FCA US, Toyota Motor Corp., Nissan Motor Corp. and Subaru posted higher U.S. sales in May behind another strong month for light-truck demand. Sales slipped 4.9 percent at Honda Motor Co. on weaker car deliveries.
At Toyota, deliveries increased 3.2 percent with light truck volume rising 4.9 percent. Toyota snapped a six-month losing streak with the May results.
Volume rose 4.1 percent at the Toyota division but dropped 3.4 percent at Lexus. And overall car sales, a weak spot all year for the company and other automakers, edged up 0.4 percent, on a 21 percent increase in Camry deliveries, Toyota reported.
