Toy cars sit in a display case in a gift shop in Ingolstadt, Germany. (Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)
Inventory built up at dealerships in September even as retail auto sales rose for the fourth straight month on improving demand amid easing stay-at-home restrictions.Factory-gate shipments of cars, two-wheelers, commercial vehicles and tractors were higher than retail sales last month as automakers pushed stocks anticipating higher demand ahead of the festive season. That led to an inventory build-up at dealerships. The trend was cor...