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New Car Sales Still on Track to Set a Record in 2016 Despite Small Decline in May, Says Edmunds.com

SANTA MONICA, Calif. , Edmunds.com, the leading car information and shopping network, forecasts that 1,537,436  new cars  and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in May for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 17.5 million. The projected sales will be a 2.3 percent increase from  April 2016 , but a 5.8 percent decrease from  May 2015 . While sales appear to be slowing, Edmunds says that 2016 is still on track to break last year's record of 17.47 million new car sales. "It's easy to look at May's sales and conclude that the retail car market is losing steam, but it's too soon to say for sure that auto sales are leveling off," says Edmunds.com Director of Industry Analysis  Jessica Caldwell . "As in previous years, the summer months will flush out more incentives from automakers and the urgency that shoppers show in responding to these incentives will give the industry a much better sense of how the market is trending." ...

BMW Partnered with Bill Plant School

BMW have recently partnered with the Bill Plant School of Motoring and will supply over 3,600 vehicles to the business over the next three years. London, United Kingdom, BMW have recently partnered with the Bill Plant School of Motoring and will supply over 3,600 vehicles to the business over the next three years. The driving school decided to replace the Audi A3 with the BMW 1 Series 5-door Sports Hatch Diesel, largely because of the better fuel economy and the higher level of standard specification. They will also be adding BMW X1 and the BMW i3 to their fleet over the next coming months. Managing Director Bill Plant commented, “Since making the decision to change our whole fleet of driving instructor vehicles to BMW, I have been delighted with the feedback we have received from both our Instructors and pupils alike. The build quality, frugal fuel consumption and driving experience has far surpassed my expectations. I knew early on in our extensive evaluation process that ...