Edmunds: June new car sales will rise 3.8 percent on-year but slow compared to May

Edmunds.com is out with its June 2016 new car sales forecast, which projects that 1,528,812 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in June for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 16.9 million. This reflects a 0.2 percent decrease from May 2016, but a 3.8 percent increase from June 2015.

Edmunds.com projects that 8,656,267 new cars and trucks will be sold this year in the U.S. through the end of June, up 1.6 percent from the 8,518,550 sales recorded through the first six months of 2015’s record-breaking year.