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DGActual Market Brief — Week of August 10, 2026
A default record that stood since 2010 just broke. July sales slowed while payments set a July record. Honda doubled profit with two plants dark. And used retail prices logged a fourth straight week of contraction.
DGActual Market Brief — Week of August 3, 2026
Q2 earnings are complete. Service is carrying the industry. Used vehicle reconditioning generated 22x more profit growth where it was managed. Three weeks of demand contraction. Toyota factories halted. And 5,718 dealer ratings decoded.
Flash Intel: What the Dealer Earnings Actually Say, the Toyota Halt, and the July SAAR Math
Five publics reported. Lithia's used car operation saved the quarter. Group 1 missed by 12%. Toyota halted three Japan plants with no restart timeline. July SAAR is 16.9M, partially borrowed.
DGActual Market Brief — Week of July 27, 2026
Prices fell for the second straight week. Negative equity hit a Q2 record. Polestar exits the U.S. Canada tariff in 23 days. Five days of dealer earnings start Tuesday.
Eleven Saves Could Not Beat a Rested Man
The best individual performance in the World Cup final belonged to the losing goalkeeper. The trophy went to the team that planned its rest like a tactic.
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
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.
The signal,
before it
trends.
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