that Volkswagen cheated on its emissions tests. …
The countdown is on
The fat lady hasn’t sung yet but she’s warming up in the wings, getting ready to celebrate a third consecutive year of record sales for new vehicles in Canada. Another monthly record in November with sales of 145,426 vehicles, up …
October sales keep up record pace
New-vehicle sales in Canada maintained their record pace in October with best-ever results for the month. Total sales of 163,053 cars, trucks and SUVs were up 5.7 per cent from last October, which itself set a record for the month. …
What the future holds
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ARE COMING BUT MOST CONSUMERS ARE NOT YET READY TO EMBRACE THE TECHNOLOGY. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE INDUSTRY? Like it or not, we’re well down the road to autonomous cars — although just what “autonomous” …
2015 Mid year report card
THE MARKET IS GROWING AT A RECORD PACE — BUT NOT ALL AUTOMAKERS ARE DOING WELL In a near parallel of last year, new-vehicle sales in Canada at mid-year 2015 are 2.9 per cent ahead of where they were a …
Record sales pace continues through September
With three-quarters of the year down, new vehicle sales in Canada continue their record pace, boding well for a third all-time record year in a row. Sales of 174,337 new vehicles in September were up 3.7 per cent from the …
Another step on the road
AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING IS ABOUT TO BECOME STANDARD EQUIPMENT In spite of mass media reports to the contrary, the autonomous car isn’t going to swoop down on us fully hatched — apart, perhaps, from some opportunistic attempts at being first …
Another month, another sales record
Canadian new vehicle sales in August followed the same pattern they have exhibited for the past five months – they set another all-time sales record for the month. Total sales of 175,512 vehicles in August were up just 2.2 per …
New-vehicle sales maintain record pace in July
New-vehicle sales in Canada began the second half of the year with the same intensity they exhibited in the first half. July sales of 177,844 vehicles once again set a new monthly record, for the seventh month in a row. …
Safety sells
SAFETY HAS BECOME A PRIORITY FOR AUTO MANUFACTURERS AND CONSUMERS, BUT HOW IS IT MEASURED? When Ford introduced the concept of safety as a selling point in 1956, it was a failed experiment. Customers simply didn’t want to hear or …
Canadian sales on pace at halfway point
With the year half gone, new vehicle sales in Canada continue the record pace they’ve been on since it started. June sales set a new monthly record for the sixth month in a row, increasing the string of consecutive year-over-year …
