New light-vehicle sales in April 2025 topped a 17-million-unit SAAR for the second straight month as consumers pulled forward purchases to beat tariffs. April 2025’s SAAR of 17.3 million units represents an increase of 7.7% year over year.

• The SAAR for the first four months of the year totaled 16.7 million units at the end of April, up 7.1% compared to the same period last year.
• Wards Intelligence estimates that the March and April 2025 SAARs would have been closer to 16 million units were it not for the tariff-induced buying spree.
• New light-vehicle inventory on the ground and in transit declined year-over-year in April 2025 for the first time in three years. At the end of April 2025 new light-vehicle inventory totaled 2.62 million units, down 4.1% year-over-year.