Sales drop 3.1%; SAAR jumps to 17.42 million

Detroit’s big-three, Toyota, and Nissan dropped on weaker car demand, while Honda, Hyundai-Kia, VW Group, and Subaru bucked an industry slowdown. Among major automakers, only American Honda, Hyundai-Kia, Volkswagen Group, and Subaru managed an increase last month, helped largely by continuing strong demand for light trucks.
See below, sales x1,000 of the US market.