Auto Industry Expected to Deliver Best June Sales in 11 Years, Says Edmunds.com
SANTA MONICA, CA — June 23, 2016 — Edmunds.com, the leading car information and shopping network, forecasts that 1,528,812 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in June for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 16.9 million. This reflects a 0.2 percent decrease from May 2016, but a 3.8 percent increase from June 2015. The forecast anticipates that it will be the best for the month of June since 1.67 million sales were registered in June 2005.
Edmunds.com projects that 8,656,267 new cars and trucks will be sold this year in the U.S. through the end of June, up 1.6 percent from the 8,518,550 sales recorded through the first six months of 2015's record-breaking year.
"The industry may not be growing as fast as in recent years but, at the halfway point of 2016, it's still on pace to set another annual sales record," says Edmunds.com Director of Industry Analysis Jessica Caldwell. "As long as economic conditions — like low unemployment and easy access to credit — continue, the industry will be in a strong position through the busy summer sales months."
| Sales Volume |
June 2016 Forecast |
June 2015 |
May 2016 |
Change from June 2015 |
Change from May 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GM | 256,017 | 259,353 | 240,450 | -1.3% | 6.5% |
| Ford | 238,516 | 224,681 | 234,748 | 6.2% | 1.6% |
| Toyota | 207,644 | 209,912 | 219,339 | -1.1% | -5.3% |
| Fiat Chrysler | 197,447 | 185,035 | 204,452 | 6.7% | -3.4% |
| Honda | 144,017 | 134,397 | 147,108 | 7.2% | -2.1% |
| Nissan | 132,677 | 124,228 | 133,496 | 6.8% | -0.6% |
| Hyundai/Kia | 131,571 | 121,639 | 133,932 | 8.2% | -1.8% |
| VW/Audi | 47,676 | 48,698 | 47,507 | -2.1% | 0.4% |
| Industry | 1,528,812 | 1,473,162 | 1,531,885 | 3.8% | -0.2% |
Edmunds.com estimates that retail SAAR will come in at 13.6 million vehicles in June 2016, with fleet transactions accounting for 20.1 percent of total sales. An estimated 3.1 million used cars will be sold in June 2016, for a SAAR of 38.0 million (compared to 3.2 million — or a SAAR of 38.0 million — used car sales in May 2016).
| Market Share |
June 2016 Forecast |
June 2015 |
May 2016 |
Change from June 2015 |
Change from May 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GM |
16.7% | 17.6% | 15.7% | -0.9% | 1.0% |
Ford |
15.6% | 15.3% | 15.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
Toyota |
13.6% | 14.2% | 14.3% | -0.7% | -0.7% |
Fiat Chrysler |
12.9% | 12.6% | 13.3% | 0.4% | -0.4% |
Honda |
9.4% | 9.1% | 9.6% | 0.3% | -0.2% |
Nissan |
8.7% | 8.4% | 8.7% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
Hyundai/Kia |
8.6% | 8.3% | 8.7% | 0.3% | -0.1% |
VW/Audi |
3.1% | 3.3% | 3.1% | -0.2% | 0.0% |
More insight into recent auto industry trends can be found in Edmunds.com's Industry Center at http://www.edmunds.com/industry-center/.
About Edmunds.com
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