ATLANTA, Jan. 25, 2021 – Cox Automotive presented its annual Barbara Cox Woman of the Year Award to Corina Diehl, owner and president of Diehl Automotive, a five-dealership group headquartered in Butler, Pa. Named after Barbara Cox, the late co-owner of Cox Enterprises and daughter of the company’s founder, this honor is awarded to women … Continued
Atlanta, Jan. 25, 2021 – There was a time when consumers rated the car-buying process roughly on par with a stubborn root canal. But those days are passing into the rearview mirror now, as auto dealers move more steps of the retail process online resulting in consumer satisfaction hitting an all-time high, according to the … Continued
The downward trend in new daily COVID-19 cases continues. Hospitalizations and deaths are on the decline as well. The pandemic risk remains at the highest level for much of the country, but conditions should improve as the month ends. On the economic side, joblessness remains high but is not continuing to rise, consumer sentiment rose … Continued
ATLANTA (Jan. 25, 2021) – Cox Automotive today announced the launch of Complete Retail, a revolutionary end-to-end digital retail experience that allows consumers and retailers to complete the shopping and buying processes from anywhere. Cox Automotive is uniquely positioned to bring every step of the car-buying journey and every part of the deal process together – … Continued
A whopping 2.9 million pickups were sold in the U.S. last year, making up roughly 20% of the entire auto market. While electric vehicles (EV) receive significant consumer and media attention, they remain a very small portion of new-vehicle sales each month. That may well change, though, as a new breed of full-size EV pickups … Continued
Used-vehicle inventory and prices climbed throughout December, with the average list price smashing another record, according to a Cox Automotive analysis of vAuto Available Inventory data. 2.68M Total Unsold Used Vehicles as of Dec. 1 55 Days’ Supply $22,087 Average Listing Price 66,387 Average Miles The total U.S. supply of unsold used vehicles closed December … Continued
Our Chief Economist Jonathan Smoke joins us once again from his home studio in Atlanta, GA, with the latest on the impacts of COVID-19 on the automotive industry. The latest on COVID-19’s nationwide impact Continuing jobless claims and impacts by state Consumer sentiment in the U.S. and in the largest DMAs Cox Automotive consumer survey … Continued
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: “It could have been worse.” With a solid second half and great effort by U.S. auto dealers, 2020 finished with sales of 14.5 million. Fleet took a beating, but retail sales stayed strong. In fact, we left 2020 with momentum. Auto sales in the final month of … Continued
Given the ongoing turbulence in the automotive marketplace, the Cox Automotive Economic & Industry Insights team is publishing its mid-month view of the wholesale market, including wholesale prices. The posted material provides commentary and an updated look at the Manheim Used Vehicle Value Index and general information on segment performance for the first 15 days … Continued
We are now seeing a downward trend in new daily COVID-19 cases. The pandemic risk remains at the highest level for much of the country, but conditions should improve in coming weeks. The trailing data on jobless claims is tracking the rising COVID-19 case trend. Job losses for the week ending Jan. 9 were the … Continued
