GM is increasing prices on new pickup trucks by 6 per cent

DETROIT, Oct 11 Reuters) - General Motors co increased the price of its 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra of full-size pickups by $1,500 this month GM said on Friday.

The largest U.S. based automaker offers up to $1,500 cash-back on the new trucks until late October to temporarily the price increase, GM spokesman said offsetting Jim Cain.

The movement, which was announced to dealers on Monday amounted to a round 6 percent price increase on the redesigned pickup trucks. The truck-roll-out began in June and GM 2009 represents most important vehicle launch since its bankruptcy.

Analysts said that the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, along with related SUVs, generate more than $12,000 per vehicle for profit and accounts for about 60 percent of the worldwide income of society.

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Car sales rev up in may, pulled by pickup trucks, luxury cars

2013 Dodge Ram Pickup is seen in Gaithersburg, Maryland, may 1, 2013.

Budget cuts, still sluggish employment growth, nor a mediocre recovery could save Americans the showrooms in may as it boosted sales of pickup trucks and luxury cars for the automakers.

General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group, all sales for may released.

Leader as its sales increased 14 percent in may, with cars by 9 percent, utilities by 15 percent and truck by 18 percent Ford. Retail sales increased 17 percent, marking the best sales result since 2005 can retail.

"F-series sales - driven by construction growth and catching up to do - their highest achieved in more than six years," said Ken Czubay, Vice President of marketing, United States, Ford Sales and service. The Ford the best month reported also the medium-sized Ford Fusion ever had posting sales 29.553 cars - with its strongest growth in the Western and Southeastern regions of the United States

Ford has surpassed 2013 its previous full-year hybrid sales record in just over the first five months before Latin. The results were by the strength of the product, its new electrified vehicle lineup, including the Ford C-MAX hybrid, Ford C-MAX Energi, Ford Fusion hybrid and Ford Fusion Energi, as well as the Lincoln MKZ hybrid powered.

Chrysler 11 percent increase sales in the United States, compared with sales in may 2012 and the Group best may sales since 2007.

While the brands Fiat, Jeep, Dodge and RAM truck each year compared to the previous year sales gains in May compared with the same month before one year RAM truck brand was 24 percent, the largest increase in sales from each brand of the Chrysler Group in May. Chrysler Group expands its strip of the year compared with the previous year sales profits to 38 consecutive months in May.

"Our best may sales in six years us, our sales team strips for 38 consecutive following months of the year compared with the previous year sales profits to increase", said Reid Bigland, head of U.S. sales. "We see continued strong retail sales in our product lineup as eight vehicles of Chrysler Group sales figures in may, including best sales ever by the Jeep Wrangler and compass set."

GM also posted a sales increase of 3 percent overcome some weaknesses in the passenger car side, where the reduced Malibu 36 percent and Impala fell 18 percent.

"Cadillac grows faster than it has in nearly 40 years, the pickup rebound is in full swing and we see strong retail demand for our crossover networks", said Kurt McNeil, Vice President of US sales.

"These are all strong indications that the gradual recovery of the economy is created always wider."

GM sales of trucks by 15 percent compared to a year ago, including an increase of 23 percent for large pickup trucks and 30% for large SUVs, the automaker reported.

The strong sales pace increased also sales of Nissan, a two-digit growth rate a may U.S. sales record with 114.457 deliveries, an increase of 24.7 percent over may 2012 reported.

Jose Munoz, senior Vice President for sales and marketing, Nissan Americas said: "we are in the middle of five brand-new, top-selling Nissan models start in 15 months, and the effort is paying off." Altima, Pathfinder and Sentra, the first three of this starts are a combined 64.6 per cent in may, which shows, that our new products hit the sweet spot of innovation, style and the buyer desired value."

The estimated average transaction price for light vehicles in the United States was another sign of health for the industry, $31.377 in may 2013, $152 (0.5 percent) from last month and $103 (0.3 per cent) year compared to the previous year, according to Kelley Blue Book.

"Modest improvements in the economy, coupled with pent-up demand and world-class product offerings shoppers back to the market bring," said Alec Gutierrez, senior market analyst for the automotive industry insights for Kelley Blue Book. "Rising prices present this marketplace consumers for their next new vehicle return before the summer."

Volkswagen of America, Inc. reported a sales decline of 1.7 percent.

"We saw an uptick in our consumer traffic and rates this month, which allows us to include new records for Jetta and Passat," said Jonathan Browning, President and CEO of Volkswagen Group of America.


"In month a, where strong growth in the segments of the pickup truck, an area in which we compete not saw the industry, we look forward to seeing us diesel healthy consumer demand for our cars, especially the growing demand for our TDI clean and hybrid line-up."

Can Audi, on the other hand scoring may 2013 take on a turnover of 13.228 vehicles, an increase of 15 percent compared to the previous rate last year. It was the 29th episode record month for the brand.

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150,000 Tacoma pickup trucks, Toyota recalls

Bernie Woodall, Reuters
Toyota Motor Corp. is about 160,000 Tacoma mid-size pickup trucks from model years 2001 to 2004 in cold weather States and Canada Recalling, as the spare wheel could fall off.

The spare wheel in this Tacoma models is stored beneath the truck bed. Were made as the truck, Toyota said the metal plate that holds the spare tire in place not with sufficient amounts of phosphate, rust, brake was coated.

Reported two accidents, involving a Toyota spokesman said Toyota, but not to an injury, Tacoma truck vehicles.

In the course of time and in rare cases can cause corrosion of plate to crack it, the detachment of the spare tire, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. said in a statement on Wednesday.

