The closure of U.S. car dealerships during COVID-19 is leading an increased proportion of customers to pursue online sales. That hasn’t prevented a drop in the number of vehicles being purchased though with total sales in July down by 12.1% year over year including a 12.8% slide in sales of foreign built vehicles. There’s still little sign of an expectation of recovery from the automakers in terms of imports. Total U.S. seaborne imports of cars fell by 14.5% in July compared to a year earlier, though that was slower than the 47.0% drop in June. Shipments from Japan and South Korea are st...