New car sales in 2011 has increased, especially for the vehicles having more lifetime. Car sales in US has increased for August, 2011 by 7% and this increase has also continued till the end of fourth quarter. Majorly in November, car sales have grown 7.4% more than the earlier years.

Experts are opining that, this increase in the lifetime is very much beneficial to car users. This reduces the car breakdowns, repairs and avoids the replacement of cars after four or five years of replacement.

The increasing average age of vehicle is affecting the new car sales for future years. The new car sales for 2011 was 13 million which is more than 2010, but now the future sales are not reporting the same great numbers due to increasing lifetime of new car.

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US auto industry closed the year with 12.7 million unit sales in 2011 which is more than 2010 sales (11.5 million units). Auto analysts are predicting the auto sales in US for 2012 to be around 14 million units. Though in 2011, December sales have not reached its expected digits but November was the better month in the year.

Government has showed that the automakers spends for 2011 on new cars was nearly more than 40 billion dollars than 2009, the total spending on new cars for 2011 is $206 billion. The senior vice president of forecasting at LCM automotive said that, the sales will increase in 2012 because of people interests for replacing their aged cars.

Individually all the major car manufacturers in US got the positive sales growth that has lead to the overall sales growth in US.

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Analysts have estimated its increased per share value for 2011 as 25%, but the actual per share value increased at the end of last quarter (2011) was 20%. Ford motors has said that they have missed out on the expectations due to exchange rates and high commodity costs. They have also said that except for North America, their profit returns in other areas was affected due to the external deteriorates. They further added that the impact oh higher prices in commodities has affected their sales much greatly than what they expected.

The Ford manufacturers are staying positive, though its tough to move forward at this point of time.

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As per the information of Detroit press, the Detroit Auto show will be along with buzz of new models, nearly 40 new cars model are at display for 2012. Family cars like Ford Fusion, Chevrolet Malibu and Honda accord a high priority. Luxury and performance icons like Mercedes-Benz SL Roadstar, Porsche 911 convertible and BMW 3 series sport utility sedans are to be exhibited.

The show will be along with the fuel efficient and attractive style models, Audi and Buick are coming with the small crossover SUVs that provide the bunch of facilities along with 30mpg fuel efficiency. Ford’s non-hybrid version Fusion models promising with EPA rating to providing 37mpg facilities.

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