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With Steady Sales, New-Vehicle Inventory Begins to Look and Feel “Normal”
10/17/2024
This has been the year of automotive market “blips.” In just the last four months, we have seen an industry-wide disruption due to a cyber breach, two major hurricanes within two weeks of each other, and significant selling-day variations in the last two months. And let’s not forget business disruptions in both factories and the major ports of the East and Gulf coast, several key model…
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New-Vehicle Inventory Stabilizes as Sales Incentives Increase and Model Year 2025 Vehicles Arrive
09/19/2024
According to the most recent analysis of vAuto Live Market View data, sales volume and days’ supply average have stabilized following two months of reporting volatility. An industry-wide disruption caused by a cyber breach at a widely used dealer management system (DMS) supplier created fluctuations in reporting across Cox Automotive’s data sets. 2.84M Total Inventoryas of Sept. 5, 2024 77 Days' Supply $46,841 Average Listing Price…
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New-Vehicle Inventory Remains Stable, While Days’ Supply Reporting Is Bumpy Due to DMS Outage
08/15/2024
Revised, Sept. 19, 2024 – An industry-wide disruption in June, due to a cyber breach at a widely used dealer management system (DMS) supplier, has created volatility in reporting of sales and days’ supply across Cox Automotive’s data sets. This is revealed in a new-vehicle days’ supply of 70 at the start of August, representing a significant drop of 42% from last month’s report, according to…
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Signs of Widespread Software Outage Revealed in June Inventory Data
07/18/2024
Updated, Aug. 8, 2024 – In June, a cyber breach at a widely used dealer management system (DMS) supplier heavily impacted the automotive industry. This disruption clearly slowed sales and reporting in the second half of the month, pushing the new-vehicle days’ supply at the start of July to 120 days, according to Cox Automotive’s analysis of vAuto Live Market View data. Days’ supply of 120…
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New-Vehicle Inventory Increases as 2025 Model Years Begin to Arrive; Automakers Take Notice
06/13/2024
After starting slow, May new-vehicle sales picked up toward the end of the month as expected with the Memorial Day holiday, one of the larger selling holidays for the automotive market. Spurred in part by higher sales, new-vehicle days’ supply declined four days at the start of June to 74 days, according to an analysis of Cox Automotive’s vAuto Live Market View data. 2.89M Total Inventoryas…
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Days’ Supply Increases Month over Month at Start of May, as More Brands See Higher Inventory Levels
05/16/2024
Despite generally healthy sales in April, brands with 100+ average days’ supply pulled the average days’ supply up two days at the start of May to 76 days, according to Cox Automotive’s analysis of vAuto Live Market View data. One month ago, at the start of April, days’ supply stood at 74. 2.84M Total Inventoryas of May 2, 2024 76 Days' Supply $47,433 Average Listing Price…
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New-Vehicle Inventory Increases While Steady Sales Pull Down Days’ Supply
04/18/2024
April opened with 72 days of new-vehicle supply across the industry, down seven days from the start of March, as higher volumes in recent weeks helped to keep inventory in check. According to Cox Automotive’s analysis of vAuto Live Market View, the total U.S. supply of available unsold new vehicles opened April at 2.77 million units. That is 870,000 units – or 46% – above a…
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Brisk February Sales Drew Down New-Vehicle Inventory
03/14/2024
March opened with 76 days of supply across the industry, as brisk February sales drew down new-vehicle inventory as measured in days' supply, according to Cox Automotive’s analysis of vAuto Live Market View data. 2.74M Total Inventoryas of March 4, 2024 76 Days' Supply $47,285 Average Listing Price The total U.S. supply of available unsold new vehicles opened March at 2.74 million units. That is 942,000…
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New-Vehicle Inventory Hits 80 Days of Supply
02/15/2024
February opened with 80 days of new-vehicle supply across the industry, the highest since June 2020, according to Cox Automotive’s analysis of vAuto Available Inventory data. 2.61M Total Inventoryas of Feb. 2, 2024 80 Days' Supply $47,142 Average Listing Price At the start of February, the total U.S. supply of available unsold new vehicles was 2.61 million units. That is 870,000 units – or 50% –…
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New-Vehicle Inventory Remains in Check to Start 2024
01/18/2024
Strong December sales pulled down the new-vehicle inventory measure of days' supply for the start of 2024, according to Cox Automotive’s analysis of vAuto Available Inventory data. While the sheer volume of new vehicles in inventory was higher at the end of December than at the start, the days of supply, which is based on a daily sales rate, fell from 73 to 70. 2.66M Total…
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