Forecast: U.S. car sales in 2015 increased by 15 million to 4%

The auto consultancy company Edmunds.com has released a prediction that the vehicle sales in the United States will reach 15 million vehicles in 2013, and the rate of increase will decrease from the double-digit ratio in the past two years to 4%.

Lacey Plache, chief economist at Edmunds, estimated in the report that US vehicle sales this year will be 14.4 million units, which is a 12.5% ​​year-on-year increase from 2011's 12.8 million units; and 2013 will be the year-on-year increase since the auto market recovery in 2010. For the first time, it fell below the double digits."

Plache said that the uncertainties of the U.S. economy and the effects of other countries' economies will continue to slow the growth of the auto market. Some of the positive factors for 2012 will continue to play a role in 2013, such as the aging of car owners in the backlog of car demand. The rental sales in 2013 will also be higher than 2012.

US car sales were 10.4 million units in 2009, an increase of 11.5% year-on-year to 11.961 million units in 2010, and a year-on-year increase of 10.3% to 12.8 million units. The above vehicles all refer to light vehicles, excluding medium and heavy commercial vehicles.