Drew Dowdell

Volvo is in such a transition year with the 60 series switching over. Still, year over year performance looks good.

All of these sedans with ~20% drops in sales. It's a new reality.

Is the Optima the only one not experiencing a huge drop in sales? They kept it relatively flat compared to some of the competition.

Frontier keeps right on selling like the new Tacoma, Canyon, and Colorado never happened. Just like everyone else, all of the cars (except LEAF) are catastrophically down. The entire Infiniti lineup just barely outsold the Tesla Model 3.

That's why I didn't take a position on the article as a whole.... only that some very good points were made. China is taking other countermeasures though.

yeah, we were talking about the V8s though... those can go as low as 2 cylinders.

I'd read either one with a critical eye. Dismissing the source is lazy unless it is some extremist website. In this case, the author doesn't even work for CNN, but for Invesco, a major investment firm. CNN is just where the story is published. Again, I read this particular article... and while I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the overall conclusion, the author does make some good points that really can't be disputed (President of China is president for life, can play the long game. China controls the rare-earth mineral market, can cut off US buyers. Quotes from CEO of Alcoa saying that tariffs are hurting profitability. China can depreciate the yuan to counteract the tariffs. China can manipulate the sale of US debt.) I wonder where you do get your news if you think both CNN and Fox are BS.

Porsche is basically an SUV brand now with a couple of sports cars thrown in just for history sake.

Those sedan/hatchback numbers are just murderous.... no wonder they are cutting back on production. Pruis down nearly 20%? I guess it doesn't help that its ugly instead of just dull.

Nice to see Mazda up overall for the year. I hope the 2020 Mazda 3 they showed at the LA Auto Show gains some traction for them.

Accord down 10% for the year, Civic down 13%, Fit down 28%. These are widely considered to be the best in their class. Tells you why Ford, GM, and FCA have started phasing out their car lineups.

RAM, Jeep, and Dodge the only ones up. People still buying lots of Chargers and Journeys... Nearly 100k Journeys moved last year.... I wonder why there isn't a replacement for that one yet?

Some pretty major red marks for Ford brand. Car sales down 27%! At least Lincoln is trending upwards. I'm really surprised the Navigator is being so slow to pick up. It's still selling half of what the Escalade sells even though it is now the better vehicle.

It's an Op Ed. Argue why the opinion is wrong instead of just dismissing it because it is an opinion. She makes some good points in the article.

I was bringing that up here a decade ago.

The RDX is a fine car on paper, but I do not like the way it drives...the brakes on it are scary.

GM will be showcasing a bunch of crossovers. If one of those crossovers is an EV, that is completely incidental.

Envision is overpriced and small compared to the Terrain sitting in the same showroom. Feature for feature, even though the Terrain itself is pricey, it is a better value than the Envision. The Acadia is such a snoozer of a vehicle. If you're looking for a 5-passenger crossover, the Terrain is probably sufficient and looks better. If you need 7 passenger, there is the lovely looking Enclave sitting next to it. Plus, the base engine in the Acadia sucks, so anyone wanting to get the good V6 has to cough up the money to get to at least a mid-level vehicle.... and then they get hit with GM's assinine pricing. If you're buying something the Acadia's size, you go to the Jeep or Honda dealership and don't look back. I think the issue with the XT5 is that it is time for a visual refresh. I never really cared for the looks of it from the start, but refreshing it to the new Cadillac face would help significantly. I still prefer the previous SRX over the XT5.

Woah!

Maybe part of the reason the Volt is getting dropped.

you haven't found something that you'd rather have.

That isn't what is causing the fall. It is that China's economy is pumping the brakes right now, but it is rapidly falling iPhone sales that are one of the canaries in the coal mine. Auto sales have been falling there for months. The reaction of the stock market has less to do with Apple profits and more to do with fears on the global economy. We're not even into a global recession yet, so expect stocks to fall a lot further... We could be back to the 19,827 that Obama left us within a few months.

SA has been lying about the amount of discovered reserves they have left for years.

SA is doing everything possible to diversify their economy away from relying solely on oil. It's almost as if they know something we don't.

A guy from Argo told me the reason they use PHEVs for self driving vehicles is because they're the only ones that have the battery and voltage capacity to run all of the electronics.