Vehicle Sales Slide to 15.98

Vehicle Sales slide 3.5% in September 2026 to 15.98 and down 3.6% from a year earlier.

• September 2026: 15.98
• on the month: -3.5%
• on the year: -3.6%

The print sits 57% of the way up the archived range of 14.96 (January 2026) to 16.76 (June 2026), with the standing trend falling.

The year-over-year comparison is against September 2025, which printed 16.57. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.