While maybe not the Super Bowl of auto news, it was a big day for car sales, with the
totals for 2010 coming in, plus
December's strong monthly report. The big winners last year were
GM and Hyundai, but as
WSJ points out, the U.S. auto market is changing with feisty competition becoming the norm. The list of
most popular car models was full of yawns.
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| The car market is a changing. |
Toyota was the big loser for the year and in December as it lost share amid the recall scandals and failed to excite buyers with significant new models. Still, the company is betting big on the
Prius brand becoming its anchor over the next decade.
Toyota is at CES this week and showed a rather uninspired infotainment device it will be rolling out over the next year called
Entune.
GM is taking OnStar to Best Buy with a new mirror that can be installed as an aftermarket device on most vehicles but David thinks the hefty subscription fees will limit sales growth.
Finally, we share our
PVIs from last week which included the ultimate failure by the
luxobarge and a snOMG for the Tuscon.
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