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US auto sales to fall a bit in 3Q, even with September gains
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FILE - A salesman talks with customers in an Acura dealership lot in Wexford, Pa., on Sept. 29, 2022. New vehicle sales in the U.S. are expected to have fallen slightly in the third quarter, even with improvement in September. But there are warning signs that consumers' appetite for expensive new cars, trucks and SUVs may be waning. - photo by AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File
DETROIT (AP) — New vehicle sales in the U.S. are expected to have fallen slightly in the third quarter, even with improvement in September. But there are warning signs that consumers' appetite for expensive new cars, trucks and SUVs may be waning. Edmunds.com says it expects sales to have fallen just under 1% in the period from July through September when the numbers from automakers are totaled up on Monday.