New-Vehicle Inventory Improves, Still Woefully Low. But Full-size Trucks Pile up. Many Fuel-Efficient Models out of Stock by Wolf Richter • Oct 23, 2022 • 117 Comments By brand & segment: Big incentives or interest-rate buydowns for pickups. But many Kia, Toyota, and Honda models essentially out of stock.
The WOLF STREET Real-World New-Vehicle Price Index, F-150 XLT & Camry LE, 2023 Models: Ford’s Truck Price Shocker by Wolf Richter • Oct 12, 2022 • 132 Comments But Toyota barely raised the price of the Camry. Here are 32 years of real-world price increases compared to the CPI for New Vehicles.
New Vehicle Sales Down 19% in Q3 v. Q3 2019, Due to Shortages: I Estimate the Piggybank of Unmet Demand for a Recession by Wolf Richter • Oct 5, 2022 • 85 Comments Very different from prior recessions when the industry was caught with huge inventories and large production runs.
SPAC Bamboozle Keeps on Giving: Stock Shredded, Low on Cash, Layoffs Underway, Volta Goes after Government Subsidies for EV Charging Stations by Wolf Richter • Sep 28, 2022 • 94 Comments The model of “growth at all cost” has been taken out to the dump.
New Vehicle Inventory Still Near Record Lows, with Twist: Fuel-Efficient Cars Vanish, Full-Size Pickups Pile Up. Ram, Dodge, Jeep Overstocked by Wolf Richter • Sep 20, 2022 • 114 Comments But Kia, Toyota, Honda: nearly nothing on the lot. Where the shortages are, and where ample supply is, by brand and segment.
Buyers’ Strike Takes Effect: Used-Car Auction Prices Plunge, but Still Sky-High, up Nearly 50% from Three Years Ago by Wolf Richter • Sep 10, 2022 • 147 Comments Totally Crazy Irrational Price Spike of Used Vehicles in Serious Unwind Mode.
What Americans Are Driving: Vehicles in Operation, Used-Vehicle Exports, EVs, and Stuff for Engine Geeks by Wolf Richter • Sep 9, 2022 • 158 Comments No, those used vehicle exports are not all going to Mexico. On the contrary.
EV SPAC Faraday Future Breaks the Buck, 14 Months after Going Public. Consensual Hallucination Was so Bad it Was Funny by Wolf Richter • Sep 6, 2022 • 98 Comments Never a boring day in the SPAC & IPO hype-and-hoopla clown show.
Deep-Subprime & Subprime Auto Loans Miraculously Cleaned up by Credit-Score Inflation by Wolf Richter • Aug 29, 2022 • 119 Comments Credit-score inflation throws a monkey wrench into the calculus of credit risk.
As Used-Car Prices Have Hit Wall amid Signs of Buyers’ Strike, Used EV Prices Spike amid Huge Demand and Little Supply by Wolf Richter • Aug 24, 2022 • 142 Comments Craziness in used cars is far from over. Cheapest used EV models see biggest price gains. Only the Porsche Taycan, most expensive used EV, sees dip.