TORONTO – Overall light duty vehicle sales for May moved down modestly, reflecting the ongoing challenges with vehicle supply arising from the March 11thdisaster in Japan. May’s sales were down 3.8% year-over-year to 149,034. For the AIAMC membership, sales were reflective of the Japanese supply challenges, with members’ sales falling 6.9% to 76,315 compared to last May.
For the first time in a number of months overall truck sales declined, down 1.4% in May to 79,632. The truck share of the overall market was 53.4% increasing slightly over April’s share (52.7%) and last May’s share (52.1%) being somewhat counterintuitive given sustained higher gasoline prices. For AIAMC members, truck sales were down 1.8% to 27,147. Trucks represented a 35.5% share of total AIAMC member sales, slightly higher than the 33.7% share of sales last May.
