"You can't be reliant on historical data, because this year is a rule breaker"

06/25/20 • 17 min

What do you get when the first half of your sales year consists of two record breaking high months and two pandemic induced low ones? A very messy set of projection models for the second half of the year! Luckily, CARS Senior Marketing Data Strategist David Greene is here to help us make sense of it all. David sits down with us this week to talk about the impending impact of the lease returns, why crossover shoppers might start considering wagons, and what Google search query findings can tell us about consumer intent moving forward.

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"The next steps might not be unanimous, but maybe they can be consensus"

On a special edition of Unscheduled Maintenance, CARS CEO Alex Vetter reclaims the host mic to sit down with U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint, who represents Michigan’s fifth district.
In this episode, the congressman highlights some of the strong bipartisan wins that have emerged in response to COVID-19, what discussions are happening in Washington about public transportation safety and how future government assistance may help ease supply chain challenges. Alex and Congressman Kildee provide listeners a crucial look inside the government conversations that are impacting our industry, so this is an episode you won't want to miss.

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"The badge on the hood doesn't tell the whole story"

What makes a vehicle American Made? Is it where it is assembled, the percentage of parts that come from the US, or the share of the vehicle's manufacturing workforce based in the USA? The answer is D - all of the above!
Now in its 15th year, Cars.com's American Made Index helps consumers understand which vehicles are truly born in the USA. Senior Consumer Affairs Editor Kelsey Mays sat down with Unscheduled Maintenance to walk us through the 2020 list and discuss why a vehicle's impact on the US economy matters so much to car shoppers right now.