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The "Stuffing" Is Back As GM's February Dealer Inventory Soars To Second Highest Ever
For those technical analysis aficionados who enjoy charts that go "from the lower left to the upper right" as much as the next predictor of the future, may we recommend some deep OTM calls on GM's now endless channel-stuffing (a topic we have discussed to death and back here), which saw the bailed out company from the currently bailed out city, a near record 743K cars with dealers - the second highest ever. This is obviously an indication of soaring, if inverse, demand for the cars only federally-funded NINJAs can love.
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So thats why it's been so busy at work.
Like every good turkey, GM is full of tasty stuffing!
I wonder how "stuffed" Hyundai´s channels are....
Local BMW channel stuffed dealers park their excess at the Andretti go cart lot.
Go tax payer funded GM nijas.
They still make cars? Who knew!
I own a Hyundai.
It has a diesel engine.
No kidding.
http://angrysinner.blogspot.kr/2013/03/yesterday-dragon-lady-served-burger.html
Repeat after me: American... Cars ... Are... Crap.
Whoops
are they storing all them in detroit
Good question...if so they don't seem visible in this picture:
http://ninetymilesfromtyranny.blogspot.com/2013/03/your-country-on.html
Yeah. They are using them for temporary public housing.
Don't worry, Yahoo employees will suck it in.
Say, does anyone know if there is financing available for a brand new 2014 Cadillac Escalade?
apparently a lot of inner city banks on south side of chicago. See a lot of escalades. See if you can finance the 22" too
"The Cadillac Effect".
Yeah well they know that car manufacturing plants in Detroit will be shuttered soon forever so thats why they are loading up 10 years of inventory over the past few months.
dude, you don't finance them....you rent them.
No big auto analyst but do fleet sales go through dealers? I would not think so but ya never know.
Good question. I wonder how much of this inventory will become perpetual rotating in-and-out of government cars on lease agreements, closing off / completing the Gordian Knot / Mobius Strip of our American Economy.
I notice that when all this stuffing started the NYC DEP (Dept. of Environmental Protection aka the Garbage Men) started sending their foremen and checkers out in brand new GM hybrids. These hybrids, for a couple of years now, never seem to look dirty or old or beaten - which is a logical impossibility for any car over four seasons in the five boroughs, much less one left out in the elements at municipal parking sites.
Speaking of hybrids. The federal governments green vehicle of choice is...the Hyundai Sonata.
"The Korean-made hybrid version of the Hyundai Sonata unseated Ford Motor Co. (F)’s Fusion hybrid as the top-selling alternative-technology vehicle purchased for the federal fleet. U.S. hybrid purchases in previous years were made almost exclusively from domestic automakers."
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-09/obama-green-fleet-shows-ford-lo...
I believe that's what they call a "international aid package".
Ford did not need or want a bailout so somebody else got the sugar contract...
Indirectly Ford did get a bailout since many of the GM suppliers are also Ford suppliers. If GM wouldn't have gotten bailed out then those suppliers would have gone bust and Ford would have gone bust....so in a very backdoor way they did get bailed out.
Have you noticed the bigger shittier looking postal service trucks? Do you know where they came from? Do you know why the postal service decided to get bigger less fuel efficient Ford SUVs for their fleet? No big corporation today is clean. They all pay to play.
Who in the fuck buys US cars anyway....oh wait
there are reports of cities sitting on many many unused new GM cars. Fed govt gives all kinds of money to local state agencies thru various means.
Yes, dealers get a prep and handling fee on fleet cars.
The company I work for has appx 2,000 fleet cars at any given time. They all go through dealers.
See the USA in your Sequester, eh?....da dah dah dah dee dum dee dee dee dah....
Where's Miss Shore when ya need her!
Cash for clunkers V 2.0.
Poor Article. More important to understand Days Sales Outstanding (DSOs). GM's YOY sales have increased - so the absolute level of what's in the channel must adjust.
So you're trying to suggest that what we see above isn't really happening? I'm not sure I buy your argument on that although I recognize the issue of DSO.
Who was the guy that always came on to defend GM? Are you his new account? This trend keeps going up and we're very likely headed into a recession with zero growth in 2012 Q4 and higher taxes and fucked up government spending in 2013 Q1. How in the fuck is GM going to be able to move all these cars? This is exactly like 2006-2008 with the 0% financing shit. It is all going to blow up. Just wake up. Stop living in fucking denial man.
GM puts anyone?
