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New Car Day Supply January 2020

New Car Day Supply January 2020

What is “Day Supply”: If a car dealer stops receiving new inventory, the day supply is the number of days it will take (at the current rate of sale) for the dealer to run out of vehicles.

The lower the day supply number the healthier the dealer is as inventory is turning quickly.

Car Makers with the shortest Day Supply (good):

Subaru, 21 days
BMW, 34 days
Kia, 34 days
Audi, 36 days
Lexus, 37 days

Car Makers with the longest Day Supply (bad):

Fiat, 214 days
VW, 117 days
Mini, 103 days
Jeep, 94 days
Mitsubishi, 84 days

Day Supply 5-year Chart

Year Day Supply
2016 61
2017 63
2018 61
2019 62
2020 58

Day Supply: Domestics vs. Imports

January 2020 January 2019
US Car Makers 67 82
European Car Makers 52 62
Japanese Car Makers  52 62
Korean Car Makers 47 52
Auto Industry 58 69

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