U.S. car sales down slightly to begin 2017

Strong sales in December are being blamed for a slight slowdown in U.S. new car sales in January.

Sales data shows the industry delivered 1,142,568 vehicles in January 2017, down from 1,164,464 sales in the same month last year.

Analysts have also blamed political uncertainty for the drop.

The big three, GM, Ford and Toyota all lost ground in the month, while Nissan, Audi and Mazda were some of the brands that ended the month in positive territory.

January 2017 U.S. Car Sales:

• Ford – 162,401 (–1.8%)
• Chevrolet – 135,170 (–1.9%)
• Toyota – 127,404 (–8.2%)
• Nissan – 100,761 (+3.6%)
• Honda – 97,178 (+7.7%)
• Jeep – 58,415 (–6.9%)
• Hyundai – 44,685 (–0.7%)
• Subaru – 43,879 (+6.8%)
• Dodge – 40,109 (–17.0%)
• RAM – 38,045 (+5.5%)
• GMC – 37,324 (+1.1%)
• Kia – 35,626 (–7.0%)
• Mercedes-Benz – 27,576 (+3.8%)
• Volkswagen – 23,510 (+17.1%)
• Mazda – 21,698 (+10.1%)
• Lexus – 15,572 (–25.6%)
• Chrysler – 13,377 (–38.6%)
• Audi – 13,201 (+11.4%)
• Buick – 13,117 (–28.2%)
• Infiniti – 11,558 (+35.8%)
• Cadillac – 10,298 (–4.1%)
• Acura – 9,202 (–10.2%)
• Lincoln – 8,785 (+22.4%)
• BMW – 8,109 (+0.1%)
• Mitsubishi – 6,457 (+3.1%)
• Land Rover – 6,163 (+9.0%)
• Porsche – 4,602 (+5.7%)
• Volvo – 3,472 (–18.2%)
• MINI – 3,110 (–4.0%)
• Jaguar – 2,939 (+117.4%)
• Fiat – 2,164 (–9.0%)
• Genesis – 1,818
• Maserati – 889 (+69.3%)
• Smart – 324 (–18.8%)
• Bentley – 148 (+82.7%)
• Alfa Romeo – 108 (+58.8%)
• Rolls-Royce – 105 (+2.9%)
• Lamborghini – 88 (+2.3%)

We will have full coverage of the Australian January 2017 Car Sales Data when it comes to hand.