Quote Originally Posted by devil21 View Post
Yeah, too bad he won't answer my question, which makes all the difference. It's interesting to me because even zippy's article posted above doesn't actually state whether these sales figures are based on dealer-to-public sales or manufacturer-to-dealer sales. Contractually, dealers are required to take (and "buy") pretty much whatever the factory sends them. Then the manufacturers can claim record sales even while those same cars are still sitting on the dealership lot unsold.

When you see sales numbers, they're typically factory-to-dealer. You can add context to those numbers by checking dealership inventory numbers and the average time on lot for new cars at dealerships.

I don't have the numbers handy, but I've heard that the average time a car spends on the lot has been falling.