Auto Sales news and trends

Carvana Expects New Car Production to Boost Used Car Sales
Transportation // May 14, 2024

Carvana reportedly expects that as more new vehicles are built, the company’s used car business will benefit. “There will likely be much more car production, and that will probably bode well,” Carvana CEO Ernest Garcia III told reporters Tuesday (May 14) at an Automotive Press Association event...

Auto1 Ups Its AI Focus as Car-Sale Profits Jump 23%
Earnings // May 08, 2024

European used car platform Auto1 is deepening its artificial intelligence (AI) focus amid record profits. The company on Wednesday (May 8) reported quarterly earnings showing $175 million in gross profits, a 23% increase year over year. While discussing this milestone on the company’s earnings call,...

Negative Equity Among Car Owners Reaches Pre-COVID Rates
Consumer Finance // December 17, 2023

An increasing number of drivers reportedly owe more on their loans than their cars are worth. It’s a situation known as negative equity, and last month, American consumers were “underwater” on their loans by an average of $6,054, the most since April 2020, Bloomberg News reported...

Auto Dealers See Consumers’ EV Enthusiasm Lose Its Spark
Retail // December 10, 2023

At auto dealerships around the country, electric cars have reportedly become a hard sell. Consumers are worried about the price, range and reliability of these vehicles, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday (Dec. 10), citing interviews with dealers. Among them is Paul LaRochelle, a vice president...

Interviews & Exclusives
Connected Economy 2021: Using Data To Accelerate Automotive’s Connected Future

April 29, 2021
Americans have always had a love affair with the car, which was first coined in 1961 as part of a television series designed to intensify that passion. The last 12-plus months have seen that love affair grow stronger still, as consumers, en masse, left the cities, public transportation and ride-hailing services behind. Work for home and the […]

Vroom CEO: Giving The Auto Industry A Long Overdue Digital Tune-Up

April 20, 2020
In the world of the coronavirus pandemic, good news is a relative concept. For example, a recent round of headlines touted “stronger than expected auto sales” in the U.S. during...

Quick Reads
Carvana Expects New Car Production to Boost Used Car Sales

May 14, 2024
Carvana reportedly expects that as more new vehicles are built, the company’s used car business will benefit. “There will likely be much more car production, and that will probably bode well,” Carvana CEO Ernest Garcia III told reporters Tuesday (May 14) at an Automotive Press Association event near Detroit, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Online car shopping guide Edmunds said in April that new […]

Auto1 Ups Its AI Focus as Car-Sale Profits Jump 23%

May 08, 2024
European used car platform Auto1 is deepening its artificial intelligence (AI) focus amid record profits. The company on Wednesday (May 8) reported quarterly earnings showing $175 million in gross profits,...

Negative Equity Among Car Owners Reaches Pre-COVID Rates

December 17, 2023
An increasing number of drivers reportedly owe more on their loans than their cars are worth. It’s a situation known as negative equity, and last month, American consumers were “underwater”...

Auto Dealers See Consumers’ EV Enthusiasm Lose Its Spark

December 10, 2023
At auto dealerships around the country, electric cars have reportedly become a hard sell. Consumers are worried about the price, range and reliability of these vehicles, The Wall Street Journal reported...