Article Summary

• For fran­chised deal­ers, improv­ing new sales have brought a wel­come num­ber of trade ins, replen­ish­ing badly depleted inventory
• Along w/ short­age of 5-year-old and newer mod­els at inde­pen­dent deal­er­ships has boosted the over­all indus­try to 47.5 days’ supply
• Change in atti­tude about gaso­line prices has suc­ceeded in shift­ing mix of cars and trucks