New-vehicle affordability declined slightly in April despite revised data indicating stronger income gains, according to the latest Cox Automotive/Moody’s Analytics Vehicle Affordability Index.
May 18, 2022
The Used Retail Days-to-Turn Estimate has continued to drop over the last few weeks and remains below 36 days.
May 4, 2022
The loss leader in this equation was Toyota Motor Corp., which saw April sales volume fall 23%.
May 3, 2022
Penske Automotive Group first quarter net income sored from $183.1 million year over year to $369.5 million.
April 28, 2022
The consistency of new vehicle inventory levels over the last six months suggests that the industry is readjusting to a ‘new normal’ level of inventory while increasing vehicle prices indicate low inventory levels continue to generate strong gross for dealers and profit for OEMs.
April 26, 2022
The team at Kelley Blue Book has assembled two broad reports from the first quarter: One is a look across industry-wide U.S. sales in Q1, the other a narrow review of electrified vehicle sales in the U.S., the combined sales of hybrids, plug-in hybrids and EVs.
April 20, 2022
To help car shoppers discern the best among all available new EVs, Autotrader has named the 10 Best Electric Vehicles for 2022.
April 20, 2022
The industry saw 14.3% month over month growth, but CPO sales still fell 23.3% short of 2021 sales for the same month.
April 20, 2022
Higher gas prices are affecting the demand for trucks and SUVs – almost all the non-luxury crossover / SUV and pickup segments of all ages are depreciating at an accelerating rate, while non-luxury car segments are appreciating.
April 19, 2022
Consumers seeking lower prices on dealership lots must wait until 2023, reported auto-industry leaders at the New York International Auto Show.
April 19, 2022
The luxury automaker credits strong factory-dealer communications as the reason dealers could sell into the pipeline.
April 12, 2022
The first quarter of 2022 came to a close with new-light vehicle sales in March totaling a SAAR of 13.4 million units, a decline of 4.6% compared to February 2022 and a decline of 24.4% compared to March 2021’s SAAR.
April 11, 2022
Manheim Market Report values saw weekly price increases that accelerated in each full week of March after the first week saw the smallest decline thus far this year.
April 11, 2022
The seasonally adjusted Retention Index went down to 187.7 points in March 2022 as modified Spring arrives late.
April 6, 2022
The month’s SAAR totaled 13.3 million units, down from 14 million in February and off 24.4% from March 2021’s SAAR of 17.6 million units.
April 6, 2022