US auto sales slump as poorer buyers walk away


DETROIT: United States new vehicle sales could fall to the lowest first-quarter volume in the past decade, as chip shortages and the Ukraine crisis squeeze inventories and rising prices push less affluent buyers out of the market, research firm Cox Automotive says.

US car and light truck sales are expected to fall more than 24% to about 1.22 million units in March and decline more than 16% in the first quarter.

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