Carmageddon Spreads to Canada by Wolf Richter • Jan 5, 2020 • 114 Comments Sales fall for second year in a row, as car sales collapse further and truck sales barely tick up.
What’s Going on in the Used Cars & Trucks v. Carmageddon? by Wolf Richter • Nov 7, 2019 • 59 Comments Sales are declining again, after having risen for years. Wholesale prices slip year-over-year for first time in 33 months. But “cars” still dominate “trucks.”
Carmageddon for General Motors in China: Q3 Sales Collapse 30% from 2 Years Ago by Wolf Richter • Oct 10, 2019 • 58 Comments Just how important is China to GM, its Largest Market & Once Biggest Hope for Growth?
Carmageddon for Tesla in Q3, GM Pulls Out All Stops, Ford Withers, Auto Sales at 1999-2000 Level by Wolf Richter • Oct 3, 2019 • 116 Comments But consumers spent a record amount on new vehicles in Q3 due to record prices.
Used-Car Market Profits from Carmageddon. For Many Americans, New Cars Cost Too Much by Wolf Richter • Sep 10, 2019 • 101 Comments August wholesale auction price index hits record after longest series of year-over-year price gains since 2001.
Used-Car Wholesale Prices Surge, Retail Volume Drops. New Cars Sink Deeper into Carmageddon by Wolf Richter • Jun 8, 2019 • 90 Comments Six charts on the used-vehicle market, plus my “Chart of Carmageddon” for new vehicles.
Carmageddon Sinks Tesla’s Bonds by Wolf Richter • May 20, 2019 • 96 Comments Tesla is steeped in chaos — and chaos is absolutely the opposite what a complex manufacturing, distribution, and retail operation needs.
How the Inventory Pileup Boosted Q1 Blowout GDP and What Carmageddon Has to Do with It by Wolf Richter • Apr 28, 2019 • 61 Comments A six-quarter surge, with first signs that some of it has started to unwind.
Carmageddon at Tesla-Panasonic Gigafactory in Nevada and Shanghai by Wolf Richter • Apr 11, 2019 • 118 Comments Expansion & investment plans frozen, after deliveries of Teslas plunged in Q1
Used-Car Market Profits from Carmageddon by Wolf Richter • Apr 5, 2019 • 91 Comments Many Americans are priced out of the new-car market.
