Analysts expecting record vehicle sales in December, year

YOUNGSTOWN

When automakers report their December sales after this weekend records will be broken.

This year, December sales are expected to increase by about 13 percent to a total of 1.7 million, which would smash the current record from 2006.

December sales will lead to an expected record-breaking 17.5 million sales for the year — beating the high of 17.35 million sales made in 2000.

“We still have another week,” said Tim Fleming, analyst for Kelley Blue Book. “The biggest weekend is this upcoming one.”

Both KBB and TrueCar analysts see the state of the economy as the reason behind the continued growth this year.

Read more about their predictions in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.