SUVs hot in best November auto sales since 2001 - USA TODAY
SUVs hot in best November auto sales since 2001 Chrysler, GM report strong November sales, Ford off as new F-150 ramps up production. GM's Cadillac brand was a notable loser, down nearly 19% despite a fresh line of cars and what has been an enduring mid-size SUV. < Group kicked off today's cavalcade of November auto sales reports with a 20% jump in year-over-year November sales, best since 2001. Jeep was up 27% for its best November ever. ly/1yaHKlw "Clever advertising from a handful of automakers planted the seed in shoppers' minds that rather than standing in Black Friday lines at retail stores to save tens of dollars, they could instead pocket hundreds and even thousands by... Ford, meanwhile, reported a 1. 8% decline — which it said was expected as it works to increase availability of its redesigned 2015 F-150 pickup, the redone Mustang and the new Transit commercial van. Among the biggest foreign makers, Toyota's overall sales were up 3% from a year ago, Honda gained 4. 6% and Nissan was off 3. 1%, though that still was better than expected. General Motors, lately an also-ran in the sales-increase arena, posted a healthy 6. 5% increase over a year ago, selling 225,818 new cars and trucks in November, best for that month since pre-recession 2007. "Significantly better than expected,"... Luxury brand Cadillac was a sad story — down 18. 7% as the collapse of its car sales and its midsize crossover SUV were too much for the big Escalade SUV's booming sales to outweigh. Source: www.usatoday.com
