Luxury cars are tall riders on Black Friday

Forget you are outside your favorite shop the doors waiting to open, so you can a incredibly much. The real action is on Black Friday this year in the showroom.

Earl Hesterberg, President and CEO of the Group 1 automotive just ask.

"This year there are many more people on Friday," he said. "We are from marketing, advertising and try to make sure that buyers know that we are prepared to be."

During Hesterberg acknowledged that Black Friday rule as a great day for car sale is identified, the Kelley Blue Book isn't estimate that sales will be around 3.6 percent higher than it was last year. That would be an impressive high like Black Friday in the year 2012 sales reach, spurred by a recovery in the East Coast saw after Hurricane Sandy.

"Sales in November are tends to be heavily distorted towards the end of the month because of Black Friday sales events, such as General Motors current supplier promotion and special offers on Ford models, prices, so that [of the month] sales could exceed current expectations, if the available offers are very tempting,", said Alec Gutierrez, senior analyst for Kelley Blue Book.

Luxury vacations, the strong roles

Can the biggest sales on Friday the luxury automaker broke all aggressive marketing, holiday specials. Whether it to Lexus with its annual December event remember sale, or BMW, the promotion of its happy new year's Eve event, the luxury automaker are working harder than ever to close the year with strong sales.

"In this November our luxury sales have been stronger than in years," said Hesterberg. "All these brands out there are trying to outdo, and they run their ads much earlier than in the past."

December one of the strongest months of the year for luxury auto sales has been traditionally. One of the reasons is the heavy marketing of upmarket names, how they try, Mercedes-Benz BMW led to the end of the year as the top-selling luxury brand in the United States until October in the race from 5.005 vehicles, according to market research firm Autodata.

Another reason luxury sold usually during the holidays: executives spend their bonuses at the end of the year. But another factor is the explosive growth in new models, the priced under $40,000 this year. The cars have luxury automakers increasingly win shoppers who typically buy a mass-market brand such as Toyota or Ford, Hesterberg said.

"The luxury brands dive down a bit in price, and people will notice," he said.

Strong in the vicinity of November

Wall Street is increasingly the November sales pace be higher than in September and October. The November sales rate to 15.9 million vehicles, with the retail sales are estimated at 13.2 million JPMorgan.

This month the business generate what is?

Experts said that the answer - as it was for most of the year - is the expectation people have older vehicles. The most sought after vehicles in showrooms include pickups and SUVs, which is not surprising given the moderate gas prices.

Hesterberg said that he so many people on Black Friday more traffic in the showroom.

He said "If the weather is nice, people be". "Some will bring their cars maintained, and others only in taking a look around and hopefully buy."

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Connected car: 'Knight Rider' meet George Jetson

DOT

The idea of the smart car moves into the mainstream.

By Rob Lovitt, msnbc.com contributor

Are we there yet?

The answer from a surprising source can come in the near future: your car.

Previously the province of cheesy shows of of TV - Ah, "Knight Rider," we knew hardly moves into the mainstream you - and a handful of luxury cars, the idea of the smart car.

"There are a lot of interest from all sections of the community," said Wes Sherwood, spokeswoman for the Ford Motor Company, "entrepreneur, politician, and the general public – people begin to get their heads around this."

Provides warnings, if you drift from your lane - so-called "connected car" in the position to each other and the surrounding infrastructure will "speak" or "This" is everything from advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) - in-car technology, which automatically adjusts your cruise control.

"Or ads available in high-end luxury cars, for years", said David Alexander, principal analyst, automotive technology, for ABI Research. "It is suddenly this year on a much wider range of cars always."

Mercedes-Benz

Mercedes-Benz offers S-class technology, including blind spot detection and collision prevention help, this year vehicles of B-class.

Examples include the 2012 Ford focus, which features active parking support and 2012 Mercedes B-class vehicles, the S-class features, including blind angle detection and collision avoidance assistance will boast.

As such, systems will be more frequently, it systems (ITS), also play a role in the development of the intelligent transportation system in which cars are really communicating with other vehicles, traffic lights, crossings, etc..

Although practical systems for years are disabled, the technology will be tested. This month, the Department of transportation (DOT) leads to see clinics in six cities, as drivers in specially equipped cars to car alerts about possible collisions, "fail" alerts and other dangers to respond. The Agency is also a public meeting/Webinar on the subject in Chicago on August 2-3.

Long-term benefits could be considerable. "Connected vehicle technology has the potential to address 81 per cent of all unimpaired-driver-related crashes", Peter Appel, administrator of DOTs research and innovative technology administration, in a statement.

On the other hand leads the prospect of people, even less attention to the road than they now do their own risks. So as 4WD and other technologies driver have been unjustified faith in sketchy conditions, intelligent cars can stimulate more stupid behavior.

"The driver assistance systems, to help the driver", Alexander said. "they are looking for in a conversation with other cars, but they are not it allow the driver to text friends or find on his Facebook page." "This is always a chance."

That is another problem, of course quite, and one that require more intelligence than some drivers will bring up always in the position. In the meantime, there is somewhere between the winter tourists cars currently in development and a glorious future, Jetsonesque there is no doubt that the road ahead is a will be increasingly connected.

"If your smart car with smart company and intelligent infrastructure is connected," said Sherwood, "then you're dreaming begin a more efficient and more fun may become almost endless scenarios how you drive."

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Rob Lovitt is a travel writer, who still believes that the journey is as important as the goal. Follow him on Twitter.

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