For all the talk of low stocks, and vehicle dealers tacking
” market changes” on top of MSRP, there were nearly a.
half-million systems of remaining 2022 design year vehicles still.
Marketed for sale in the United States heading into the.
weekend of December. That is on top of the 2023 vehicles that have.
been arriving on dealership lots.According to S&P Global Mobilitys analysis of United States dealership.
marketed stock data, mainstream brands Ford, Chevrolet, Ram,.
and Jeep had about 300,000 units of 2022 models advertised as.
offered for sale the week ending December 4. Those four brand names.
represent 71% of 2022 promoted inventory listed by mainstream.
brand name dealerships – and 66% of all dealer-advertised inventory when.
including high-end marques.Among luxury brand names, Mercedes-Benz and Lincoln still showed the.
most remaining 2022 lorries in dealership advertised stock,.
according to the S&P Global Mobility analysis.While most car manufacturers traditionally alleviate off production in late.
summer season to transition to the new model year, and clear out the last.
of their old models by Christmas, certain car manufacturers really have.
seen their 2022 stocks increase in October and November.” Model year discipline has actually dropped,” stated Cheryl Woodworth,.
seeking advice from associate director for S&P Global Mobility. “With.
the chip shortage, stock control is not as meticulous as it.
utilized to be.” Is running old inventories into the new design year a bad thing?
It can be for car manufacturers, however it might spell retail relief for.
customers. With 22 designs carrying the preconception of being “older” -.
even if the 2023 design is the same – that can imply dealerships are.
incentivized to burn out the zero-miles 22s.” The longer you wait to change over your design year, the more it.
hits your recurring worths in terms of harder grading,” Woodworth.
said.Some dealerships are providing below-MSRP discounts on cars that.
brought sticker-price-plus Monroney labels simply months before. And.
with customer demand waning due to external financial forces such as.
inflation and recession-related layoffs, the pressure to move the.
metal increases.Usually, the inventory arc for each design year follows a.
predictable curve, peaking in spring as production hits its stride,.
and then coming down in summertime during the annual selldown and the.
model year shifts in September and October. Supply chain.
chaos has made it impossible for some automakers to follow.
tradition.That said, with specific aspects of the supply chain still in.
flux, it might make sense for manufacturing continuity to continue.
building 2022 designs if a 2023 minor design modification includes a part.
that is not readily available, Woodworth said.In November, Ford was still providing 2022 Escapes to.
car dealerships from its Louisville factory, as the 2023 minor model.
modification is still increase. The same extension of late.
production 22 designs applies to the Ford Bronco Sport and Lincoln.
Corsair, which share a number of their underpinnings with the Escape.
platform.Remaining 2022 units are typically specific to specific models. In.
the market for a luxury SUV? The designs with the highest remaining.
2022 design year systems are the Mercedes-Benz GLC and Lincoln.
Corsair.Why the excess 22 Mercedes GLCs? Its still awaiting a 2023.
refreshing – the nationwide mbusa.com website still wasnt listing.
the 2023 as available on December 15 – and as such 2022 designs are.
still in strong supply. Among high-end brands, Mercedes had 33% share.
of remaining 22 designs still marketed the week ending December.
4, while Lincoln accounted for 22% share of leftover high-end.
22s. That said, Mercedes dealers have actually done a strong job of selling.
down its 2022 stocks from mid-summer in anticipation of the.
23 design showing up. And other key Mercedes volume models – GLE,.
S-Class, and C-Class – are mostly represented by 2023 model.
production.Supply chain hiccups likewise are impacting inventories in other.
ways. 10s of thousands of so-called “ghost units” of the F-150 and.
Chevrolet Silverado have actually rolled off the assembly line but were.
missing essential parts, and have actually been collecting in parking area.
near their particular factories up until they can be launched. On top.
of those incomplete systems, Ford dealerships had nearly as lots of F-150s.
marketed the week ending December 4 as they did in August in.
September. When the ghost systems finally get their required parts.
and go into wholesale inventory – Ford hopes it will happen by the.
end of December – that will include to the pressure to clean out the.
22 designs at the dealer level.The integrated black-swan occasions of COVID, semiconductor.
shortages, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine disrupted.
standard production and supply standards – the current downstream.
impact being the overrun of prior model-year production and.
stock. How the industry can recuperate to its routine cadence.
depends upon its flexibility to these continued disruptions.

This article was published by S&P Global Mobility and not by S&P Global Ratings, which is an independently handled division of S&P Global.