Auto Recovery, yes ... but as for the rest

by mike smitka The US recovery continues at a snail's pace; the auto industry is doing better. The rise in the SAAR [seasonally adjusted...

Beanie Babies for Billionaires

As Mainstreet.com phrases it, " kids love collecting ." Think Beanie Babies and Cabbage Patch Dolls. Adults, of course are the on...

China: The Domestic and the Global Industry

In October 2013 sales in China reached 1.92 million units – see the China Auto Industry Association statistics page for details. That's...

Energy Futures

The challenge of "green" is aggregating small amounts of energy – ultimately days of sunlight per surface [1] – into amounts usea...

What’s With the Higher New Vehicle MSRPs?

Ruggles – AFN – Dec 2013 The price of new vehicles has been rising at a steady rate despite record auto manufacturer profits.  This has bee...

NADA White Paper on Incentives

I found the NADA White Paper on Used Vehicle Depreciation (pdf) interesting. Key sections are: Why we’ve seen so much volatility in deprec...

“Buy a Car, Get a Check” and the recent NADA White Paper on Incentives

ruggles: the following is a collection of notes and has not a published column. NADA recently published a long awaited white paper on incent...