By dennismary.slave@gmail.com 
Over the past few years, a lot of cars sit on dealership lots or at staging areas waiting to be sold but never do. The number has been increasing, but what happens to these new cars that don’t get sold? This is a newer issue that car dealers are having to deal with now that inventory levels are back to normal, and prices are higher than ever with every automotive manufacturer.
It’s a common issue that dealerships are having to deal with, no matter what brand you are looking at: Ford, Honda, KIA, Chevrolet, you name the brand – even Ferrari. All brands have vehicles sitting from 2022, 2023, and even 2024. And with 2025 models arriving at car dealers, it’s a big issue. This problem rarely happened before 2020.
It the past, we have never seen a new car sit more than 200 days or dealerships have 6 months of inventory. In the current economy, car dealers sitting on cars for 500, 600, and even 700 days is becoming normal. This is crazy.
This is the new normal. Some of these cars are really expensive, like the Jeep Grand Wagoneer, Ford Lightning electric truck, Jaguars, and other high end models. They are just not selling. In some cases, manufacturers are forcing car dealers to add these vehicle to their inventory in order to get allocation for more popular vehicles and trim levels. This is a bad situation and one of the most common questions people are asking is, “What happens to these cars when they don’t sell? Where do they go?”
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Way trump is destroying economy all big 3, ford,gm and dodge are going bankrupt…..
Well ypu never see bogo deals on cars, that's for sure.
The problem is America doesn’t need any new cars for the next 10+ years. To many imports already
Love the pendant.
Alot get auctioned off i work at a dealership
When i hear people calling them car dealers i hear drug dealers both the same thing
I have a 2000 Ford Ranger extended cab, well maintained. Only put a better sound system in it. That’s it. No need to get a new one. My commute vehicle is a 2019 Honda Fit, 98,000 miles, no problems at all. That’s it for new cars for me, not a these prices.
Think costs are high now, wait till the tariffs hit
My 2015 Chevy is already very complex. Can't even change a light bulb without taking the inner wheel liner off. Annoying.
They priced themselves out of the market. You can send them to the scrap yard like you forced us to do with our good old cars.
Does anyone have a time stamp when she answers the question?
i purchased 2 year old cars previously used for loaner cars. It was great because i got a factory condition vehicle with some depreciation already factored in.
My partner wanted to lease (24mo) a new 2024 Cadillac Lyriq that had been sitting since July 2023. We wanted them to take another $1k off selling price to get a deal done for where we wanted to be, and they declined (it was not a completely low-ball offer). Blows my mind tbh. Guess they want to keep paying for it to sit?
How can I win one?
They need to build cars that people can afford
They will never ever lower their prices
the dealers bank pays for the vehicle before it is shipped. eventually the dealer goes bankrupt & the bank takes possession.
These dealerships and manufacturers can never explain these prices to my satisfaction. Bloated salaries and profits are all that is happening. I wonder what value a new vehicle will have if never bought for 10 years? Shut down manufacturing and dealerships and then they will see the error of their ways.
More than 50% Americans can't afford the rising costs of living and job insecurity in todays kleptocratic Trickle-Up economics, is what happens when the top 10% of the population holds onto the majority wealth of a nation. This economic system of benefitting only the rich is unsustainable and their empires are just within a few years of coming crashing down very hard on them and the rest of the nation, basic math and statistics folks … the numbers don't lie … "Noblesse Oblige" is long gone and so will be the productive middle classes too, a nation incapable of taking care and educate its people is doomed. like Crypto currencies and overseas telecom services today's American dream is just another money grabbing scam, Its a Trap very difficult to scape …well am guessing they gonna have to allow them undocumented immigrants back in … LOL !
Ok, BUT….. WHERE ARE THE DEALS??????????? 😂
Nowhere to be found.