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Us Automotive News reported that US light vehicle sales fell 2.3 per cent (1328649 vehicles) in April from a year earlier, while trucks and commercial vehicles rose 6.3 per cent, including Toyota, GM, Ford, Chrysler and German Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen. But Japanese Honda, Nissan and Hyundai still rose despite overall negative growth.

All American models recorded a drop.

Ford's u.s. sales fell 4.7% in April from a year earlier, while its luxury brand fell 6.2% due to strong demand for pickups. Sales of F-series pickups and ranger increased by 7.3%.

Fiat Chrysler recorded a 6.1 per cent decline last month, with RAM sales up 24.9 per cent from a year earlier, while JEEP, Dodge and Chrysler fell 7.6 per cent, 23.7 per cent, 36.7 per cent and 33.7 per cent respectively. In terms of operation, the group has relatively reduced the preferential policies for the purchase of new cars, but retains considerable discounts. Chrysler also announced that it will no longer release data on a monthly basis and will release data on a quarterly basis in the future.

Last month, Toyota u.s. delivered 183866 new cars, down 4.4% from the same period last year, the sixth consecutive month of decline. Toyota and Lexus fell 4.8 per cent and 1.3 per cent respectively, with cars and trucks down 14 per cent and 1.9 per cent respectively, affected by the launch of new cars and product updates from competitors.

Honda's sales edged up 0.2% last month, while Acura recorded a 1.7% drop. In North America, Nissan grew by 9% in April after three consecutive months of decline. Nissan, led by pickups and cars, rose 10.7 per cent, while Infiniti fell 5.2 per cent.

Many luxury brands have had good sales figures in the past April.

BMW rose 1.4%, Land Rover 11.7%, Jaguar 6.3%, Gaines 56.1%, Volvo 0.4%. However, German Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche fell 21.4%, 14.6% and 9.9% respectively.

Falling car sales have been a drag on economic growth, and data released by the Commerce Department on Friday showed that weakness in the auto industry was a drag on U. S. gross domestic product in the first quarter. The analysis thinks that excluding the GDP growth of the automobile industry, it may reach 1.2%.

JD.power thinks sales of household cars will reach 16.9 million in 2019, while JD.power says the launch of many new models will give a boost to sales in the second half of the year, and sales of nearly 2/3 new cars that have not yet been launched will grow by 13% in 2019.

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