U.S. car sales down 1.8% in January 2017

U.S. light vehicle sales of 1,143,549 units in January were down 1.8% as compared to the same month in 2016.
Truck and SUV sales rose 5.7% from last January to 715,953 units, while passenger car sales declined 12.2% to 427,596 units.
The overall SAAR for January was 17.61 million units.
The SAAR was 6.58 million units for passenger cars and 11.03 million units for trucks.
General Motors sales were down 3.9% as passenger car sales slid 21.1% from January 2016.
Ford sales were down 0.7% and FCA sales were down 11.2% compared to January last year, with passenger car sales down 17.5% and 35.8% respectively.
Among Japanese companies, Toyota sales were down 11.3%, while Nissan, Honda, and Subaru sales were up 6.2%, 5.9%, and 6.8% respectively compared to last January.
Hyundai sales increased 3.3%, while Kia sales decreased 7.0% from last year.
Among German companies, Daimler and Volkswagen Group sales increased 3.5% and 15.1% respectively, while BMW sales declined 0.2% from the same month last year.
Volvo sales decreased 18.2%, while Jaguar Land Rover sales increased 29.9% from last January.

(Autodata release from February 1, 2017)