Toyota Expects U.S. Auto Sales to Fall to Levels Last Seen in 2014
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A Toyota Motor Corp. sales executive said the U.S. auto market in on course for a second straight year of shrinking demand, bringing sales back to a level the industry should be able to maintain going forward.
The Japanese automaker is forecasting sales in its biggest market will slide below 17 million cars and light trucks next year -- the first return to a 16 million range since 2014. Industrywide deliveries are down 1.5 percent this year through November after a record 17.55 million in 2016.