Drew Dowdell

Not by me... Pruis drivers are some of the worst of the crazies.... worse than BMW drivers.

I keep seeing Continentals around me. Since I can't get a CT6 into my driveway, I should put a Conty on my shopping list instead.

The transmission probably went. That was the weak link in those cars. The rest of the car was pretty solid.

All those big (mostly) V8s stuck behind an undepowered aircooled 4. Wow that's beautiful!

grotesque.

I've always understood the Freeze/Thaw scenario to mean that it was low on refrigerant.

A 1979 Cutlass supreme coupe in grandma condition with likely the original owner behind the wheel.

A neighbor down the street from me just traded their previous gen GLS for a Snow White Pearl new Telluride SX. It has a lot more presence than the GLS. Every vehicle that I've driven that has such features has a menu option somewhere to turn them off. And they stay off. The limited features I have in my Encore, Lane keep alert, collision alert, and park assist are all able to be disabled at the touch of a button and they stay off unless I put them back on again. The only one I can't fully disable is rainsense in that it's always on if the wipers are set to intermittent. But I can turn the wipers off or constant naturally. I like rainsense though, so I usually leave it on.

Updated with Ford and Mercedes. JLR still has not reported.

Mercedes-Benz Passenger Vehicles Jun-19 Jun-18 Monthly % YTD 2019 YTD 2018 Yearly % A-CLASS 2,015 _ _ 6,210 _ _ B-CLASS 2 0 _ 6 132 -95.5% CLA 573 2,094 -72.6% 6,942 11,716 -40.7% C-CLASS 3,951 5,742 -31.2% 27,337 29,659 -7.8% E-CLASS/CLS 3,346 3,435 -2.6% 20,739 23,440 -11.5% S-CLASS 1,063 1,156 -8.0% 6,155 8,425 -26.9% SLC 207 135 53.3% 1,187 1,181 0.5% SL 148 208 -28.8% 928 1,256 -26.1% AMG GT 374 154 142.9% 1,858 914 103.3% GLA 1,715 1,722 -0.4% 10,598 12,162 -12.9% GLC 6,568 6,608 -0.6% 33,906 35,145 -3.5% GLE 4,843 3,318 46.0% 17,826 22,741 -21.6% GLS 904 1,356 -33.3% 9,885 10,199 -3.1% G-CLASS 487 263 85.2% 3,819 1,878 103.4% TOTAL 26,196 26,191 0.0% 147,396 158,848 -7.2% Vans1 3,005 2,808 7.0% 16,025 16,910 -5.2% smart 74 126 -41.3% 496 650 -23.7% MBUSA Combined Total Jun-19 Jun-18 Monthly % YTD 2019 YTD 2018 Yearly % GRAND TOTAL 29,275 29,125 0.5% 163,917 176,408 -7.1% 1 Mercedes-Benz, Freightliner Sprinter and Metris Vans are sold and marketed in the U.S. by Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler Vans USA, respectively. # # #

