Tips for Car Dealers on Best Ways to Get Pre-Owned Inventory “Without question, inventory supply is the No.1 issue these days,” Bob Grill of Carfax says of auto retailing.
Short on new vehicles, car dealers are gobbling up used cars to stock, say experts offering tips on the best ways to acquire pre-owned inventory.
“Dealers are buying as many used cars as they can get,” says Tom Kontos, chief economist for KAR Global, an auto auction company.
The current new-car shortage primarily stems from not enough microchips to go around for automakers to build a sufficient number of vehicles to meet a strong demand.