Expert claims dealerships are desperate—here’s the reality
@the1mr_gratitude/Tiktok Odecam/Shutterstock
A viral Tiktok video rearranged speculation that the US automobile market is moving towards an accident.
Brandon (@the1mr_gratutıte), which regularly shares financial and life advice with 376,000 followers, claims that dealership parties are full of cars that are not sold, financing rates are unusual and up to 40%of buyers.
However, while the video is spreading rapidly to Tiktok and X, experts and daily commentators are divided, which brings the question of whether they are real warning signs or whether they are only another viral financial fear guardian.
At the last time Trend videoBrandon, who claims to be working with dealers around the country ,, told 460,000 viewers that he believes that a car market accidents were continuing.
First, he explained that automobile dealer lots are over -filled in the country, because cars are not sold and points to the biggest decline in at least 5 years. “They’ve been sitting for more than 120 days on average and we’ve not seen it since the front,” he explained.
Secondly, he announced that manufacturers have currently offered 0 to 2 finance to cars – a record amount since Covid again. He then called on car collective sites, such as car guru and car edge, and urged to see how long the cars haven’t been sold and use it to negotiate discounts up to 40%.
“In this way, you can call them in BS when you come to dealership,” he said.
The commentators were divided into their answers and many of them expressed disbelief in Brandon’s shooting.
“What accident? They want 50 to 60 thousand for Tacoma,“ Eskimoinohio wrote.
“It may be carrying, but prices do not fall,” he added.
Others have stated that their living costs are so high, that there is no more considering buying a more basic car, and that even those who can meet it would not do it in financing.
Redogforge, “PPL can not meet food and electricity, much less new cars,” he said.
The discourse continued on X. Repost of Brandon’s video From 24 September 2025, he received more than 563k opinions. Here, people were not equally affected-they continued to question the blurred identity information of the expert who declared himself.
“If there are too many cars, how are they begging me to sell my used car?” Bobby did Birdie.
“There is no data. We just need to believe a dude in his car in a baseball hat?” Someone else asked.
Via x @ılpadrinopacino
This did not raise his eyebrows for the first time on Brandon’s car advice. In 2024, Another of his videos was viral After telling the audience to never make a down payment when buying a vehicle, it was found that the reality of the Dot was controlled and was well-intentioned but defective. In addition, we could not find direct information that connects him to a car dealer network.
In order to provide the right information for anyone who is thinking of buying a car in the current market, we have done the same about Brandon’s latest claims.
Brandon’s Take 1: A large number of car dealers are over -the -country cars that have not been seen in proportions that have not been seen since their pandemi. This is proof that the market is in the fall. Brandon says the average time when cars are not sold is 120 days.
Real Control 1: According to data from Black Book, KarabamarModels from leading brands such as Lincoln, Volvo and Mercedes-Benz sit at the dealers’ parties for an average of 110 days or longer.
The black book also says that sales are constantly falling Against 2017-19 numbers. However, correlation is not necessarily causal. Cars may not be sold for many reasons, from producers to dealerships to consumer behavior.
For example, there may be an incompatibility to some cars in which they are not popular in regions, or consumers may want to wait for new models to fall, which causes a delay in the sales of old cars.
Brandon’s 2 buying: Brandon claims that manufacturers are increasingly offering cars in financing more than 0-2% and reduce sales. Once again, he claims that it hasn’t been since Covid.
Real Control 2: Car edge As of September 2025, some companies such as GM, Jeep and Nissan offer 0% financing. However, these agreements seem more common in electric vehicles than normal models.
While conducting our real control, we have seen that it was much more common for it. interest rates Although it changes by the lender, to sit around 4-6%. This is also longer – not close to Covid levels, which are longer than the terms, but now seems to be sitting around 36 to 60 months.
Therefore, although Brandon is right to some extent, his claims seem a little sensational.
Brandon’s Take 3: If you want to know how long a car has been sitting, you can check a car collective site like car guru or car edge. These sites provide information about how long cars last in the dealership. You can then use this information to negotiate for a better deal.
Real Control 3: Vehicle collection sites show approximate estimates, but with a warning. In Caredge, each list displays a “Days in the Market” number that details how long the car has been there. However, there are some confusion about when this number is calculated. A manager Sometimes it includes vehicle production and transition time, even before the land comes. This may unjustly affect import models due to longer transition times.
Rich Barger through Caredge
For this reason, feel free to use automobile collection sites to get a rude idea about the timing by realizing that it may not be completely certain. And whether it can be used to take advantage of it, it will be connected to the dealer, but it is always prepared with as much information as possible to help your case.
The data is not yet 100% clear about whether Brandon is right about the continuation of a wider market accident. Works It absolutely slows down2025 still one of the better years For car sales since 2019.
There are other factors covered by Brandon. For example, Kelley Blue Book It draws attention to slowing down in home sales, because when it reaches saturation of early adoption, it may affect general tendencies. Although Brandon has the right idea, it is worth remembering that the car market is complex and cannot be reduced to two or three factors.
The Internet is chaotic – but we will break down for you with a daily E -mail. Sign up to Daily Dot’s newsletter Here.
