LookingFor2016Leaf
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Hello everyone,
while waiting for the 2016 Leafs to arrive, I constantly looked for Nissan Leafs at cars.com.
There is one thing I noticed: the number of new Leafs available nationwide barely changed in October.
On October 2, there were 2379 new Leafs displayed for sale (maybe 20 of them 2012/2013/2014, the whole rest 2015 Leafs).
A week later, on October 9, there were 2285 new Leafs displayed.
And today, on October 28, there are 2171 new Leafs displayed (including 2 2016 Leafs and 17 2012/2013/2014).
I was under the impression that new Leaf deliveries to dealerships stopped in September because the factory line was being retooled for 2016 production.
If that was to be correct, and the dealerships listing their vehicles on cars.com did not get any new inventory in, just sold what they already had, then just 94 new Leafs were sold in the week from October 2 to October 9.
Even worse, in the last nearly 3 weeks since October 9, just about 114 new Leafs were sold.
Could that even be accurate?
Or did dealerships still get new Leaf inventory onto their lots in October after all?
Because if they did not, then that would mean just a few hundred Leafs were sold in October.
Sure, not all dealerships use cars.com. In comparison, 2384 new Leafs are currently shown on AutoTrader.com.
In September, 1247 Leafs were sold still. May the sales numbers possibly have collapsed so much in October, as the 2016 Leaf was announced on September 10?
I would be surprised if it had such a huge impact. Then again, EV buyers may be very informed buyers...
I guess on November 3, there will be the answer to this question, as then Nissan will publish their October sales numbers...
while waiting for the 2016 Leafs to arrive, I constantly looked for Nissan Leafs at cars.com.
There is one thing I noticed: the number of new Leafs available nationwide barely changed in October.
On October 2, there were 2379 new Leafs displayed for sale (maybe 20 of them 2012/2013/2014, the whole rest 2015 Leafs).
A week later, on October 9, there were 2285 new Leafs displayed.
And today, on October 28, there are 2171 new Leafs displayed (including 2 2016 Leafs and 17 2012/2013/2014).
I was under the impression that new Leaf deliveries to dealerships stopped in September because the factory line was being retooled for 2016 production.
If that was to be correct, and the dealerships listing their vehicles on cars.com did not get any new inventory in, just sold what they already had, then just 94 new Leafs were sold in the week from October 2 to October 9.
Even worse, in the last nearly 3 weeks since October 9, just about 114 new Leafs were sold.
Could that even be accurate?
Or did dealerships still get new Leaf inventory onto their lots in October after all?
Because if they did not, then that would mean just a few hundred Leafs were sold in October.
Sure, not all dealerships use cars.com. In comparison, 2384 new Leafs are currently shown on AutoTrader.com.
In September, 1247 Leafs were sold still. May the sales numbers possibly have collapsed so much in October, as the 2016 Leaf was announced on September 10?
I would be surprised if it had such a huge impact. Then again, EV buyers may be very informed buyers...
I guess on November 3, there will be the answer to this question, as then Nissan will publish their October sales numbers...