An initial look at June pegs U.S. light-vehicle sales at a long-time low 15.0-million-unit seasonally adjusted annual rate, while also forecasting that inventory ends the month below year-ago by an even wider margin than May’s 6.0% year-over-year decline. There are a lot of variables that could push sales higher or lower than the initial forecast, but the bottom line for inventory is that it will dry up some more in June.

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