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Monday Morning Signal Brief — June 16, 2026
Used EV prices are moving. Everyone is blaming gas. The data says something else. Plus May SAAR, our Q3 model projection, and 1M Jeeps with a park-outside warning.
DGActual Dealer Reputation Scoreboard
16,914 dealers. 26 million Google reviews. One scoreboard. Filter by brand, state, or tier. Updated monthly.
Monday Morning Signal Brief — June 9, 2026
EV wholesale up 11.9% YoY. May payments at $748 with $3,297 in incentives doing the carrying. Recall radar. Dealer hours and Google scoreboard coming. DARPI launches.
DARPI — DGActual Retail Price Index
Weekly used vehicle retail price index tracking 40M+ dealer listings across 10 segments, plus private party FSBO brand data across 34 brands. Updated every Monday.
The FTC Is Coming After Car Dealers With a 112-Year-Old Law. Here's How a Payday Lender Made It Possible.
A Kansas City race car driver accidentally handed the FTC its most powerful tool against car dealers. A 112-year-old law, a unanimous Supreme Court ruling, 86,000 consumer complaints, and 97 warning letters. Here is the full story.
Signal Intel · June 2, 2026
Loan terms stretch to 35.55%. Payment wall hits 1 in 5 buyers. Used prices up $870 in a month. 419K Jeep recall hits service lanes June 11. Credit splits into two markets.
DGActual FY 2026 SAAR Forecast
Total SAAR 16.1M, retail SAAR 14.8M in May. Our model projects Q3 base at 15.9M total / 14.2M retail as pull-forward fades and sentiment sits at 49.8. Adverse scenario: 14.4M total / 12.7M retail.
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