Insights & Analysis

Adoption of automatic emergency braking in U.S. vehicles has grown rapidly since automakers promised in March 2016 to make this feature standard by 2022.

Despite increased demand for light trucks in model year ’17, 4-cyl. engines again dominated the field with a 54.5% industry share.

Mexico production soared as automakers began production of popular models there, while output in the U.S. and Canada slowed. 

Class 8 sales totaled 26,141, 13.5% above 2016.

Class 8 sales fall 0.2% in 2017 while all other classes post gains.

Total light-vehicle sales dropped 11.2% in December, with light-trucks down a slight 1.6% while cars dropped 16.3%.

Light trucks reach record-high share, dampening the effect of higher electrification.

A danger could be that if sales begin to taper off in the second quarter, over-optimism about underlying demand could lead to production overbuilds as happened in first-half 2017.

Record light-vehicle sales in Canada for the fifth consecutive year.

Trucks surged to 69% of the market in December, lifting total sales for 2017 to 11.06 million units, or nearly two-thirds of total demand.