Value of Advance Sales of Automobiles and Other Motor Vehicles (monthly data, seasonally adjusted)
Motor vehicles are a major component of overall advance retail sales, accounting for twenty-six percent of the overall total for the month of November.
Advance Retail Sales of Motor Vehicles
Oct-01
Nov-01
Value of advance sales of automobiles and other motor vehicles (in millions)
79,851
69,794
Percent change from same month previous year
26.11
-12.59
NOTE: Advance retail sales are advance estimates of monthly retail trade produced by the Bureau of the Census. The advance estimates are based on a small subsample of the Census Bureau’s full retail sales sample.
