August 2015 US New Auto Sales: Americans Lifted Pickup Truck Sales 8% On ... - International Business Times
Helped by Americans’ ceaseless demand for pickup trucks, Ford Motor said Tuesday its U. S. sales jumped 5 percent in August, its best performance for that month since 2007. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ sales increased 2 percent with the help of Ram... “Improved availability helped make August the strongest sales month this year for F-Series,” Mark LaNeve, Ford’s head of U. S. sales, said in a statement. Ford’s F-150 truck sales got off to a choppy start this year as the automaker had to retrofit its assembly lines making the 2015 F-150, the first aluminum-body Ford pickup truck, because aluminum and steel have to be fabricated differently. Last month, F-Series truck sales (which include a small number of heavy duty trucks, like the F-350) increased 5 percent to 71,332 units, mostly on demand for the new F-150. Overall U. S. truck sales are booming and, along with SUVs, have carried... new car sales are in line to top 17 million in 2015 for the first time since 2001, when sales hit 17. 2 million. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said Ram pickup truck sales jumped 4 percent last month to 45,310 units, while General Motors reported a 10 percent jump in Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra truck sales, to 69,048. The Silverado and Sierra are... Source: www.ibtimes.com
