Consider the Source. Lots of Unsold Cars Are Normal.

Photograph: Nigel Roddis/Reuters

There’s a post at the Zero Hedge finance site that’s getting some attention. It’s really a repost from this site, and it includes a number of aerial and satellite photos of thousands of new automobiles that the author says are sitting on storage lots, unsold. The author claims that automobile manufacturers are continuing to churn out thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands of cars that will likely never ever sell. He warns that those cars that do sell will suffer mechanical issues from having sat for so long. He claims that those cars that don’t sell are recycled and that it’s all a sham to keep assembly lines churning. The author also doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

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  • Jalop1991 Eh?
  • EBFlex Wow Canada actually doing something decent for a change. What a concept.
  • 3-On-The-Tree To Khory, I was a firefighter as well and the worst thing about car fires was the fumes from all the plastics and rubber, tires etc.
  • ToolGuy I listened to this podcast today and I read the study summary at "www dot iseecars dot com slash longest-lasting-cars-study" and this study is weird. Multiple issues with this thing.
  • Sayahh If you can stop ppl from leaving way more than 7 car lengths between cars because they are texting, then you csn improve speeds and traffic flow tremendously IMO.