NORTHERN OHIO New-vehicle sales increase

Staff report

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New-vehicle sales in northern Ohio are up compared with the previous year for the 11th- straight month.

New-vehicle dealers in northern Ohio sold 15,939 vehicles in November of this year compared with 15,498 vehicles in November 2012, an increase of 2.85 percent. For the year to date, sales of new cars and light trucks are up more than 10 percent, according to the Greater Cleveland Automobile Dealers’ Association.

“Whenever you can report 11-straight months of growth in a year, it is always good news,” says Louis A. Vitantonio, president of the GCADA. “With the manufacturers’ year-end incentives and holiday sales events, along with continued promotions from dealers in this month, we’re confident we will see double-digit growth when comparing 2013 with 2012 at the end of the year.”

The GCADA is projecting that franchised new-car dealers in the 21 counties in Northern Ohio served by the association will sell more than 229,200 vehicles in 2013, up from the 208,099 sold in 2012.

Retail sales figures are based on vehicle-registration reports from the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. Vehicle-sales data include the counties of Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes, Huron, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Richland, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas and Wayne.