
YOUNGSTOWN — Auto sellers throughout the Mahoning Valley noticed a achieve, albeit modest, in new-auto sales in Oct when compared to a calendar year ago.
The 1,856 new vehicles sold previous month to buyers in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties signifies a .8 per cent boost from the 1,841 marketed in October 2021, in accordance to the most current info from the Bigger Cleveland Automobile Dealers’ Affiliation.
For the year so considerably, 20,029 new cars have been sold, down 21.8 per cent from 25,625 for the similar period in 2021.
The affiliation, which tracks gross sales across 250 dealerships in 21 northern Ohio counties, also noted overall sales — new and used — for location dealers were being off for the month, down 2.4 per cent to 3,941 from 4,038. For the calendar year, revenue are down 13.4 p.c, from 49,541 to 42,879 via Oct.
Utilized auto revenue fell, too, for October by 6.5 %, from 2,140 to 2,000. By October, sales are off 3.8 percent, from 22,905 to 22,022, according to the affiliation.
Dealerships in Mahoning County with the most product sales to community prospective buyers in October ended up Boardman Subaru, the No. 1 offering vendor, 213 Greenwood Chevrolet, 193 and Taylor Kia of Boardman, 187.
The top new-car or truck sellers were Sweeney Chevrolet, 114 Boardman Subaru, 112 and Taylor Kia of Boardman, 102.
Topping the employed-car listing have been Boardman Subaru, 101 Greenwood Chevrolet, 97 and Stadium Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, 86.
Throughout northern Ohio, franchised new-car or truck dealers sold 16,373 new vehicles, vehicles and SUVs in Oct, up 5.5 percent from Oct 2021. It was the first time because June 2021 that new auto product sales exceeded the same month one particular 12 months prior.
“As inventories steadily make improvements to and shopper desire remains, we are observing compact gains in new vehicle revenue as in contrast to Oct 2021,” Louis A. Vitantonio, association president, claimed. “Overall volume is nevertheless down, but will enhance as product 12 months-close incentives and promotions shut out 2022.
“Interest charges and fuel prices will carry on to engage in a huge part in consumer confidence when getting or leasing a new car, which may guide to buyers leaning toward applied motor vehicles, as individuals rates have begun to fall,” he mentioned.










