July’s auto sales numbers in the US:

WSJ – Auto Sales Sink, With Big Three Hit Worst: The downtrend again hit a wide swath of auto makers, with the Big Three taking the brunt of it. GM, on the same day it posted a $15.5 billion quarterly loss, reported that its sales of cars and light trucks declined 26% to 233,340.

Ford’s sales dropped 15% to 161,530, likely its worst July since the early 1980s, according to company sales analyst George Pipas. Chrysler LLC reported a 29% drop to 98,109.

In another weak month for a once strong performer, sales at Toyota Motor Corp. fell 12% to 197,424 vehicles.downtrend again hit a wide swath of auto makers, with the Big Three taking the brunt of it. GM, on the same day it posted a $15.5 billion quarterly loss, reported that its sales of cars and light trucks declined 26% to 233,340.

Ford’s sales dropped 15% to 161,530, likely its worst July since the early 1980s, according to company sales analyst George Pipas. Chrysler LLC reported a 29% drop to 98,109.

In another weak month for a once strong performer, sales at Toyota Motor Corp. fell 12% to 197,424 vehicles.

A very different story up here:

Globe and Mail – Canada car sales post ‘gravity-defying’ rise: Auto sales in Canada were up 5 per cent in July, with General Motors
and Toyota posting increases despite high gas prices and pressure from
a weak U.S. economy.

Passenger car sales were up 10.2 per cent, while light trucks were
down 1.4 per cent, according to auto sales figures released by analyst
Dennis DesRosiers.

General Motors Canada posted a 5.2 per cent increase, with dealers delivering 33,893 units in July, up from 32,205 a year ago.

Toyota Canada posted record sales in July, with 21,990 Toyota and
Lexus cars and trucks purchased in July, up 18.3 per cent from the same
month last year, boosted by fuel-efficient cars.