US market drops for the sixth consecutive month in June 2017
- The US automotive market recorded its sixth consecutive month of decline in June 2017, despite high discounts and a still strong demand for light trucks. Sales of new light-duty vehicles fell by 2.5% in June 2017 to just under 1.5 million units, bringing the volume for the first six months of 2017 to 8.45 million units a decrease of 2.1%.
- The American big three major posted contrasting results over the first half:
General Motors sales fell 1.7% (to 1.41 million units) and Fiat-Chrysler's sales were down 6.6% (to 1.07 million units), while those of Ford -who temporarily occupied the position of leader of the US market in May- declined by 3.8% (to 1.29 million units).
- Asian manufacturers:
Toyota sales were down 3.6% (to 1.15 million units), but Honda's sales fell only 0.1% (to 0.79 million units) and those of Nissan increased by 2.7% (to 0.82 million units). Sales of Hyundai-Kia fell 8.6% to 0.64 million units.
- German manufacturers:
BMW sales fell by 4.1% (to 0.17 million units) and Daimler by 0.8% (to 0.18 million units). Sales of the Volkswagen group, on the other hand, increased by 7.2% (to 0.29 million units).
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