US Vehicle Sales Watch

April US vehicle sales deliver a SAAR surprise

US light vehicle sales dipped again in April, down 2.3% year on year to about 1.33m cars and light trucks. After four…

US March light vehicle sales off slightly but SAAR surprises

US deliveries of light vehicles were down 3.3% in the first quarter of 2019 as March volume fell 3.2%. Even though…

US February light vehicle sales chilled by storms and taxes

Mother Nature and Uncle Sam put the hurt on US light vehicle sales in February. Total deliveries fell 2.9% to about…

Polar vortex freezes US sales

Up until the last week in January, it looked like US light vehicle sales would come in slightly ahead of January…

A lovely holiday gift to US light vehicle sales

American consumers weren't deterred by December's rising interest rates, market turmoil and political shenanigans. Instead they propelled the auto industry…

November US light vehicle sales beat expectations

On the whole, last month's US light vehicle sales turned out better than expected. While most prognosticators said November deliveries would…

Interest rates don’t slow US market, yet – ANALYSIS

As our preliminary data published on Friday indicated, rising interest rates and higher petrol prices didn't stop US light vehicle…

FCA outsells Ford in US

September light vehicle sales came through mostly as expected though the decline was not as great as had been predicted. Total…

Utilities prop up August US light vehicle sales

Expectations of a sales increase met the realities of consumer economics in August. Month-end sales in August 2017 were washed…

July comes up a selling weekend short in US

After a surprisingly strong June, July's US light vehicle sales results were more in line with 2018 projections. With one less…