Dan Galves
Editor
Galves Auto Price List
For a variety of reasons this summer seems to be a bit different than usual when vacations and other distractions usually take over; retail activity is stronger than usual. There is still quite a bit of pent-up demand among those many of us who have put off major purchases as we deal with an economy that has been slowly recovering from a severe recession.
Check out the latest Galves Market Conditions report
Older Price Range Vehicles Continue to Be Strongest Segment:
Consumers have more confidence in reliability and are paying less than $10,000.
Very Late Model and Higher Priced Vehicles is Segment that needs to Be Most Carefully Monitored:
Demand is still tepid and declines are more likely to reflect a typical summer market.
Pick-ups and Full-size SUVs Continue to Be Relatively Strong:
Reasonable demand and slow new vehicle sales among those segments.