Sales of light vehicles eased 0.2% (-0.8% y/y) during November to 17.49 million units (SAAR), but remained near the highest level in twelve months.

Passenger car sales declined 4.8% (-14.5% y/y) last month to 5.37 million units and reversed the modest increase during October. Sales of domestically made cars fell 5.3% (-13.6% y/y) to 3.95 million units and reversed the October increase. Sales of imported passenger cars eased 2.7% (-16.3% y/y) to 1.43 million units. The decline was the third in four months.

Light truck sales increased 1.9% in November to 12.12 million units and reversed the prior month's decline. Sales were nearly at the record high and up 6.8% y/y. Sales of domestically-produced light trucks rose 2.2% (4.4% y/y) to 9.71 million units and reversed the October decline. Sales have been moving steadily upward toward a record high. Sales of imported light trucks improved 0.8% (17.6% y/y) to a new record of 2.41 million units.

Trucks' share of the U.S. vehicle market reached a record 69.3% last month. This compared to 47.3% at the low during all of 2009.

Imports' share of the U.S. vehicle market eased last month at 22.0%, down from the peak of 27.6% during all of 2009. Imports' share of the passenger car market improved to 26.6%. Imports share of the light truck market was little changed at 19.9% which remained near the cycle high, up from the low of 12.7% in 2014.

U.S. vehicle sales figures can be found in Haver's USECON database. Additional detail by manufacturer is in the INDUSTRY database.