I've been meaning to comment on this Ward's Article (regarding a seemingly systemic disregard for inventory aging concerns) for a while now, but I just haven't made it a priority. Now, with almost three months of reflection on my original reaction I wonder if that is the underlying dilemma for the dealer community - inventory aging just isn't a priority?
Of course, I have no hard cash or debt risk on the line with the timing of this post - so how could one of the most talked about metrics in the pre-owned vehicle marketplace avoid being a top priority? Or is age misunderstood, or is there some other reason that I'm unable to grasp?
I've spent the last 20 minutes Googling the topic and have found surprisingly little. I've spent the last 3 years discussing it with hundreds of dealer principles and UCMs, and while I've seen very little change in attitude during that time period, I have heard some interesting feedback. I'm very curious to read this community's comments on the topic, ...