Australia’s New-Vehicle Sales Drop to Lowest Since 2011 by Wolf Richter • Jan 7, 2020 • 35 Comments Holden sales collapse. “Tough Year for the Australian Economy.”
US New Car & Truck Sales in 2019 Fell Below Year 2000 Level, 3rd Year in a Row Below 2016 Peak by Wolf Richter • Jan 6, 2020 • 60 Comments But not all faced falling sales. The top automakers in charts.
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.
Turmoil in the Heavy-Truck Market as Seen by a Truck Dealer by Wolf Richter • Dec 23, 2019 • 72 Comments “This, I think, was the Big One, where the fleet valuations fell out and took this company out.”
My “Pickup Truck Price Index” Crushes “CPI for New Vehicles” by Wolf Richter • Dec 15, 2019 • 203 Comments A total mind-blower. Actual prices skyrocket even as CPI for new vehicles has been flat for 22 years.
Trucking “Thrives on Stability, But We’re Now on a Rocky Road” by Wolf Richter • Dec 4, 2019 • 53 Comments Orders for heavy trucks re-plunged, after false bounce off the bottom.
The Holy-Cow Moment for Subprime Auto Loans; Serious Delinquencies Blow Out by Wolf Richter • Nov 13, 2019 • 176 Comments But it’s Even Worse Than it Looks. And this time, there is no jobs crisis. This time, it’s the result of greed by subprime lenders.
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.”
Tesla Discloses US Revenues Collapsed 39%. Americans Sour on its Cars, Pent-Up Demand Exhausted by Wolf Richter • Oct 29, 2019 • 192 Comments This is a holy-cow moment.
Subprime Auto Loans Blow Up, 60-Day Delinquencies Shoot Past Financial Crisis Peak by Wolf Richter • Oct 25, 2019 • 123 Comments Santander Consumer USA is on the forefront of souring subprime-auto-loan backed securities.