June car sales cap strong first half of 2013

June 28, 2013
June 2013 projected to show 6.3 percent gain over June 2012.

Edmunds.com,a resource for car shopping and automotive information, forecasts that 1,365,496 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in June for an estimated seasonally adjusted annual rate this month of 15.5 million light vehicles. The projected sales will be a 5.3 percent decrease from May, but a 6.3 percent increase from June 2012. This month's sales performance is expected deliver the biggest volume and SAAR for the month of June since 2007.

"Within the last month we saw a slowing stock market and a stalled unemployment recovery, but the automotive market continues to shine through it all," says Edmunds.com senior analyst Jessica Caldwell. "The first half of 2013 was every bit as strong as the auto industry could expect at the beginning of the year, and there's no reason why the next six months can't maintain the same mome

Sales volume and market share by manufacturer, along with nsight into recent auto industry trends, can be found in Edmunds.com's Industry Center at http://www.edmunds.com/industry-center/.

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