Dodge County Vehicle Sales See Small Increase

(Dodge County) Vehicle sales in Dodge County are seeing modest gains through the first half of 2024 when compared to a year ago.

According to the Waterloo-based, auto industry tracking firm Reg-Trak, there were 1,428 cars and light trucks sold through June of this year in Dodge County, nearly a two-percent increase from 2023. Car sales were down 2.8-percent to 135 while truck sales jumped 2.3-percent to 1,294. Columbia County vehicle sales saw a decline of 3.5-percent in their vehicle sales. Car sales dropped by 13-percent while truck sales dipped 2.4-percent. Just over 12-hundred vehicles rolled off dealer lots in Jefferson County through the first six months of 2024, a 1.7-percent increase from 2023.

Car sales did decline nearly seven-percent while truck sales rose by 2.8-percent. For the nine-county, south-central Wisconsin region as a whole, vehicle sales were up 1.8-percent.ย  Truck sales were just over 18-thousand, a jump of 3.6-percent, car sales were down nine-percent with 2,641 sold.ย