Even with an influx of new models coming for 2014 and 2015, including revised versions of the Chevrolet Impala and Volkswagen Phaeton and the all-new Chevrolet SS and Kia Cadenza, Polk advisor Tom Libby predicts the segment will account for just 3.2% of industry sales this year and 2.7% in 2015.

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The sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone and the lingering uncertainty over the repercussions of the debate on reducing the Federal deficit in the United States have the potential to impact the global debt origination market that account for approximately 43% of the revenues of the equity underwriting and debt origination segment of Goldman Sachs.

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The company added 1.2 million smartphone subscribers, who now account for 72% of its postpaid subscriber base and 88% of sales in the segment.

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In fact, mid-sized cars account for five of the 10 best-selling vehicles in the U.S., and sales in the segment are up 25 percent, growing faster than the overall industry.

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