Industry Trends

Innovative automaker Tesla continues to dominate America’s headlines, exploring new markets for electric vehicles and reshaping the discussion of mobility in the coming age. The company is hurting for money and signs aren’t clear that consumers are really ready to flip the switch and...

Though it started promising, the end of the new millennium's first decade was a recession that the nation is only beginning to claw out of. The auto industry was one of many that had to rebuild from record lows, and while things were starting...

We are only six months into 2019, and there are already significant trends and takeaways for automotive industry analysts and dealers to dig into. Since last year’s gradual sales slowdown, many have wondered how 2019 would shape up. Expectedly, the answer is not as...

According to the most recent industry data, vehicle leases accounted for 34% of all new car retail sales in March 2019, making it the highest rate ever. This sounds like good news for dealers, but what are the larger implications for the auto retail...

We live in a world where subscriptions have become the norm. Whether we pay a monthly fee to access thousands of shows and movies, or to receive meal kits right at our door, we overwhelmingly enjoy the convenience of non-committal subscriptions. Consequently, the numbers...

According to Thomas King, Senior Vice President of the Data and Analytics Division at J.D. Power, May typically reveals the auto sales trajectory for the rest of the year, “May is one of the highest volume months of the year, and its performance typically...

 While it’s important to monitor year-over-year trends in the retail auto industry, it is arguably more important to focus on where the industry is headed. Here to give us an overview of this year’s numbers so far and what we can expect for Q2...

There are some cool cars getting on the road this year, and by cool we mean fun, techy, versatile and affordable. Those are the criteria Kelley Blue Book used to identify the coolest cars of 2019. Their top ten list looked at vehicles priced...

The used car market has had its fair share of turns and changing trends so far in 2019 and Jonathon Banks, Vice President and General Manager for Vehicle Valuations at J.D. Power, suspects that this won't be the end of the surprises 2019 has in...

Following Manheim's release of the latest edition of the Used Vehicle Value Index, Zo Rahim joins CBT News to discuss current defining factors of the auto industry. As the Manager of Economics and Industry Insights at Cox Automotive, Rahim says that there is still...