Chip Shortage Is Now Affecting Actual New Car Sales Numbers
BY SEBASTIAN BLANCO | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT Analysts at Black Book said June saw new-car sales down 14 percent as existing inventory was cleaned out. The backlog of available new-car inventory is getting cleaned out after production was hit by the pandemic and related problems including the chip shortage, according to the data and analytics team at Black Book. New-car sales in June were down around 14 percent compared to pre-pandemic numbers from 2019, according to the data and analytics team at Black Book. It's likely to get worse in the near term, as the number of new vehicles available in…