Used vehicle prices up as supply sinks, but relief is coming
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October 14, 2020
DETROIT (AP) — It cost a whole lot more to buy a used SUV, car, truck or van last month than it did before the coronavirus hit, and that almost singlehandedly caused September's modest consumer price increase.
Blame it on the pandemic, which knocked supply and demand way out of whack, causing prices to spike.
The good news is that inventories are being replenished, and prices are beginning to drop.
"The law of supply and demand worked," said Earl Stewart, owner of a Toyota dealership in North Palm Beach, Florida. "I think things are coming back to normal."
When the novel coronavirus made its w...
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