Monthly report
The month in the market
A closed calendar month, issued the morning it closed and never rewritten. Months close at midnight UTC on the first, 8am in Perth.
- cars left the market, $1.05B in final asks; at least 22,378 with the seller’s proof
- 28,716
- price cuts, once per car per day, against 7,729 rises; median cut $1,000
- 62,036
- cars watched at the close
- 149,984
In brief
- 128,716 cars left the market over 31 days, 19 of them recorded, at least 22,378 of them proved by the seller's own page. No comparison is drawn: the previous calendar month recorded no day: the daily series began 2026-08-11, so there is nothing to compare this period with.
Computed from the figures below, each with its count; nothing is a forecast.
What moved
24,998 cars left the market in the latest window of the last six months
Cars that left the market, one per vehicle, summed over each window's recorded days, the last six months · cars · n = 24,998 · as at 31 Aug 2026, 08:50 pm AWST · a hollow bar is a window not fully recorded and a tick is a window before the series began; never filled in
Source: the daily roll-up, by window.
56,486 cars cut in the latest window of the last six months
Cars repriced down, once per car per day, summed over each window's recorded days, the last six months · cars · n = 56,486 · as at 31 Aug 2026, 08:50 pm AWST · same marks as the exits chart
Source: the daily roll-up, by window.
Cars that left the market · top models
- Ford Ranger1,276
- Mazda CX-5748
- Toyota Hilux685
- Toyota RAV4657
- Hyundai Tucson637
28,716 in all. one count per physical car in the week of its final exit, no listing of it still live; value is each car's final ask, once
Most repriced · cuts in the period
- Ford Rangermedian $1,0002,886 cuts
- Toyota RAV4median $9001,497 cuts
- Toyota Hiluxmedian $1,0001,453 cuts
- Ford Everestmedian $1,0001,430 cuts
- Mitsubishi Outlandermedian $1,0001,427 cuts
one count per car per day, however many syndicated copies repeat it; grows as coverage finds more cars
The detail
Against the period before
Against the previous calendar month, 1 July to 31 July: the previous calendar month recorded no day: the daily series began 2026-08-11, so there is nothing to compare this period with. Flows are summed over recorded days, levels read on the last; a comparison the windows cannot bear is left blank with its reason.
| Measure | This period | the previous calendar month | Change | Per recorded day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cars that left the market · cars, one per vehicle | 24,998 | — | — | — |
| Of them, proved by the seller's page · cars | 20,350 | — | — | — |
| Cars with a price cut · cars, once per car per day | 56,486 | — | — | — |
| Cars with a price rise · cars, once per car per day | 6,487 | — | — | — |
| Cars live at close · cars on the last recorded day | 149,984 | — | — | — |
| Median used asking price at close · one price per car, bases mixed | — | — | — | — |
| Median days advertised at exit · proved exits with a published age, 10,986 and 0 cars | 35d | — | — | — |
Cars that left the market, Of them, proved by the seller's page, Cars with a price cut, Cars with a price rise, Cars live at close, Median days advertised at exit: the previous calendar month recorded no day: the daily series began 2026-08-11, so there is nothing to compare this period with. Median used asking price at close: the national median ask has been written daily since 2026-09-05; neither window has one.
The corpus behind these figures
Spotlot monitored 49,673 listings on 2026-08-11 and 221,797 on 2026-08-31 (149,984 physical cars after syndication). listings monitored by Spotlot, which grows with coverage; not a count of the Australian market.
What this report withholds, and why
- new to market: first seen during a coverage ramp is discovery, not listing; withheld until coverage stabilises
- median ask movement: a median over a sample whose size moves with coverage measures composition; withheld until a week's n holds still