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The Fuel Shock: Gasoline Up 34.2%, Fed Hike Odds Jump, DARPI Slides for 15 Straight Weeks | Week of October 19, 2026
Gasoline is up 34.2% from a year ago and the Fed has an October decision to make. DARPI is down fifteen straight weeks while the government's used-car index keeps rising, which raises a question for anyone buying off wholesale numbers. Plus the one bet we would place: hybrids.
The Squeezed Buyer: Sentiment Hits 46.3, DARPI Slides for 14 Straight Weeks | Week of October 12, 2026
Consumer sentiment hit 46.3, mortgage rates hit 7.40% and the Fed's minutes point to another hike, while DARPI fell for fourteen straight weeks. Our dealer scoreboard shows reputations holding steady, and FSBO found three real discounts.
The Market Is Splitting in Two: Hybrids Up, EVs Down | Week of October 5, 2026
DARPI Near-New slipped to 95.03, thirteen straight down weeks. September payrolls grew just 29,000 while GM and Ford's EV sales collapsed and hybrids surged, a verified FSBO screen found three real driveway discounts, and two big recalls are worth planning around.
The Used Market Is Softening Before the Headlines Admit It | Week of September 28, 2026
DARPI Near-New is 95.32 after 12 straight down weeks. A 16.1 million-unit new-vehicle pace, rising used-loan rates, a $710M subprime lending settlement, and a deepening U.S.-Canada tariff fight explain why volume can hold up while the used market gets softer underneath.
Used Car Prices Are Falling. Also at a Record High. Here's How That's True.
DARPI's 11th straight down week, the Fed's first rate hike since 2023, and why the 'record high used car prices' headline you saw this week isn't wrong, it's just measuring something else. Plus: FSBO opportunities, service-lane recalls, and what Wendy's has to do with any of it.
DARPI Week of September 13: Ten Straight Down Weeks, a Divided Fed, and the First Used-ICE Buy Board
DARPI falls for a tenth straight week as incentive spending jumps and the Fed heads into a divided September meeting. Plus: the first Used-ICE Buy Board, an FSBO desk with only one real opportunity, and four new recalls covering over 430,000 vehicles.
DGActual Market Brief — Week of September 8, 2026
Holiday edition. August sold at a 16.8M pace while Ford fell 10.3 percent and Honda hit a million. VW approved 50,000 more cuts. Used retail fell a ninth straight week, RAV4 flipped on the FSBO board, and our first full Google reviews refresh found dealers collecting 11,500 reviews a day.
DGActual Market Brief — Week of August 31, 2026
The delinquency number we've been waiting on all summer finally posted, and it was mild. Hyundai and Kia strikes stood down. Honda pulled the plug on a $15B EV plant. Plus an eighth straight week of used price contraction and a mileage-matched acquisition board where one signal flipped both ways.
DGActual Market Brief — Week of August 24, 2026
The industry's ratio says used EVs turn in 46 days. The actual cars tell a longer story. We stay bullish anyway, unit by unit: year, battery, hardware version. Plus hawkish Fed minutes, Hyundai's first full strike in a decade, and a mileage-corrected private-seller board.
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.
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.
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.