Auto sales reach six high of 15.6 million vehicles sold years, Ford F-Series takes the lead
autocom cdp After four years of strong sales increases - and limited reductions - such as improving the economy, the U.S. demand for cars and trucks is expected to slow this year. This could mean better deals for buyers as automakers are struggling to increase their market share.
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U.S. sales increased 8 percent to 15.6 million in 2013, largely due to a sharp increase in sales of pickup trucks Industry construction of the house and energy. For the 32nd consecutive year, pick-up Ford F-Series was the best selling of the country, with 763,402 sold vehicles. The Toyota Camry is the best selling car with 404,484 sold.
But the industry has a taste of what is to come when the December sales have slowed to a crawl. General Motors, Toyota and Volkswagen have all seen sales decline as competitors offered better deals, according to TrueCar.com, which tracks the prices of cars. Cold weather and strong sales related to Black Friday in November also pinched December sales, automakers said. Overall industry sales were flat compared to last December.
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A slowdown is inevitable, analysts say. Many people running to their cars during the recession have now bought new. Those who do not can not be in any rush, because cars last longer than ever before. And unless there is a sharp rise in employment, families are not likely to purchase an additional car.
Alec Gutierrez, senior analyst for Kelley Blue Book, expects sales in the United States is expected to increase to about 700 000 to 16,300,000 in 2014. This compares to an increase of more than 1 million each year since 2009, while sales in the United States bottomed out at 10.4 million. U.S. sales peaked at 17.3 million in 2000.
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Gutierrez says sales approaching a natural level of demand for a country of 210 million licensed drivers, especially as people travel fewer miles than before. Add to this vehicle more competitive of all manufacturers and you have a buyer's market, especially in the popular and crowded segments such as midsize cars.
"It is not inevitable than the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord are the only players," he said. "Automakers have invested so much to be as competitive and growing segment is simply not there. They will have to be creative. "
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Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting for LMC Automotive Sales Automotive, a consulting firm in the industry, expects sales to grow annual car in the range of 1 to 2 percent until 2015 when sales will plateau.
"volvo vida dice We are what we believe to be the final stages of recovery, which naturally leads to slower rate of growth," said Schuster.