The recall covers 150,000 truck originally 20 cold weather U.S. States and 10,000 trucks in Canada sold Toyota said.

Letters go in December to the owners of the recalled vehicles, Toyota said.

Toyota dealer replaced spare tire Assembly, if necessary, without cost for Tacoma owner.

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GM sales jump on demand for trucks, SUVs

  Carlos Osorio / AP

2011 Chevy Silverado trucks await final inspection at the Flint Assembly in Flint, Mich.

Strong demand for full-size pickups and SUVs drove up General Motors’ U.S. sales last month, the automaker said Monday.

GM reported total sales of 207,145 vehicles in September -- a 20 percent increase over the same month a year ago. Truck sales, which include full-size pickups and SUVs, jumped 34 percent, while sales of passenger cars rose 12 percent over September 2010.

“For GM, all of the factors that say this is a good time to buy a new vehicle outweigh the bad news that appears to be slowing down the broader economic recovery,” said Don Johnson, vice president for U.S. sales.

Other major automakers reported their September sales Monday. Ford said its U.S. sales rose 9 percent, with sales of the Ford Explorer SUV up more than threefold and sales of the Escape small SUV up 41 percent. Ford's pickup sales rose 15 percent.

Sales of trucks and SUVs tend to pick up in the fall as automakers offer sales promotions. Industrywide, car and truck sales are expected to have risen in September as more Japanese vehicles fill showrooms after months of earthquake-related shortages, the Associated Press reports, adding that “analysts say the jump in sales could be short-lived because potential car buyers remain worried about the economy.”

Earlier, Chrysler reported a 27 percent rise in monthly sales. And Toyota said its September sales fell 17.5 percent over the year-ago month.

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Ford recalling 1.1 million trucks over gas tanks

Ford Motor Co, said on Monday that it is 1.22 million older pickup trucks in the United States and Canada belts that keep in mind to replace fuel tanks in position and could corrode and break.

The recall of Ford F-150 full-size trucks from model years 1997 to 2004, F-250 pickup trucks of less than 8 500 pounds from model years 1997 to 1999 and Lincoln Blackwood trucks from model years 2002 and 2003, is a Ford spokesman said.

The vehicles will be reminded 1.1 million are in the United States and the rest are in Canada.

The trucks that were affected in the recall are all sold or registered in 21 Eastern and Midwestern United States, Washington, D.C., and Canadian provinces, where the possibility of heavy corrosion of institutions which hold the fuel tanks can occur due to prolonged exposure to chemicals, de-icing Street said Ford.

As a result of one or both belts can fail the corrosion of the tank or in some cases to separate fuel lines covered the tank on the ground caused said Ford. Both of these scenarios can result in a fuel leak or fire.

Ford said there were reports of three vehicle fire and a violation in connection with the problem.

Notifies owner take the affected vehicles at a dealer of Ford, the straps have replaced by, the increased corrosion protection, according to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website offer.

Traders can a cable support under the belt as a temporary repair or the NHTSA web site to install a steel reinforcement of the existing belt as a permanent repair said.

Ford said that it be notified owners of mid-September.

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GM pickup trucks wiper broken, recalls

DETROIT - General Motors co is more than 4,500 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks reminds, because nuts in the windshield wipers not sufficiently tightened been can have.

If a mother in the wiper motor crank arm to loose, windscreen wipers not, work if there was an accumulation of snow or ice. The mother could also solve you when on a dry windscreen wipers were operated.

At a certain point, the mother could loose enough for the windshield wipers stopped working.

GM said that the trucks which are for the model year in 2011, were built from late September to early November of last year.

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Fuel tank probed problem on F-150 trucks

DETROIT - U.S. safety regulators a fuel tank problem study, the more than 2.7 million Ford F-150 pickup trucks affect could.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Monday that which keep steel strap you can fire and the up the truck gas tank rust and break, causing might spill a fuel. No injuries were reported damaged by the possible.

The Agency is looking into trucks from 1997 to 2001. The NHTSA investigations often lead to callbacks.

NHTSA was looking for the problem of fuel tank last year after it received 32 complaints. NHTSA and Ford have now 243 reports the tanks fall. In two events a fire started the fuel tank fell. One of the fires destroyed the pickup, while the others even wiped out.

NHTSA said it was fuel leakage in 95 of the reported incidents. Nine reports spark in the tank on the road, the the probability that a fire would increase.

Ford said that it is working with the investigation. Company spokesman wes Sherwood said owner with questions about your dealer contact.

The investigation is not related to the lack of an airbag, the the recent recall of 1.2 million F-150 s from the years 2004-2006 model has caused.

The top-selling vehicle in the United States is the F-series for more than three decades. It was the subject of the recent sniping between NHTSA and Ford as a result of airbags, that could provide at the wrong time. Ford announced in February, that there would be 150,000 F - 150 s for this problem to resolve, but under the pressure of regulatory authorities, the callback, 1.2 million truck last month added to. In this case, there were 98 reported injuries because of the problem.

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Toyota recalling about 51,000 Tundra trucks

TORRANCE, California - under note is Toyota to about 51,000 of its Tundra truck to check rear Driveshafts that contain a component that can be interrupted.

Toyota Motor Sales United States Inc. said Tuesday an estimated 0.5 per cent of the vehicles a bad slip yoke due to the improper casting can have during the foundry.

The company is a slip yoke known error. There are no reports of accidents or injuries related to the condition.

The recall concerns only Tundra from the year 2011 model.

Recall notification letter from down next month sent and available on Toyota Web site.

Inspections and all replacements are free of charge.

Last week zuruckgerufen an airbag problem to fix Toyota over so it could be 300,000 RAV4 and Highlander vehicles.

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