Inflation Magic: Retail Sales +19.5% Year-over-Year, But Flat with Blowout Oct, as Department Stores Sagged, Auto Dealers Had No Inventory, and Cannabis Stores? by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2021 • 105 Comments Spiking prices inflate retail sales across the board, but particularly at auto dealers and gas stations.
Vehicles in Operation and Registrations in 2021 by Automaker and Segment. Where’s Tesla? by Wolf Richter • Dec 13, 2021 • 121 Comments And which states are the leaders in pickup truck sales?
Biggest Mess I’ve Ever Seen: Used-Vehicle Wholesale Prices Spike to Ridiculousness. Just Wait till they Hit CPI Again by Wolf Richter • Dec 7, 2021 • 206 Comments Supply suddenly jumps, Thanksgiving weekend gets credited.
Crushed Auto Sales, No Problem: Nov. was Most Profitable Month Ever for New Vehicle Sales as Americans Paid Whatever by Wolf Richter • Dec 2, 2021 • 166 Comments Thousands of dollars over sticker? I just don’t get this. Something big has changed in the brains of enough (but certainly not all) Americans.
The WOLF STREET F-150 XLT and Camry LE Price Index, Model Year 2022 Update: This is the Craziest Situation I’ve Ever Seen by Wolf Richter • Nov 20, 2021 • 230 Comments When trucks are advertised at $10,000 over MSRP, what does MSRP even mean? Now throwing shade on my fancy-schmancy proprietary index.
Dollar Purchasing Power Plunges. Inflation +6.2%. For Urban Wage Earners +6.9%, Highest in 40 years, Most Monstrously Overstimulated Economy Ever. by Wolf Richter • Nov 10, 2021 • 251 Comments Fed still printing money & repressing “real” interest rates to -6%, new vehicle prices spike by most since 1975, housing CPI jumps, food & energy soar.
Used Vehicle Wholesale Prices Spiked by the Most Ever. Retail Prices to Follow by Wolf Richter • Nov 8, 2021 • 58 Comments Powered by the inflationary mindset, consumers pay whatever, and dealers aggressively bid up prices, confident that consumers will pay whatever.
Average New-Vehicle Price Spikes 19% in 10 Months, to $44,000. Unit Sales Tick up, But Still Down 34% from March by Wolf Richter • Nov 5, 2021 • 135 Comments Automakers and dealers make enormous record per-vehicle gross profits amid inventory shortages in the craziest market ever.
Tesla’s Market Cap (Gigantic) v. Next 10 Automakers v. Tesla’s Global Market Share (Minuscule) by Wolf Richter • Oct 26, 2021 • 154 Comments It’s a ridiculous comparison, but hey, the CEO walks on water.
Tesla Rental Deal is Propaganda Coup for Hertz’s “Selling Shareholders” & for Tesla. But Rental Fleets Are Low-Quality Sales Automakers Don’t Tout by Wolf Richter • Oct 25, 2021 • 155 Comments Hertz +10% ahead of share offering, Tesla +13%. But why does Tesla get into low-margin rental fleet sales if there’s strong retail demand?