FORD MOTOR COMPANY SECOND QUARTER 2019 U.S. SALES SALES BY BRAND Q2 2018 % Year-to-Date % 2019 Change 2019 2018 Change Ford 624,396 650,303 -4 1,189,670 1,227,422 -3.1 Lincoln 25,940 27,807 -6.7 50,915 50,269 1.3 Total vehicles 650,336 678,110 -4.1 1,240,585 1,277,691 -2.9 SALES BY TYPE Cars 110,195 140,226 -21.4 208,460 269,020 -22.5 SUVs 215,898 236,258 -8.6 428,984 439,185 -2.3 Trucks 324,243 301,626 7.5 603,141 569,486 5.9 Total vehicles 650,336 678,110 -4.1 1,240,585 1,277,691 -2.9 FORD BRAND Fiesta 22,173 13,061 69.8 38,116 25,359 50.3 Focus 2,131 40,055 -94.7 12,480 75,101 -83.4 C-MAX 21 2,612 -99.2 38 5,401 -99.3 Fusion 54,668 43,802 24.8 96,351 86,978 10.8 Taurus 2,390 7,893 -69.7 8,121 15,540 -47.7 Police Interceptor Sedan 972 2,123 -54.2 2,871 3,993 -28.1 GT 51 27 88.9 135 67 101.5 Mustang 21,625 23,264 -7 38,542 42,428 -9.2 Ford Cars 104,031 132,837 -21.7 196,654 254,867 -22.8 EcoSport 21,507 17,514 22.8 34,386 23,610 45.6 Escape 72,398 77,277 -6.3 133,100 144,627 -8 Edge 33,314 35,394 -5.9 64,234 68,048 -5.6 Flex 7,206 5,269 36.8 12,763 10,144 25.8 Explorer 35,374 56,674 -37.6 88,680 110,805 -20 Police Interceptor Utility 4,527 9,228 -50.9 13,143 17,901 -26.6 Expedition 21,796 14,484 50.5 43,569 27,934 56 Ford SUVs 196,122 215,840 -9.1 389,875 403,069 -3.3 F-Series 233,787 236,947 -1.3 448,398 451,138 -0.6 Ranger 20,880 0 N/A 30,301 0 N/A E-Series 11,560 11,612 -0.4 22,351 25,505 -12.4 Transit 41,265 41,061 0.5 73,107 71,412 2.4 Transit Connect 10,913 8,816 23.8 19,853 15,454 28.5 Heavy trucks 5,838 3,190 83 9,131 5,977 52.8 Ford Trucks 324,243 301,626 7.5 603,141 569,486 5.9 Ford Brand 624,396 650,303 -4 1,189,670 1,227,422 -3.1 LINCOLN BRAND MKZ 4,674 5,316 -12.1 8,961 9,675 -7.4 Continental 1,490 2,073 -28.1 2,845 4,478 -36.5 Lincoln Cars 6,164 7,389 -16.6 11,806 14,153 -16.6 MKC 5,956 7,393 -19.4 11,743 12,289 -4.4 Nautilus/MKX 8,187 7,242 13 16,022 13,470 18.9 MKT 1,246 730 70.7 2,488 1,242 100.3 Navigator 4,387 5,053 -13.2 8,856 9,115 -2.8 Lincoln SUVs 19,776 20,418 -3.1 39,109 36,116 8.3 Lincoln Brand 25,940 27,807 -6.7 50,915 50,269 1.3

Still predicting the coming recession? I still see it too, but the economy is defying the indicators for now.

That just means that 2018 was a great year for them (and it was). But look at all the red on that ticker, lots of brands are struggling right now... the market as a whole is down something like 3% for the year. Jeep has 4 new or updated models coming out over the next 2 years. And that's just the ones we know about. I think they'll be just fine.

Model June Sales Year-to-Date 2019 2018 2019 2018 ALL 911 458 755 4,620 4,871 ALL 718 422 565 2,155 3,052 ALL PANAMERA 529 735 3,740 4,573 ALL CAYENNE 1,147 568 10,031 5,275 ALL MACAN 2,649 2,269 9,711 11,650 GRAND TOTALS 5,205 4,892 30,257 29,421

You just like to pick on FCA. They sell more Jeeps than Volkswagen and Audi combined. They sell more than all of Hyundai. They sell more than all of Kia. They're moving a lot of metal. Jeep alone sells about 50% of the entire Toyota brand.

PALO ALTO, Jul 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- PALO ALTO, Calif., July 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the second quarter, we achieved record production of 87,048 vehicles and record deliveries of approximately 95,200 vehicles. In addition, we made significant progress streamlining our global logistics and delivery operations at higher volumes, enabling cost efficiencies and improvements to our working capital position. Production Deliveries Model S/X 14,517 17,650 Model 3 72,531 77,550 Total 87,048 95,200 Orders generated during the quarter exceeded our deliveries, thus we are entering Q3 with an increase in our order backlog. We believe we are well positioned to continue growing total production and deliveries in Q3. Customer vehicles in transit at the end of the quarter were over 7,400. Due to the order-to-VIN matching process we described in our Q1 2019 Shareholder Letter, which we extended to Model S and Model X in Q2 to improve process efficiency, this metric has become less relevant. As a result, we do not plan to disclose the customer vehicles in transit metric going forward

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ROCKLEIGH, N.J. (July 2, 2019) - Volvo Car USA LLC, (VCUSA) reported U.S. sales of 9,934 vehicles for the month of June, an increase of 0.7 percent from the same period last year. Year-to-date VCUSA has sold 50,120 vehicles, an increase of 5.2 percent from the previous year. “The first half of 2019 was Volvo’s best U.S. performance in 12 years. June was a great month, topping a monthly record set back in June 2006.” said Anders Gustafsson, President and CEO, Volvo Car USA & Senior Vice President Americas. The XC90 was popular in June, posting the best sales month of 2019 at 3,475 cars sold, a 7.6 percent increase versus June 2018. The S60 and V60 saw the largest year-over-year gains, with S60 growing 184 percent and V60 growing 113 percent. The America’s region, which includes the United States, Canada and Latin America, also showed growth in June. Sales for the entire region were up 1.9 percent for the month; posting a 6.3 percent year-over-year gain. “The first half of 2019 showed great momentum for sales and fantastic progress on new services for customers.” Added Gustafsson. “Tow for Life and Accident Advisor joined our Volvo Lifetime Replacement Parts & Labor Warranty earlier this year. These services are designed to make life less complicated for our customers and have shown strong early success.”

