First Tesla, then Detroit, and now import brands go quarterly. For the longstanding industry tradition of reporting monthly new-vehicle sales, the dominoes are falling. In fact - the game is now more or less over. Audi, BMW, Nissan, Porsche and Volkswagen have made back-to-back announcements that they will stop reporting their model-by-model monthly sales results across the U.S., switching instead to quarterly reports. Toyota has joined the rebellion by brands that represent the bulk of U.S. sales, although last week it held out the possibility of at least making its monthly results available on a less formal basis.
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