US 2016 Auto Sales Set Record for Seventh Straight Year
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Washington - QNA
The US auto market got a boost from brisk sales in December, helping the industry set another annual record for the most new cars sold in a year, the automakers said Wednesday.
High demand for sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and pickup trucks drove up total sales for the year to 17.54 million vehicles, according to statistics compiled by the trade magazine Automotive News. It was the seventh year in a row that US car sales set a record for the number of units sold, the magazine said.
The number is an increase of 0.3 % over 2015, which set the previous record. The number of cars sold in December was up 3 % to 1.69 million. The results, driven by low petrol prices across the country and low interest rates, were better than analysts' expectations.
General Motors, the largest US carmaker, saw its sales in December rise 10 % over the same month last year. Ford, the second-largest US carmaker, saw its sales increase 0.1 %. Nissan and Honda set new US sales records for December last month.
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