After some weakness in the first quarter, global sales of light vehicles and medium-/heavy-duty trucks combined rose 6% in April from the year-ago month. Wards Intelligence partner GlobalData expects sales in May to also come in strong and – excluding the big trucks - forecasts light-vehicle sales for entire 2024 to total 89.1 million units, 3% above 2023.

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