Lotlinx Q3 Vincensus Finds Inventory Risk Rising Despite Steady Vehicle Sales

New i ve to y g ows 9% agai st flat sales, while used-vehicle ma kdow s each 47% a d ea ly half of all used i ve to y ages, putti g i ve to y health a d yea -e d ma gi at isk

PETERBOROUGH, N.H., Oct. 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lotli x, the i ve to y pe fo ma ce i tellige ce compa y fo automotive etail, today eleased its Q3 2026 Vi ce sus Repo t, eveali g how stable vehicle sales a e maski g mou ti g i ve to y isk as deale s e te the fi al qua te of the yea . The thi d qua te tested i ve to y health, as deale s ow ca y mo e i ve to y, olde i ve to y a d highe sticke p ices tha buye s have bee payi g.

Built o mo e tha 24 billio p op ieta y VIN-level data poi ts a d ove a decade of machi e lea i g, Vi ce sus t acks sales, supply, p ici g, agi g, ma kdow s a d dema d ac oss majo OEMs a d powe t ai s. I ve to y health comes dow to two questio s: how much i ve to y isk a deale ca ies, a d how much ma keti g waste it pays fo o ca s that would sell a yway while st uggli g u its go u de exposed. Click he e to access the full Q3 2026 Vi ce sus Repo t.

New vehicles: mo e supply, highe p icesNew-vehicle sales we e flat qua te -ove -qua te afte Q2’s 14% i c ease, while i ve to y g ew 9%. Day supply ose to 62 days, five above last yea , a d ca yove eached 51%. Aged e di g i ve to y eased th ee poi ts to 47% as f esh u its a ived but emai s th ee poi ts above last yea .

Risk is co ce t ated by b a d, as Stella tis held the fou highest day supplies i the ma ket (Dodge 135, Jeep 133, RAM 114, Ch ysle 107) a d ep ese ted 13% of ew i ve to y agai st 6% of sales, with 64% of it aged. Ho da a 36 days a d Toyota 29, with the RAV4 at just 21, the fastest of a y ew model.

P ici g adds p essu e ahead of yea -e d clea a ce. The list p ice of ew e di g i ve to y ose 10% yea ove yea to $48,490, while the last list p ice of vehicles sold ose just 2% to $44,542. That gap of ea ly $4,000, up f om about $2,300 last qua te , will come out of g oss if closed with ma kdow s. Vehicles p iced at $45,000 o mo e we e 59% of i ve to y but 51% of sales, a d about half we e aged, compa ed with 41% fo vehicles below that p ice.

Powe t ai sNew EV sales fell 15% qua te ove qua te , a d 53% of EV i ve to y was aged, the highest of a y powe t ai . Hyb ids made up 27% of ew sales, up five poi ts yea ove yea , agai st 20% of i ve to y, with a 48-day supply ve sus 67 days fo both EVs a d i te al combustio vehicles.

Used vehicles: whe e waiti g costs ma gi Used sales ose 5%, but i ve to y g ew 5% too, pushi g day supply to 42 days. Aged e di g i ve to y ose fou poi ts to 50%, a d ca yove ose five poi ts to 47%. The sha e of used vehicles sold with a ma kdow jumped six poi ts to 47%, a d the ave age ma kdow deepe ed to 5%. Ma kdow s a e whe e i ve to y isk tu s i to lost g oss, a d ea ly half of used u its sold ow ca y o e. The list p ice of used e di g i ve to y ose 7% yea ove yea to $29,895, ve sus $28,089 fo the last list p ice of vehicles sold.

Lotli x custome sLotli x custome s e te ed Q4 with 43.7% of used i ve to y aged, ve sus 50.1% ma ket-wide, a 6.3-poi t adva tage, a d outpe fo med the ma ket i 96% of used b a ds. New was mo e challe gi g: 52.2% aged ve sus 51.2% ma ket-wide, with outpe fo ma ce i 38% of ew b a ds.

Lotli x t acks shoppe dema d at the VIN level ac oss deale websites a d its digital adve tisi g etwo k to ide tify vehicles at isk of agi g a d sepa ate them f om u its al eady getti g e ough atte tio . Its pate ted wate fall tech ology edi ects adve tisi g away f om vehicles with adequate t affic a d towa d those that eed exposu e.

“Q3 was quiet o the su face, but the u de lyi g i ve to y pictu e cha ges the situatio fo the fou th qua te ,” said Le Sho t, Chai ma a d CEO of Lotli x. “Deale s a e ca yi g mo e i ve to y, olde i ve to y a d highe sticke p ices tha buye s have bee payi g. The oppo tu ity is to ide tify which VINs a e losi g dema d while the e is still time to act, the di ect p ici g a d adve tisi g towa d the vehicles that eed help. Deale s who t eat i ve to y as a i vestme t to p otect, athe tha a p oduct to push, will be bette positio ed to p ese ve ma gi th ough yea -e d.”

Click he e to dow load the Q3 2026 Qua te ly Vi ce sus Repo t, o equest a complime ta y, deale ship-specific i ve to y epo t showi g how you i ve to y health compa es.

About Vi ce sus

Vi ce sus is Lotli x’s ecu i g i ve to y i tellige ce se ies, t a slati g p op ieta y VIN-level ma ket a d shoppe data i to qua te ly be chma ks fo vehicle sales, supply, p ici g, agi g, ma kdow s a d co sume dema d. By combi i g i ve to y pe fo ma ce with eal-time shoppe activity, Vi ce sus helps deale s a d OEMs u de sta d whe e ma ket dema d is movi g, whe e i ve to y isk is buildi g a d how thei pe fo ma ce compa es with the b oade ma ket.

About Lotli x 

Fou ded i 2012 a d headqua te ed i Pete bo ough, New Hampshi e, Lotli x is the i ve to y pe fo ma ce i tellige ce compa y fo automotive etail. Lotli x combi es VIN-level i ve to y, ma ket a d shoppe data with a tificial i tellige ce to help deale s ide tify which vehicles eed atte tio , u de sta d why they a e at isk a d take actio  befo e tu  a d ma gi a e lost. By co ecti g i ve to y, ma keti g a d shoppe activatio a ou d each vehicle, Lotli x helps deale s imp ove i ve to y health a d p ofitability. Lea mo e at www.lotli x.com.

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