GM salesmen are waiting outside DHS prisons for the illegals to be released (due to severe budget cuts)....so they can drive away in a BRAND NEW CAR! (Financing provided by taxpayers)
Dealers have also included GPS on these models pre-programmed with location of bank where they can get a mortgage to buy a BRAND NEW HOUSE!! (Mortgage guaranteed by taxpayers)
This recovery has legs gentlemen!
Should they be denied the mortgage they could then just rob the bank. Bullish!
Legs but no traction.
gm to inrease volt 20%; make Post office use em for deliveries, or breakwalls & moats in Detroit. or Chicago.
Keep in the slaves, low information voters, and sheeple.
Low Information Voter's Entitlement.....LIVE!
All I know is that last fall the dealer lots seemed sparse, and now the cars are lined up and crowded. Someone is optimistic.
Huh?
This is a good thing. It means buyers will have a bigger selection when they go to their local dealer.
I am rapidly being forced to recognize my addiction to the beating of dead horses. I need to find a more productive hobby.
This is a useless chart. Without comparing inventories to sales, the inventory numbers themselves exist in a vacuum and are of no analytical use whatsoever. And, beginning the chart at the depths of sales rates rather than encompassing a number of cycles makes it an even more misleading chart. You do yourselves a disservice when you twist and/or omit data in order to support your view (even if the view is an accurate one).
If they sold the cars, they wouldn't be in a month-end inventory.
The chart shows an increasing number of cars in inventory at month's end, meaning they didn't sell.
If they were selling the same # as they were getting the chart would be flat.
If they were selling more than they were getting, the chart would be declining.
even though you don't have the entire 'picture', you still have about 1/3 of the pixels and should be able to make out what the image really is.....
channel stuffing (ie. increase in inventory) shows one thing, production > sales.
please go back to you business school (genious) and tell me what that means?? you are doing us all a disservice by opening you trap without understanding 'business'......
Are they taking offers at a 80% discount yet?
Dying for a new Ram 1500 R/T but I'm waiting for the $7,500 rebates to hit. Need a new "bug out" car.
Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max"
+1 for the Hannibal 8
Saw the Hannibal 8 for sale not long ago at Volo Cars along with the torpedo. $300,000. I was just a bit short.
Fate the Magnificent
"Push the Button, Max"
The gov. alphabet blobs of shit will need new cars....oooo look at the sales! People are buying more autos ...... economies on the strong fast recovery road... Better get one before they're gone!
I hope those GM volts are not stored too close together, friction causes fire, well that 's what the press release will say.
Phil LeBlow on CNBC will deny it, claim that GM inventories are low because they are selling like hot cakes, and quality is at it's best ever.
I can't wait to see the new and improved Boeing Volt. OOPs (That's cross branding) GM/ Chevy 787.
How's that for channel stuffing, aka "trade loading" ?
Ah yes the Dreamliner Volt, why didn't we make the connection. Every purchase comes with a free fire extinguisher.
We were joking at work about Boeing replacing the batteries in the 787 with Chevy Volts. If the batteries started overheating, the crew would push a switch, pop a hatch and the volt would eject out the side of the plane.
Of course, then we said there would have to be a parachute and siren to warn people on the ground. Sorta like a Stuka attack.
Building up the inventory for "Obama Cars"...
It isn't just GM. Ford dealers look overstuffed, and Chrysler/Toyota/Honda/Nissan/BMW/VW also.
Plus when I go to department stores the racks are overloaded with non-essentials. People are buying food, but cutting down on routine crap and making what they have last longer. Not a bad thing, all in all, unless you are hyper-dependent on frivolous consumerism for a living.
I know I can buy a car with a student loan but I want a house.
I like "the collapse is neigh!" articles as much as the next Zero Hedger, but as sales increase, isn't it natural that inventory also increase in order to keep up with expected demand?
Sales increased 7%, while the inventory went up only one percent, so expected length of time that inventory would remain unsold is actually dropping.
From my local radio station, "Eric, with a credit score of 500 just drove a beautiful new Chevy Malibu off the lot! Come on down, credit is NOT a problem!"
That is awesome. Just wait until the headlights go out. You'll have to remove the front bumper to replace a $10 bulb. This happened to someone I know. Government Motors strikes again.
I want my ObamaCar!
I own my Dodge Ram, fully paid for and bought before the 2008 crisis. I am driving it until the wheels fall off.
In America, we channel stuff automobiles. In China, they channel stuff empty buildings. Central Planners think we haven't figured out the GDP Bullshit game.
There are GM ads on my home page for crew cab 1/2 ton pick ups discounted over $7,000. That tells me that they are pushing hard to get sales up. No one else comes close to that size discount. I am not tempted.