(July 28, 2025) WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — As owners continue to shift toward smaller vehicles, they are finding that the ones they buy are often just as appealing as the larger vehicles they previously owned, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 U.S. Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study released this week.

(July 27, 2025) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — An estimated 1,166,665 new cars will be sold in July for a Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 14.0 million light vehicles, according to the latest auto sales forecast by Edmunds.com. The projected sales would be a 9.2 percent decrease from June 2012, but a 10.2 percent increase from July 2011 — even with two fewer selling days, year over year.

(July 26, 2025) IRVINE, Calif. — New-vehicle sales are projected to hit 14 million seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) in July 2012, consistent with the 14.3 million average pace maintained through the first half of the year, according to Kelley Blue Book.

The daily selling rate is projected to top 48,300 light-vehicle sales per day, which is better than last month's 47,500 sales per day and nearly 19 percent above the July 2011 pace, when sales were still suppressed by inventory shortages.

(July 23, 2025) CARSON, Calif. — Reports of the death of the two-to-three-year vehicle purchasing cycle have not been exaggerated according to a new survey of nearly 4,000 car owners by AutoMD.com.