Whereas automobile consumers can have extra alternative of recent and used automobile inventory in 2024 the challenges and uncertainties for OEMs and franchised sellers will solely proceed to mount.
That is a warning from Cox Automotive’s perception and technique director Philip Nothard, who has printed the corporate’s newest forecast predicting a 2.02 million new automobile market this 12 months, which might be an increase of 6.1% on 2023’s complete.
It additionally predicts 12 months of stabilisation for used automobile markets, with transactions reaching 7.35 million models.
“In abstract, we anticipate a 12 months of comparative stabilisation and modest development within the continued evolution of how vehicles are purchased, offered, owned, and used,” Nothard mentioned.
“The well being of the sector is enhancing, however the listing of exterior forces shaping macro exercise in automotive will get longer this 12 months,” he added. “Amongst these components is the ZEV mandate, which prescribes the proportion of complete annual gross sales that should be zero-emission automobiles. The company gross sales mannequin stays an unknown and we don’t but know the complete implications of its anticipated, widespread introduction.
“There’s additionally the truth that manufacturing is starting to exceed demand for the primary time because the pandemic. Nonetheless, we’re prone to see a break up between producers searching for profitability at the price of quantity and market share and people returning to a ‘push’ market at the price of revenue for quantity and market dominance.
Nothard additionally highlighted that the worth distinction between ICE and EV continues to be a barrier to some customers, who could hope that the higher alternative and competitors launched by Chinese language manufacturers launching right here could slim the hole.
“Amid all these components, companies should act decisively and deploy methods primarily based on correct data-driven perception.” he mentioned.
