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Dealers Can Drive Summer Sales With More Sports Cars on Their Lots


Cars.com Report Identifies Popular, Difficult-to-Locate Models

CHICAGO, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Nine of the top 10 used vehicles most
sought-after by cars.com shoppers -- but not readily available on dealer
lots -- are sports cars, according to the latest cars.com Inventory Demand
Index.

The Cars.com Inventory Demand Index tracks the top 50 used vehicle
searches on cars.com against actual inventory on dealer lots to help
dealers determine which models to buy at auction and to better merchandise
from their existing inventory. Dealers can obtain free copies of the
national report or a report specific to their local market from their
cars.com account executive.

"Our close connection with automotive shoppers positions cars.com to
support our dealers with real-time market information," said Ralph
Ebersole, training director at cars.com. "Knowing the exact vehicle make
and model that buyers want enables our dealers to make the well-informed
business decisions that keep their inventory moving."

May 2006 Inventory Demand Index

1. Acura Integra
2. Toyota Supra
3. Honda Prelude
4. Toyota Pickup
5. Nissan 300ZX
6. Mitsubishi 3000GT
7. Nissan 240SX
8. Mazda RX-7
9. Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
10. Toyota MR2


SOURCE cars.com

CHIS350

Reason #56234 why the big 3 should be worried

PureDrifter

iTrader: (10)

how is an integra harder to find than a supra?

RA40

iTrader: (6)

This reads to me like a sub-30 crowd but mostly somewhere around 19-23 YO male drivers. Wish they listed model year.

Och

iTrader: (3)

Not riced out GSR or type R are very hard to find

wolverine

iTrader: (9)

wow mostly sports cars

bruce van

Japanese import boy toys are king in the used car market. It's funny how
1/2 of those cars have been discontinued.

mmarshall

Well, that's because not enough people bought them NEW.....the price and insurance got too high on them, and they weren't built in sufficient numbers. So they became rather valuable as used cars, despite the fact that many of them were driven quite hard by their first owners.

Skulinex

Not to mention that the ones left, are really hot targets for thieves b/c of their engines and parts.. at least over here in Atl, i couldnt imagine on the west coast