September auto sales

Thanks to copious incentives, the Labor Day boost and the recovery following the recent hurricanes, auto sales were higher all around in September. Detroit's Big Three had a fairly strong month, with even Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) reporting a small increase in its retail sales...

Previewing the auto sales results for September due to be released next week, Barclays said the month's headline seasonally adjusted annual rate, or SAAR, suggests solid, albeit weaker numbers. The Numbers Barclays auto and auto parts analyst Brian Johnson estimates light vehicle SAAR of 17.6...

The U.S. auto industry has been on fire over the past six years, but not all analysts are playing the doom and gloom card. According to a Bloomberg report, Jeff Schuster of LMC Automotive was one of the first auto experts to call for a contraction in the industry in 2016. However, he is now saying...

Previewing the monthly auto sales results for September in a research note on Tuesday, Citi said the seasonally adjusted annual rate of sales is running in the mid-17 million range, above the 16.9 million-unit rate for August. Strong SAAR Citi's Itay Michaeli noted that incentives, which were...