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Auto Market Update Week Ending Mar 4, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Mar 4, 2023 (PDF)   Vehicle valuations are continuing to increase, as are conversion rates at auctions. Week-over-week increases have reached levels we haven’t seen since the fourth quarter of 2021. Compared to the previous week, the overall Car segment increased by +0.46% volume-weighted. Last

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U.S. Car Sales Exceeded Expectations in February

U.S. Car Sales Exceeded Expectations in February (PDF) The demand from both consumers and fleet customers remained strong in February, but automakers are facing a balancing act to maintain profitability with severely underutilized factories. The new vehicle market has reacted well this month, recording sales growth compared to 2022. This

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Auto Market Update Week Ending Feb 25, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Feb 25, 2023 (PDF)   Continuing its upward trend that started three weeks ago, the market gained another 0.21% after gaining 0.14% the week prior. The last time the market gained this much in one week was in May 2022. Compared to the previous week,

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Auto Market Update Week Ending Feb 18, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Feb 18, 2023 (PDF)   Last week, the market gained another 0.14 percent. The 2-to-8-year-old car segment had the largest increase of 0.19%, while the 0-to-2-year-old car segment saw the largest increase of 0.41%. That is the largest increase this segment of vehicles has seen

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Auto Market Update Week Ending Feb 11, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Feb 11, 2023 (PDF)   The overall market reversed its course and returned to the green zone last week, the first time since mid-June 2019. The 0-to-2-year-old units saw bigger gains than their 2-to-8-year-old peers. The former posted an increase of +0.12% while the latter

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Auto Market Update Week Ending Feb 4, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Feb 4, 2023(PDF)   Last week, the market reported the lowest overall depreciation since the end of June 2022, continuing the reduction in weekly depreciation that began a couple of weeks ago. For the first time since early June last year, the Compact Crossover segment

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Auto Market Update Week Ending Jan 28, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Jan 28, 2023 (PDF)   For the second consecutive week, the Sporty Car segment has reported an increase, indicating an early sign of a potential Spring market bump. Additionally, the older, 8-to-16-year-old vehicles report lower depreciation, -0.27%, compared to -0.50% for the 2-to-16-year-olds. Compared with

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Auto Market Update Week Ending Jan 21, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Jan 21, 2023 (PDF)   Before Q3 and Q4, the price declines had begun to accelerate, coming in at a level on par with last July (apart from the weeks around Thanksgiving and Christmas when volume and conversions were down). Compared to the previous week,

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Auto Market Update Week Ending Jan 14, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Jan 14, 2023 (PDF)   With two weeks of the new year behind us, the trends we ended 2022 with are continuing into 2023. It continues to be difficult to sell cars at auctions and weekly depreciation continues at a rate that exceeds what is

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Auto Market Update Week Ending Jan 07, 2023

Auto Market Update Week Ending Jan 07, 2023 (PDF)   After completing 2022, we can begin evaluating the year’s performance: Overall, the market declined 22.9%, with cars falling 22.7% and trucks falling 23%. There was only one segment that continued to appreciate last year, the Full-Size Van, which increased by

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