Tuesday, July 01, 2025

US Auto Sales Lose Steam After Tariff-Induced Shopping Spree

US auto sales are losing momentum after a springtime surge fueled by shoppers racing to buy cars before President Donald Trump's auto tariffs drove up prices.

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The springtime surge in US auto sales landed with a thud last month, setting up a slowdown in the months ahead as carmakers digest President Donald Trump's tariffs on auto imports and consumers find fewer deals.

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-- Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) Jul 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM

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... General Motors Co. said deliveries rose 7.3% in the second quarter, as industrywide demand cooled following a stronger-than-expected April and May. Ford Motor Co.'s second-quarter sales jumped 14%, helped by its employee-pricing-for-everyone discount program, though it saw the pace of growth moderate in June.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s sales in April-through-June period rose 7.2%, but volumes were essentially flat last month.

"We did have a lot of pull-forward business, I think the whole industry did" from late March into early May, said David Christ, the head of Toyota brand sales in the US. Since then, "the sales pace returned to what I call more normal," he told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday.

Shoppers rushed to showrooms earlier this year as beating tariff-induced price increases became a motivation to buy, pushing up second-quarter sales an estimated 2.5% from the prior-year period, according to industry researcher J.D. Power.

Some automakers are now seeing consumers retreat. Subaru Corp.'s June deliveries dropped 16%. Kia Corp.'s volume fell 3.2%, limiting the South Korean carmaker's total second-quarter gain to 5%. Nissan Motor Co. sales declined 6.5% in the most recent three months, while Honda Motor Co.'s deliveries rose 8.4%, including a gain of just 1.5% in June. ...


#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-01 01:33 PM

Thanks Donald. Thanks MAGA. Enjoy impoverishment. It's what you wanted.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-01 02:45 PM

What he did was push everyone that was thinking of buying a new car this year to do so before prices hike up.

Now that bubble is gone.

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-07-01 02:48 PM

Someone check on Scotts.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-01 03:10 PM

#4

He's usually up to his elbow in cow --------.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-01 05:09 PM

"Someone check on Scotts"

He's probably working on his next moniker.

No way he'll admit others predicted this exact happenstance.

#6 | Posted by Danforth at 2025-07-01 05:24 PM

I always liked, "Mao se what?".

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-01 05:29 PM

So Scotts is Mao Tse Dung????

#8 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-07-01 06:03 PM

ha! I had about decided not, but then you mentioned you thought he was, so I'm still not sure.

Mine was but a 'cunning plan' to draw him out, mwahaha!

#9 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-01 06:16 PM

@#6 ... others predicted this exact happenstance. ..

What surprises me, though, is how quickly the auto dealers seemed to have burned through the inventory they had built up prior to the tariffs being imposed.

To be honest, I wasn't expecting to see numbers like the June numbers reported until the July numbers.


#10 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-01 07:25 PM

I always liked, "Mao se what?".
#7 | POSTED BY CORKY

I was wondering if he was daddy's boy Mao.

But he doesn't seem to have that angry at the world for no reason streak.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-01 07:37 PM

"But he doesn't seem to have that angry at the world for no reason"

That's not it. There's a reason.

Angry at the world because 80% of women are taller than him. Including Mexicans.

#12 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-01 07:49 PM

So Scotts is Mao Tse Dung????

No, Incel Scatberg is PWZ reject Jacque Strap

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-07-01 07:51 PM

So... Mao was Bart Simpson?

#14 | Posted by Corky at 2025-07-01 08:08 PM

Another view ...

US second-quarter auto sales rise, tariffs may drive up prices
www.reuters.com

... The tariffs are expected to hit budget-friendly imported models, including Ford's compact Maverick pickup and GM's Trax, denting affordability concerns as the average new-vehicle price nears $50,000.

"Much of the pull-ahead demand that fired up sales in April and May has now been satiated, so consumer demand is expected to be weaker in the coming months," said Charlie Chesbrough, senior economist at Cox Automotive. ...


#15 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-01 08:35 PM

I always liked, "Mao se what?".
#7 | POSTED BY CORKY

I was wondering if he was daddy's boy Mao.

But he doesn't seem to have that angry at the world for no reason streak.

#11 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-07-01 07:37 PM | REPLY | FLAG

I was kind of thinking that too, JPW. Scotts is filled with anger and bitterness, like all MAGA dudes are, but Mao's rage was usually right there on the surface, boiling, with a threat of violence never far away. Of course he could be simply trying to contain himself these days so he doesn't have a heart attack, but it seems unlikely.

#16 | Posted by cbob at 2025-07-02 05:52 AM

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