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status: not_available
error: "Source behind paywall - Wards Intelligence requires subscription; Cloudflare challenge blocks automated access"
date_searched: 2026-05-04T12:27:00Z
urls_tried:
  - https://wardsintelligence.informa.com/
  - https://www.wardsauto.com/news/archive-auto-automotive-industry-monthly-sales-tracker-us/717980/
---

**Total Vehicle Sales (US, April 2026) - source retrieval failed**

* Source: Wards Intelligence / WardsAuto
* Reference period: April 2026
* Payload: actual 15.9M, previous 16.3M, forecast 16.0M

**Why not available:**
- Wards Intelligence is a subscription-only automotive data service
- Primary press-release URLs not discoverable via search
- Site uses Cloudflare bot protection; no programmatic access without authentication
- No alternative public source allowed per primary-source-only policy

**Note:** Secondary sources (Cox Automotive, J.D. Power, S&P Global) publish projections and partial data, but the official Wards figure is the designated source in the payload and cannot be substituted.