April sales up 2.3% but still below pre-pandemic levels

New light-vehicle sales in April were up 2.3 per cent compared with the same period last year, but still below pre-pandemic levels, at an estimated 144,069 units compared with 180,616 in April 2019, according to DesRosiers Automotive Consultants.

Sales in April were also slightly below March.

All figures are estimates now that the vast majority of automakers report sales on only a quarterly basis.

DesRosiers managing partner Andrew King says in a statement that the seasonally…