Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Small Car Market Will Look Radically Different by 2011

Everyone knows that the American car market is in upheaval as customers avoid large trucks and SUVs to smaller cars and crossover vehicles. In the middle of this sea change, every automaker that sells cars in the U.S. and Canada is in the process of transformation of their model lines to bring even more fuel efficient cars our way.
Over time the calendar turns over 2011, the model line up for most manufacturers will be radically altered. Please read on for an example of what was to come:
General Motors - as the automaker with the most sales and the steepest losses, GM is scrambling to change their line up across its eight brands quickly. Expect the Hummer brand to be gone by the time 2011 rolls around, leaving GM with seven brands for na.Najveće changes will be with your typical American brand, Chevrolet, where the plug-in hybrid Volt will be on the scene, 45 mpg Cruze will replace the cobalt, and another unnamed descendant of such vehicles will also be introduced. Expect some of these changes is to expand the Buick, Pontiac and Saturn.

Toyota - Who would have thought that Toyota would ever be so pummeled? No, the automaker is not racking up multi-billion dollar losses, but their fleet is too top heavy with trucks and SUVs. Expect Toyota to continue their dominance of the hybrid, the spread of this technology in all model lines.
Ford - Ford has already tipped his hand in which the automaker is going, with plans to introduce six European models to U.S. tržište.Fiesta will lead the way followed by all the new Focus. Expect the Mercury and Lincoln to get some kind of compact cars and get the Escape is Ford's best-selling brand of SUV.
Nissan - As Toyota, Nissan needs to focus on smaller cars. Unlike Toyota, their sales are doing quite well. Nissan plans to beat GM to market with its Chevy Volt vehicle type, perhaps as early as spring 2010.
Chrysler - the smallest of the Big 3 cars, Chrysler needs a lot of help to switch production to smaller cars. Fortunately, the automaker will be tapping its relationship with Nissan to get some work, but it will probably take at least one Chinese automaker, Chery Automotive, a company that would truly deliver on the American market.
Honda - Recently, Chrysler is going to take # 4 spot on the American market, Honda offers the best will be here uskoro.Honda Insight, five-passenger hybrid car, will go on sale early 2009th Priced $ 3,000 less than the Prius, Insight will deliver 60 mpg and be the leading edge of small, economical models that Honda will dominate within two years.
Best of the rest of the - Search for VW to offer a brand new sedan for the U.S. market is the time of the new Chattanooga plant goes online in early 2011. Expect to Kia and Hyundai will increase their small car offerings, and at prices below the competition, while Mazda, Mitsubishi, Subaru and overhaul their line up install additional gas-saving technologies.
Finally, the consumer will be the winner when it comes to the market. Even if gas prices spike up, many drivers will find that turning in his late model car for the new compact will pay off more quickly then they think. Cars that offer exceptional fuel economy and cost less to run.

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