Rising hybrid and fleet sales are among the factors pushing some experts to adjust their full-year projections after a relatively strong August. +
Cox Automotive’s Tessa Nadik offers a multipoint strategy dealers can use to catch up to and keep pace with AI-equipped car shoppers, including adjustments to inventory data, dealership information and website content. +
Luke Ramseth of The Detroit News reports Carvana’s seven recently acquired Stellantis dealerships have sold new vehicles to customers in 37 states. +
Edmunds analysts say the average cost to buy a 3-year-old unit now stands at $32,461 as shoppers face a “fundamentally repriced” market. +
Lotlinx’s 2026 Inventory Health Survey finds ample room for improvement in the way franchised dealers identify and minimize “at-risk” units. +
Subaru leads all manufacturers with an 18% year-over-year increase in a report full of double-digit sales gains driven largely by demand for hybrids. +
The owner of Sun GMC claims General Motors is starving the Long Island rooftop of the inventory it needs to remain in business and meet factory sales targets. +
QoreAI’s unified data infrastructure platform was purpose-built for automotive retail and features Lokam.ai as its first native agentic application partner. +
Sales of new Mazdas and Subarus improved by 35% and 10% year-over-year in May, leading all U.S.-facing factories as fleets helped offset flat retail sales. +
Lotlinx’s Q1 2026 Vincensus Report finds new vehicle sales are down and inventories are up — along with prices, which climbed by 2% year-over-year and 3% from the prior quarter. +
