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I thought auto sales was a result of the downward/upward demand wave the pandemic drove?

Basically fewer people bought cars, then lots more people bought cars and meanwhile there was a shortage of chips.



Correct. Shortage of supply due to supply chain disruption. Increase in demand because of high savings rates. Value of used cars has increased globally because people are buying used instead of new.

I am not sure what people want used car dealers to do, if they could sell more cars they would but they can't make cars appear from nowhere.




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