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APRIL 10, 2024

First, we need to look at our “short-term gain” decisions we made back in 2020. New cars were at a premium that year, and many dealers decided to “make hay while the sun shines” so, according to NADA, as a result, the new per-vehicle gross profit by 22% nationally. Meanwhile, used-car values are trending down.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

The wholesale used-vehicle market ended the third quarter with some stability, but the duration of that steadiness likely hinges on how the United Auto Workers strike unfolds. As one analyst put it, the used-car market has reached a “crossroads.” Black Book’s Used Vehicle Retention Index for September came in at 159.3,

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MARCH 14, 2025

This is just one point above the all-time low of 33 in Q1 2024 (excluding Q2 2020 during the pandemic) and has been weak for over two years. For franchised dealers, the profit index declined from 45 in Q4 to 41 in Q1, matching the low score set one year ago (excluding Q2 2020).

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

My view is inventory levels, at least for a not too extended strike, are probably adequate to keep things going on the new-car front. On the used-car front, it’s a positive because for the very same reasons that I said the chip shortage was a positive used-car values, but maybe led to exorbitantly high values for a period of time.

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OCTOBER 11, 2024

The car-buying public has a message for the used-car industry, and it’s this: We don’t want to pay too much for a vehicle. That message was clearly conveyed in CarGurus’ latest Quarterly Review, which found sales of lower-priced used cars rising and high-end vehicle sales falling. “As

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AUGUST 14, 2024

In sales, supply and demand added up to charging premiums above and beyond the suggested retail price on new models, and a 20% to 30% increase in used car pricing. The national labor rate, according to NADA Year End 2020, was $120 an hour; by year-end 2023, it was $173. Take a look at the last five years.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Starting with Black Book, its Used Vehicle Retention Index came in at 145.0 higher than the final pre-pandemic reading March 2020, however. “In One outcome of this shortage is that it could help to stabilize used vehicle prices by keeping late-model vehicle prices higher, which should keep older vehicle prices from declining sharply.”

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MARCH 19, 2024

At 33, the profitability index fell to its second-lowest score ever, behind only Q2 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Beginning in the second half of 2022, the index has dropped significantly and, in Q1 2024, hit 41 – the lowest point in the survey’s history excluding Q2 2020. “The vehicle market in the U.S.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Used EV price depreciation One indicator of PHEVs ascendance is their retained value performance. The overall average drop for 2020 EV models hit 29% in November 2023, unprecedented depreciation in a remarkably short period. Compared with electric vehicles, PHEVs are a less risky purchase for used-vehicle buyers.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

But when it comes to used-car inventory, though, the outlook is bearish. While the reduced production and inventory shortages of the COVID pandemic are long in the rearview mirror for the new-car sector, as Cox senior economist Charlie Chesbrough said, those issues are now front and center in the used-car industry.

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MARCH 5, 2025

If reliability and value are your customers top priorities for a used car, you might want to make sure the Honda Fit is on your lot. The subcompact hatchback, which was discontinued by Honda in 2020, is the most reliable 5- and 10-year-old vehicle for the money, according to the latest research from iSeeCars.

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JULY 23, 2024

Perhaps of most interest to used-car managers, Edmunds said that its data through June showed 51% of all Teslas traded in to a dealership went toward a purchase or lease of a new ICE vehicle. That’s the lowest reading in Edmunds’ data set that went back to 2019. It does not include direct-to-consumer sales. from $58,487 in June 2023.

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