Chart: "Auto Sales in June" ANNUAL SELLING RATE For cars and light trucks (includes minivans, sport utility vehicles and pickups) sold in the United States.
The seasonally adjusted selling rate for late June was 8.6 million annually.
The seasonally adjusted annualized selling rate for the industry was 9.91 million, the highest so far this year.
The industry's seasonally adjusted annualized selling rate, a closely watched measure of demand, rose to 12.3 million.
September was the second-worst month of the year for the auto industry, with a seasonally adjusted selling rate only slightly higher than February.
Last month, sales rose 1.8percentt from a year earlier to a seasonally adjusted selling rate of 16.7 million vehicles, ending a strong third quarter.
The seasonally adjusted selling rate for cars and light trucks tumbled to 15.4 million in June from 17.8 million in May, Ward's said.
Ford, which had slow car sales in the period last year, reported car sales of 70,761, up 7.9percentt on a daily selling rate basis.
The industry's seasonally adjusted, annualized selling rate rose to 13.1 million, the first time since April that they had exceeded 13 million.
In another sign that better days are on the horizon, the industry's seasonally adjusted annualized selling rate has been rising, reaching 11.25 million vehicles in December.
The seasonally adjusted, annualized selling rate for new vehicles, a closely watched indication of the auto industry's health, climbed to 15.1 million in February.
