Slowest selling cars in 2018!

[Deleted member 35786]

There are hot-selling new cars, and then there are the cars that live a fairly long and lonely existence on the dealer lot. Some cars don’t find homes for 150 days or more. The list of 2018's slowest-selling cars from 24/7 Wall Street and Kelly Blue Book is mostly filled with what you would expect—along with a few wild cards.

The full list including units sold can be found here at USA Today. Here’s the rundown:

26. BMW 6 Series (Average days on the lot: 130.3)

25. Cadillac CTS (Average days on the lot: 130.3)

24. GMC Canyon (Average days on the lot: 130.6)

23. Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen (Average days on the lot: 130.6)

22. Fiat 500X (Average days on the lot: 130.7)

21. Hyundai Santa Fe (Average days on the lot: 130.9)

20. Buick Regal (Average days on the lot: 132.8)

19. Cadillac XT5 (Average days on the lot: 133)

18. Toyota Yaris iA (Average days on the lot: 133.4)

17. Cadillac ATS (Average days on the lot: 135.2)

16. Fiat 124 Spider (Average days on the lot: 137)

15. Mini Cooper (Average days on the lot: 137.9)

14. Audi A8 (Average days on the lot: 139.3)

13. Volvo 90 Series (Average days on the lot: 139.7)

12. Alfa Romeo Stelvio (Average days on the lot: 141.5)

11. Buick Lacrosse (Average days on the lot: 143.4)

10. Audi A7 (Average days on the lot: 143.6)

9. Fiat 500L (Average days on the lot: 146.2)

8. Jaguar XJ (Average days on the lot: 146.3)

7. Chevrolet Impala (Average days on the lot: 147.7)

6. Mercedes E-Class (Average days on the lot: 156.1)

5. Chrysler 200 (Average days on the lot: 157.6)

4. Fiat 500 (Average days on the lot: 160.3)

3. Volvo 60 Series (Average days on the lot: 177.9)

2. Volkswagen Touareg (Average days on the lot: 194.1)

1. Mitsubishi Lancer (Average days on the lot: 195.3)

https://jalopnik.com/the-list-of-the-slowest-selling-cars-in-2018-is-mostly-1833602470

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[Interceptor]

Wow, that's some serious floor plan issues. My 2017 Mustang was manufacturered 10/16 and purchased new 03/18.

 

[Hack]

So is it just me or is the premise of the article flawed? Just the days sitting on a dealer lot doesn't tell you how fast the cars are selling. If the car is made overseas, for instance, the manufacturer might send a large quantity over at a time due to shipping costs. Then some of those cars sit around longer. If the company is able to send just a few cars at a time without a big penalty in shipping costs, the time on dealer lots will be shorter. If a car company only has one or two dealers in a state, they probably will have more cars on those lots and they will sit longer. If a car company only has a few different models for sale, they are more likely to sit longer, whereas cars with lots of different models can ship a variety of different models together.

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