by Jon LeSage, editor of Used Car Market Reports
If you’re wondering about our weekly newsletter Used Car Market Reports being on hiatus – yes, it is coming back – on Thursday, January 9 in the new year.
There are few changes to design being made…..
You’ll still find the latest market reports and video interviews. (By the way, Tom Kontos just released his monthly report and says that wholesale pricing was buoyed in November – which looks good for consignors who’ve been bracing themselves for price softening coming down the pipeline as vehicle supply increases.)
In the right column, you’re going to see some changes in the design and content with a lot more analysis of the big picture – what’s going on in forecasts and what’s behind all of it. Remarketing is going through big changes these days, and it’s critical to stay up on the broad horizon and technology changes being integrated.
Here’s some of the topics you can expect to read about – and see charts, videos, and infographics on…..
• Leasing is playing an important role in new vehicle sales and affecting used vehicle values. In this competitive environment, how realistic are the monthly payments that were set up on the lease package against their actual residual performance?
• DamageMAX is delving into the role that salvage titles are playing in the market – that is a topical and controversial issue to explore.
• What about all of the new technologies in connected cars and alternative powertrains? How is that playing out in the used vehicle valuation? How do you effectively and profitably remarket these cars loaded up with gadgets?
• What else would you like to see us dig into? Let me know be sending me an email – [email protected].
