Tis the season for bloggers of all industries and topics to
write about expected trends for the New Year (or to comment on the
trends that just happened in the last year). Here at the Dashboard
we like to look forward, as though we are driving a vehicle into
the future. So here are the top three trends that we expect
to see in the automotive industry in 2020. Some trends have
been written about extensively and will obviously continue. North
American sales will fall in 2020. Electrification of the
industry will not slow down (and will likely speed up). Here
are some other trends to be on the lookout for.
Sedans Continue to Decline
SUVs, CUVs and pickups have been eating sedans for lunch for
some time now. There is really no reason to think that this trend
is going to slow down. We have every expectation that sedans will
slowly become niche vehicles. Because, really, what is a CUV if not
a different kind of sedan? Consumers in North America are
simply not as
