New Car Shortage?

[ctrcbob]

Passed my local Buick/GMC Dealer today. Very few cars on his lot. Why? Only answer I get from sales person is that they sell a lot of cars. I know he is not truthful (puffing).

Ford dealer across the street Also low on cars

Is it something to do with parts or chip shortage?

Kia and Hyundai dealers a couple miles down the road have plenty of cars, and both of those dealers sell a lot of cars.

 

[wwillson]

 

[dippschtick]

Looks to be hitting the TV/electronics industry too. Was looking to buy a new Sony OLED or LCD this year. Wait and see what happens.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Yeah there is a parts shortage and chip shortage so we don’t have parts and we don’t have cars. It’s hurting everyone.

 

[Portobelly]

Good time for those selling a car, with one ready to go.

 

[SZR48207]

Maybe this is a good thing.. for people to learn to get by with what they have and to not constantly be spending money on shiny new stuff.

 

[PandaBear]

Maybe this is a good thing.. for people to learn to get by with what they have and to not constantly be spending money on shiny new stuff.

Nope, you are still spending money, instead on new stuff now you can only afford to get by with overpriced old stuff.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Time to sell my 4-series. Anyone interested?

 

[97prizm]

Foam shortages for making automotive seats. Foam seat shortages

 

[Zee09]

Plus changeover to 2022- why load up on 21's

 

[supton]

Nope, you are still spending money, instead on new stuff now you can only afford to get by with overpriced old stuff.

I don't follow--I'm still driving my old cars. Nobody's making me change.

Now if I got into a wreck and had to buy a car... then I'd be "forced" into buying overpriced stuff.

 

[mrsilv04]

Must not be any shortage of Buick Encore GX's. My local dealer just got in about 3 truckloads of matching units in white, all equipped the same. I assumed it was a fleet deal for a local company. Nope... they're all sitting on the lot, for sale.

 

[Leo99]

Looks to be hitting the TV/electronics industry too. Was looking to buy a new Sony OLED or LCD this year. Wait and see what happens.

I'm looking to buy a new AV Receiver and it's slim pickings.

 

[Brybo86]

Dang kinda wishing we didn't melt glass into all those chunkers a few years ago....

 

[Oillover]

Yep, looking to buy a new set of "OZ" wheels from Italy.
Hasn't been any new stock since last summer.

 

[fsdork]

Must not be any shortage of Buick Encore GX's. My local dealer just got in about 3 truckloads of matching units in white, all equipped the same. I assumed it was a fleet deal for a local company. Nope... they're all sitting on the lot, for sale.

I wouldn't be surprised if they are just loading up on whatever inventory they can get. The pickings are very slim at our local dealers.

 

[Skippy722]

TSMC, a semiconductor manufacturer, is basically at capacity and currently in a very careful balancing act of getting what they can out. And it’s not just automotive.... try to find I stock PS5/Xbox Series X, AMD RYZEN CPU’s, or literally any GPU right now, might as well play the lottery!

 

[Snowflake White]

Supply chain is seriously compromised, look for things to get worse not better.

 

[01rangerxl]

Must not be any shortage of Buick Encore GX's. My local dealer just got in about 3 truckloads of matching units in white, all equipped the same. I assumed it was a fleet deal for a local company. Nope... they're all sitting on the lot, for sale.

We just got a whole bunch of identical white Equinoxes in. They are very basic, fleet looking models. Maybe it's the result of expected fleet sales falling through and they are unloading them at dealers.

We were almost out of new vehicles of all kinds during the summer, but we've had tons of new SUVs and trucks since winter.

 

[PandaBear]

TSMC, a semiconductor manufacturer, is basically at capacity and currently in a very careful balancing act of getting what they can out. And it’s not just automotive.... try to find I stock PS5/Xbox Series X, AMD RYZEN CPU’s, or literally any GPU right now, might as well play the lottery!

I think I saw a $180 GPU I wanted to buy last year listed for $600 these days....