Since the automotive industry is still dusting off after being hit by COVID-19 closures and on-site shelter orders, the maximum number of new and used cars takes longer to sell than in the days leading up to the pandemic. But there are bright spots in a cloudy sky differently, with some models sorry fewer time sitting on dealership grounds. This is according to a sales investigation that has just given the impression of new models and exhibition opportunities made through the online automotive page iSeeCars.com.
Sports app cars continue to dominate the industry, and account for 11 of the 12 models on the website’s fastest seller list. The list of the most popular used cars is most combined in terms of market segments, and passenger cars and SUVs are re-provided in a similar way. It should be noted that 3 of the 10 models used with the fastest response time come from Tesla. We provide the two lists below.
“The number of days a new car remains in the marketplace provides an indication of the demand for the vehicle,” explains iSeeCars CEO Phong Ly. “A quick selling time could be because of buzz surrounding a new model because a vehicle has an established reputation of being popular with consumers, or in today’s marketplace because of production shutdowns in the wake of the pandemic.”
The most popular 4-wheeler in the new vehicle industry right now is the 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer crossover SUV, which we recently reviewed here. Built in South Korea, which has suffered the closure of its own factories, it would be difficult to find a new Trailblazer, as it is on the site of a dealership on average for only 19.0 days (the industry average for all cars is 96.9 days). Expect this scenario to continue, as the Trailblazer not only brings back a beloved nameplate that Chevy hasn’t used since 2009, but also stands out through an eye-catching pencil, a spacious interior, a feature full of life and a sticker that goes from $20,000.
The only non-SUV SUV on the list of new best-selling cars is the all-electric Chevrolet Bolt EV. Sales of electric cars are expected to surpass the global market this year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the International Energy Agency. Perhaps consumers who take refuge in the place and the paints of the house perceive the convenience, and there is no possibility of exposure to the coronavirus, of qualifying an electric car in the house, which bring a conventional style to a fuel station.
“Chevrolet aggressively announced and reduced the Bolt with savings of up to $8,500 on MSRP, which helped increase sales,” says Ly. Nor does it harm bolt’s operational diversity at a rate that has been more than 259 miles until 2020.
Among used cars, the style that spends the least time in a dealership’s box is another electric car, the Tesla Model 3, with an average of just 29.3 days (compared to 68.9 days for all used cars). Unsurprisingly, as a new vehicle, the Model 3 outperforms all other electric cars on the market combined. “The Tesla Model 3 started delivering in 2018, and because it’s so new to the market, there’s a small stock of used versions,” says Ly. “The Tesla Model 3 had the highest number of pre-orders for any car ever produced, and the long waiting time helped increase the strong demand of the vehicle it was carrying in the secondary market.
You might think that the best-selling vehicle in the industry, whatever it is, the Ford F-150 truck, would be represented on any of the charts, but that’s not the case. It ranks tenth among new trucks, with an average response time of 122.8 days. It ranks 11th among used pickup trucks with an average of 74.8 days to sell. A significant source anyway is the culprit here. In fact, the best-selling new and used trucks are intermediate models. The Toyota Tundra takes the most sensitive honors among new pickup trucks with an average of 72.6 days on sale, while the Honda Ridgeline is the most sensitive on the list of used cars with 51.7 days.
Here’s the list of the fastest-selling new vehicles and the average number of days to sell:
These are the ones that spend, on average, the fewest days in the field of a dealership:
You can read the full iSeeCars.com report and method here.
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I’m a veteran Chicago-based consumer automotive journalist devoted to providing news, views, timely tips and reviews to help maximize your automotive investments. In addition to posting on Forbes.com, I’m a regular contributor to Carfax.com, Motor1.com, MyEV.com and write frequently on automotive topics for other national and regional publications and websites. My work also appears in newspapers across the U.S., syndicated by CTW Features.