Toyota and Honda posted their steepest sales declines in years last month while Nissan continued to struggle and Subaru ended its 93-month winning streak. It was all part of a September that was thrown off course by quirks in the sales-reporting calendar.
Japan's biggest automakers posted double-digit declines in U.S. sales in September behind sharply weaker car and light-truck demand. U.S. light-vehicle sales are forecast to drop in September in part because there were two fewer selling days and the absence of Labor Day holiday volume.
The South Korean automakers accuse BNSF, CSX Corp., Norfolk Southern Corp. and Union Pacific Corp. of violating antitrust law by coordinating fuel surcharges between July 2003 and December 2008.
Toyota, Nissan and Hyundai posted lower U.S. sales last month largely behind weaker car deliveries. U.S. light-vehicle sales are forecast to drop in September in part because there were two fewer selling days and the absence of Labor Day holiday volume.
Toyota Motor and Hyundai posted lower U.S. sales in September largely behind weaker car deliveries. U.S. light-vehicle sales are forecast to drop in September in part because there were two fewer selling days and the absence of Labor Day holiday volume.
