New car sales in the U.S. are down for the second consecutive quarter due in large part to stay-at-home orders and plant shutdowns. This heavily impacted sales between April 1 and June 30. According to Car and Driver: “the hard decline of April was mitigated by two months, May and June, that weren’t quite as bad.” FCA experienced a quarterly decline of 39%; General Motors, a decline of 34%; and Hyundai’s March sales dropped 18%. (Source: Car and Driver) Read the original story…
Todd Phillips is the editorial director of Universus Media Group Inc. and the editor of Canadian auto dealer magazine. Todd can be reached at tphillips@universusmedia.com.
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