As the seasons turn, the US light vehicle market continues to exhibit mixed signals this year with often conflicting or seemingly wrong developments. New light-vehicle sales in September 2022 resulted in a SAAR of 13.5 million units. This was an increase of 9.6% from a year ago. However, September 2021 was the weakest since May 2020, because of pandemic induced supply chain disruptions and parts shortages, which resulted in the lowest saleable inventory for more than three decades.