I think you'd be fine with either of the Buicks, however the '16 feels a bit larger inside than the '18. I think you'll appreciate the space.

Thank you... fixed. And nice to see you back

Quarterly: Ford Motor Company - Down 4.1% for the Quarter, Down 2.9% for the year General Motors Co. - Down 1.5% for the Quarter, Down 4.2% for the year Tesla - Up 133.6% for the Quarter FCA has announced that beginning October 2019, they will be reporting sales quarterly Monthly: Audi of America - Down 0.3% for the month, Down 6% for the year BMW of North America - Up 3.9% for the month, Down 1.1% for the year FCA US LLC - Up 2% for the month, Down 2% for the year - Final monthly reporting. Genesis Motor America - Not Yet Reported Honda Motor Co. - Down 7.3% for the month, Down 1.4% for the year Hyundai Motor America - Up 1.5% for the month, Up 1.69% for the year Infiniti USA - Down 8.0% for the month, Down 12.6% for the year Jaguar Land Rover North America - Not Yet Reported Kia Motors America - Up 0.4% for the month, Up 3.8% for the year Mazda North American Operations - Down 15.1.0% for the month, Down 15.5% for the year Mercedes-Benz USA - Up 0.5% for the month, Down 7.1% for the year Mitsubishi Motors North America - Up 10.5% for the month, Up 5.6% for the year Nissan Group - Down 14.9% for the month, Down 8.2% for the year Porsche Cars North America Inc. - Up 6.4% for the month, Up 2.8% for the year Subaru of America, Inc. - Up 2.8% for the month, Up 5.2% for the year Toyota Motor North America - Down 3.5% for the month, Down 3.1% for the year Volkswagen of America - Up 10% for the month, Up 6.8% for the year Volvo Cars of North America, LLC - Up 0.7% for the month, Up 5.2% for the year Brands (Quarterly): Buick - Up 4.7% - 55,373 QTD / 107,240 YTD Cadillac - Up 1.3% - 39,739 QYD / 75,734 YTD Chevrolet - Down 5.3% - 499,847 QTD / 952,248 YTD GMC - Up 9.8% - 151,700 QTD / 277,277 YTD Ford - Down 4.0% - 624,396 QTD / 1,189,670 YTD Lincoln - Down 6.7% - 25,940 QTD / 50,915 YTD Tesla - Up 133.6% - 95,200 QTD Brands (Monthly): Acura - Down 16.4% - 12,148 MTD / 73,767 YTD Alfa Romeo - Down 29% - 1,595 MTD / 9,037 YTD Audi - Down 0.3% - 19,409 MTD / 101,440 YTD BMW - Up 7.5% - 31,627 MTD / 156,440 YTD Chrysler - Down 4% - 12,941 MTD / 64,422 YTD Dodge - Down 17% - 38,561 MTD / 228,099 YTD Fiat - Down 35% - 933 MTD / 5,103 YTD Genesis - Not reported Honda - Down 6.3% - 135,901 MTD / 776,995 YTD Hyundai - Up 1.5% - 64,202 MTD / 333,328 YTD Infiniti - Down 8.0% - 9,839 MTD / 63,058 YTD Jaguar -Not Yet Reported Jeep - Down 12% - 76,826 MTD / 456,281 YTD Kia - Up 0.4% - 56,801 MTD / 304,844 YTD Land Rover - Not Yet Reported Lexus - Down 3.0% - 23,047 MTD / 135,735 YTD Mazda - Down 15.1% - 22,828 MTD / 138,555 YTD Mercedes-Benz - Flat 0.0% - 26,196 MTD / 147,396 YTD Mercedes-Benz Vans - Up 7.0% 3,005 MTD / 16,025 YTD MINI - Down 22% - 3,235 MTD / 17,583 YTD Mitsubishi - Up 10.5% - 12,317 MTD / 71,097 YTD Nissan - Down 15.4% - 113,665 MTD / 653,978 YTD Porsche - Up 6.4% - 5,205 MTD / 30,257 YTD Ram Trucks - Up 45% - 75,227 MTD / 333,168 YTD Smart - Down 41.3% - 74 MTD / 496 YTD Subaru - Up 6.4% - 63,972 MTD / 278,014 YTD Toyota - Down 3.5% - 179,305 MTD / 1,054,311 YTD Volkswagen - Up 10% - 31,725 MTD / 184,608 YTD Volvo - Up 0.7% - 9,934 MTD / 50,120 YTD View full article