An index that tracks wholesale used vehicle values fell in December for the first time in four months at a time when the used vehicle market typically shows some weakness. It also reinforced 2017 as a growth year for used vehicle sales.
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The auto industry sold 17.2 million new vehicles in 2017, 1.8% less than in 2016, breaking a seven-year streak of year-over-year sales growth, according to data from Motor Intelligence.
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Wholesale used vehicle prices rose for the sixth month in a row in October, increasing by 1.02%, according to Manheim’s October Used Vehicle Value Index. This brought the index to 136.3, an 8.1% rise from a year ago.
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Black Book's Used Vehicle Retention Index for July remains unchanged from June at a value of 113. The index has now moved positive or unchanged in three of the last four months.
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After five straight years of market-share gains, the SUV segment may be poised for a slowdown, according to a new analysis from Edmunds.
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Wholesale auctions sold 9.8 million vehicles worth $100 billion in 2016 with the majority coming from dealer consignment, according to the National Auto Auction Association (NAAA). The association has been surveying its members for 20 years.
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Prices consignors booked from off-lease fleet vehicles fell 0.2% in May, but remain up 3.5% from a year ago, Tom Kontos wrote in his monthly Kontos Kommentary.
Read More →Due to the continued demand for larger vehicles, nearly every manufacturer in the U.S. saw higher average transaction prices in January, according to Kelley Blue Book.
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The 3.1% year-over-year increase in new-vehicle sales in December was more than enough to push the industry’s annual sales tally above the 17.5 million-unit mark for 2016, according to Autodata Corp.
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As the Northeast region deals with what the Weather Channel has called Winter Storm Decima, certain trends at auctions across the nation remain consistent with locations in the region, such as the popularity of trucks and a decline in activity at auction as the result of the holidays.
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