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DGActual Market Brief — Week of August 17, 2026
Everything points at Wednesday: the Canada tariff takes effect, Honda's shutdown window closes, and Romania's plants come back. Plus a record lending quarter, our model finally moved, five weeks of used price contraction, and a half-million-vehicle Toyota recall.
Three Auto Groups Became Banks. The Fed Just Told Us How That Bet Is Going.
Lithia, AutoNation, and Carvana each run their own lending arm. Same market, same Fed data, three completely different bets. How big each one really is, and who has it right.
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.
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 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
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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.