This short article was released by S&P Global Mobility and not by S&P Global Ratings, which is a separately handled division of S&P Global.

For all the talk of low stocks, and car dealerships adding
” market adjustments” on top of MSRP, there were almost a.
half-million systems of leftover 2022 design year automobiles still.
promoted for sale in the United States heading into the first.
weekend of December. That is on top of the 2023 vehicles that have.
been getting here on dealership lots.According to S&P Global Mobilitys analysis of United States dealer.
marketed stock data, mainstream brand names Ford, Chevrolet, Ram,.
and Jeep had about 300,000 units of 2022 designs marketed as.
readily available for sale the week ending December 4. Those 4 brands.
account for 71% of 2022 promoted inventory noted by mainstream.
brand dealers – and 66% of all dealer-advertised inventory when.
including luxury marques.Among high-end brands, Mercedes-Benz and Lincoln still revealed the.
most remaining 2022 vehicles in dealer promoted stock,.
according to the S&P Global Mobility analysis.While most car manufacturers traditionally reduce off production in late.
summer to transition to the new design year, and clear out the last.
of their old designs by Christmas, specific car manufacturers really have.
seen their 2022 stocks increase in October and November.” Model year discipline has ebbed,” stated Cheryl Woodworth,.
seeking advice from associate director for S&P Global Mobility. “With.
the chip lack, inventory control is not as careful as it.
used to be.” Is running old stocks into the new model year a bad thing?
It can be for car manufacturers, but it might spell retail relief for.
customers. With 22 models carrying the preconception of being “older” -.
even if the 2023 design is unchanged – that can suggest dealers are.
incentivized to burn out the zero-miles 22s.” The longer you wait to change over your model year, the more it.
hits your residual worths in terms of harder grading,” Woodworth.
said.Some dealers are offering below-MSRP discounts on lorries that.
carried sticker-price-plus Monroney labels just months before. And.
with customer need 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 model year follows a.
foreseeable curve, peaking in spring as production hits its stride,.
and after that coming down in summer season during the annual selldown and the.
design year transitions in September and October. However supply chain.
chaos has actually made it difficult for some car manufacturers to follow.
tradition.That stated, with specific components of the supply chain still in.
flux, it might make sense for making continuity to continue.
developing 2022 designs if a 2023 small design modification includes a part.
that is not readily offered, Woodworth said.In November, Ford was still delivering 2022 Escapes to.
car dealerships from its Louisville factory, as the 2023 minor model.
modification is still ramping up. The same continuation of late.
production 22 designs applies to the Ford Bronco Sport and Lincoln.
Corsair, which share much of their foundations with the Escape.
platform.Remaining 2022 units are often particular to certain designs. In.
the market for a high-end SUV? The designs with the greatest remaining.
2022 model year units are the Mercedes-Benz GLC and Lincoln.
Corsair.Why the excess 22 Mercedes GLCs? Its still awaiting a 2023.
refreshing – the national mbusa.com site still wasnt listing.
the 2023 as offered on December 15 – and as such 2022 designs are.
still in strong supply. Among high-end brand names, Mercedes had 33% share.
of staying 22 designs still promoted the week ending December.
4, while Lincoln represented 22% share of remaining high-end.
22s. That stated, Mercedes dealers have actually done a strong job of selling.
down its 2022 inventories from mid-summer in anticipation of the.
23 model showing up. And other key Mercedes volume designs – GLE,.
S-Class, and C-Class – are mainly represented by 2023 design.
production.Supply chain missteps also are affecting stocks in other.
ways. Tens of thousands of so-called “ghost units” of the F-150 and.
Chevrolet Silverado have actually rolled off the assembly line however were.
missing out on essential parts, and have been gathering in parking lots.
near their particular factories until they can be released. On top.
of those unfinished units, Ford dealerships had almost as many F-150s.
advertised the week ending December 4 as they did in August in.
September. When the ghost units lastly receive their required parts.
and go into wholesale stock – Ford hopes it will take place by the.
end of December – that will include to the pressure to clean out the.
22 models at the dealership level.The integrated black-swan events of COVID, semiconductor.
scarcities, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine interrupted.
conventional manufacturing and supply norms – the current downstream.
effect being the overrun of prior model-year production and.
inventory. How the market can recover to its routine cadence.
depends on its adaptability to these continued interruptions.