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Signal Intelligence for Automotive Retail

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Signal Intel For Automotive Retail

Monday Signal Brief: Week of July 20, 2026
DARPI

Monday Signal Brief: Week of July 20, 2026

The market handed you one number this Monday. The read that changes what you pay is three layers under it, down to the model and the year.

Monday Signal Brief: Week of July 13, 2026
Monday Brief

Monday Signal Brief: Week of July 13, 2026

A DARPI-led read for the whole floor. Our retail index shows used pulling below wholesale and demand softening, the economic dials point to a soft second half, and buyers are stretched on the monthly while driving the oldest fleet on record. What it means for sales, F&I, and service.

Monday Signal Brief: Week of July 6, 2026
Monday Brief

Monday Signal Brief: Week of July 6, 2026

Affordability is showing up as a demand problem before a price problem. DARPI has retail asking prices holding while volume softens for a second straight week.

Right to Repair Is Coming. Here Is What It Actually Means for Your Service Lane.
Fixed Ops

Right to Repair Is Coming. Here Is What It Actually Means for Your Service Lane.

The REPAIR Act passed committee 48-1. The telematics fight is unresolved. Massachusetts already won in court. Here is the full picture and what it means for your fixed ops revenue.

Monday Signal Brief: Week of June 30, 2026
Monday Brief

Monday Signal Brief: Week of June 30, 2026

Payment wall at $813. Tariff floor defined. Hybrid prices at all-time highs. SAAR year-end call: 15.85M. Plus 3 open recalls your service lane should run this week.

Nobody Trusts Yelp. Nobody Can Quite Ignore It Either.
Deep Dive

Nobody Trusts Yelp. Nobody Can Quite Ignore It Either.

Franchise dealers have been right to distrust Yelp for two decades. What they have not reckoned with is what the platform has become in its decline, and where that leaves their rating on a Sunday morning when a customer is trying to find their lot.

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30.9%
Trade-ins underwater
Edmunds Q1 2026
$7,183
Avg. negative equity
All-time high
22.9%
84-month loan share
Exceeds lease penetration
6.80%
Subprime delinquency
32-year high