TrueCar Vice President of Industry Insights Eric Lyman says 2014 was a blockbuster year for U.S. car sales.

SHOWS: NEW YORK, USA (JANUARY 6, 2015) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)

1. TRUECAR, VICE PRESIDENT OF INDUSTRY INSIGHTS, ERIC LYMAN, SAYING:

JOURNALIST ASKING ERIC LYMAN: 'The December numbers were good, for example, GM had its best December in 7 years, 19 percent gains. How sustainable are these kind of numbers for all of these automakers?'

LYMAN: 'Well yeah, as you said, a blockbuster year in 2014, total sales up 6 percent to about 16.5 million for all the automakers for the year. GM up 19 percent for December as you mention and up 5 percent for the whole year, so they had a great year, especially when we consider how they started off with a lot of the recalls and a lot of the coverage from that stopped sales. So really surprising for most folks to see GM improving to that level and as sustainability is concerned we expect this to continue. We are actually forecasting sales in 2015 to get up to 17 million which we haven't seen since the mid 2000's before the recession. And we are still seeing the influx of the millenials coming in to the car buying age and creating some demand there. The economy is still recovering, we are seeing consumer confidence at its highest levels in 8 years and financing still remains very affordable for a number of American consumers.'