New York City is suing CarGurus over more than 2,000 alleged consumer-protection violations tied to deal ratings and fees that didn't show up until later in the funnel, and California's CARS Act is pushing the same idea — the advertised price should be the price — into state law. Two different venues, one message: the gap between your listing and your buyer's order is where the exposure lives. Worth a read on both counts, because the third-party badge on your inventory is now somebody else's legal problem and, by extension, yours. If a mystery shopper priced one of your units from the listing to the contract today, you want that walk to be boring.

Used EV volume hit a record share of retail last month — roughly 47,862 units, up 12.3% from August and 21.2% year over year — and the supply side is tightening behind it. The demand isn't ideological; it's arithmetic, which is why cheap older Teslas and high-mile Bolts are suddenly content bait as well as lot traffic. If you're going to stock them, have the battery answer ready before the customer asks it, including what a replacement actually costs versus an engine job.

A new FlexPath study found super-prime shoppers asking the same two questions subprime buyers have always asked: what fits my monthly budget, and can I qualify. Meanwhile Kia is leasing the EV3 under the Bolt and Leaf, and BMW is quietly buying down payments to avoid another inventory hangover. Those subsidized new-car monthlies are the anchor your three-year-old unit gets measured against, whether or not that's fair — so lead with the payment and the term, not the sticker, or let a captive lender set your price for you.

Fifty-five percent of people planning to buy in the next six months say they're running the decision past ChatGPT or Gemini before they ever hit a lot, which is exactly why your inbox is full of AI SEO and "AI visibility" pitches. Brooke Furniss calls most of them a Band-Aid on a bullet hole and lays out what to make a vendor prove before you sign. Cheapest move this week: ask a chatbot about your store and your three slowest units, and see what it says back. That's your new front door, and it costs nothing to look at it.