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TomWebb_Manheim

  1. Did u get last week's Manheim Auto Brief? It said May's SAAR would be sub 14M. How 'bout that.
  2. Wholesale prices (mix, mileage, and seasonally adjusted) ease in the first 15 days of May per Manheim Index
  3. Ford Motor Credit Repos Fall in 1st Quarter, but 24-month Lease Returns Rise bit.ly/I7NbJN
  4. Dealership Groups Post Another Strong Quarter in Used Vehicles bit.ly/Irtls1
  5. Vehicle Miles of Travel and Employment: when, if ever, will they return to previous peaks? bit.ly/I1JHbC
  6. For first time in decades, both the number and $ amt of tax refunds is down. Didn't hurt used vehicle sales though. irs.gov/newsroom/artic…
  7. Wholesale used vehile prices (mix-, mileage, and seasonally adjusted) ease slightly in the first 15 days of April.
  8. New & Used Vehicle Pricing Support Each Other bit.ly/INpoNY
  9. CarMax same store retail used unit sales up 4% for qtr ending 2/29/12. Used retail unit sales 408.1K for fiscal yr. phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?…
  10. Tax refunds through 3/23: # +0.4%, $ amt -2.7%. Used veh. stats suggest refunds were concentrated in mid-income HH irs.gov/newsroom/artic…
  11. Ally Agrees To Postpone Lawsuit Deadline Over Bank Unit online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-…
  12. Yield to the big rigs. Truck tonnage up 5.5% y-o-y even as total vehicle miles of travel declines. trucknews.com/news/us-truck-…
  13. Vehicle Miles of Travel: even with recent increases, far below peak bit.ly/Ha30NY
  14. Wholesale used vehicle prices (mix, mileage, and seasonally adj'd) virtually unchanged in the first 15 days of March
  15. Unemployment slows, not increases, the literal search for greener pastures. Interesting stats here. theatlantic.com/business/archi…
  16. Wholesale used vehicle prices (mix-, mileage-, and seasonally adjusted) rose in February manheim.com/products/consu…
  17. 1 of those cases when the exec was really worth the comp @Lebeaucarnews CEO Mulally now owns 5.6 Million F shares valued at $67.9 Million