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AutoTrader Price Index: Q3 2025

Leave a Comment / Article / Milan Brankovic

The Canadian automotive market held steady through Q3 2025, as easing demand and improving inventory levels balanced out the effects of earlier tariff-driven fluctuations. According to our Q3 2025 AutoTrader Price Index, average used vehicle prices slightly dipped over the quarter yet remain 3.2% higher year-over-year. New vehicle prices softened 4.9% year-over-year as inventory availability

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AutoTrader Price Index: Q2 2025

Leave a Comment / Article / Milan Brankovic

The Canadian automotive market demonstrated resilience in Q2 2025, with stable performance in both used and new vehicle segments. According to the latest AutoTrader Price Index, average used car prices increased by 3.6% year-over-year, supported by a 1.8% rise in estimated used vehicle sales for the quarter and a 2% increase on a year-to-date basis.

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AutoTrader Price Index: December 2024

Leave a Comment / Article / Milan Brankovic

The used car market demonstrated robust performance in the final quarter of 2024, with estimated sales surging 5.3% year-over-year*, driven by declining interest rates and vehicle prices, which bolstered demand against the backdrop of a slower sales period in the previous year. Supply dynamics mirrored pre-pandemic patterns, with quarter-over-quarter inventory growth. However, year-over-year inventory levels

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AutoTrader Price Index: June 2024

Leave a Comment / Article / Milan Brankovic

Starting in the third quarter of last year, used car demand softened slightly on a year-over-year basis. This trend, coupled with increased used car supply, resulting from strong new car sales and subsequent trade-ins, as well as a pivot in demand to new cars due to a ramp up in production and availability, has brought

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AutoTrader Carology Bitesize: March 2023 Price Index

Leave a Comment / Video / Milan Brankovic

The automotive industry is constantly evolving, and staying up to date with the latest pricing trends is crucial to success. Through our AutoTrader Carology Bitesize video series, we host industry experts to discuss the latest news and trends in Canadian automotive. In this episode, we’re joined by Baris Akyurek, Vice President of Insights & Intelligence

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AutoTrader Carology Bitesize: December 2022 Price Index

Car Shoppers Turn to Automotive Marketplaces at Each Stage of their Purchase Process

Leave a Comment / Article, Consumer Insights / Milan Brankovic

Car shoppers follow a path throughout their buying journey, but consumer research shows that, alike most aspects of modern society, over time, this purchase journey evolves, looking distinctly different from the one that’s traditionally been taken. By keeping these pivots in trends to vehicle purchase behaviours top of mind, you can tailor your strategy to

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AutoTrader Carology Masterclass: Merchandising Best Practices

AutoTrader Carology Bitesize: July 2022 Price Index

Lift Your Leads By Up To 185% With Better Merchandising

Leave a Comment / Article / Sabrina Bond

Whether you’re selling a new or pre-owned car, it’s vital that you put your dedication and focus towards optimizing each and every one of your inventory listings. A quality listing provides car shoppers all the information they need, from their initial interaction with your Vehicle Detail Page (VDP), and acts as a catalyst to building

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