Southfield — Demand for profitable light trucks gave Ford Motor and top Japanese vehicle makers better sales than analysts had estimated for June, following a five-month streak of declines. Toyota’s deliveries climbed 2.1% in June, while Honda’s sales rose 0.8% from the same month in 2016, both surpassing analyst estimates. Nissan, which was expected to record a 2% drop, reported a sales rise of 2% instead. Sales of Toyota’s RAV4 spiked 25%, while Honda’s HR-V gained 35%. Sales at Ford slipped 5%, but even that was less than the 6% drop analysts had been estimating. A 14% slide in sales to fleet customers drove Ford’s decline. Sedan sales at Ford plunged 23%, led by a 32% drop-off in sales of the Fusion family car, while deliveries of Ford’s biggest moneymaker, the F-Series truck line, rose 9.8%. Collapsing demand for sedans and coupes by US consumers and rental-car firms alike have produced small declines in US sales volumes. The pace of sales typically increases in the second half...
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