In brief

1Exits ran at 1,053 cars a day over 28 recorded days, down 24.3% on the previous calendar month (1,392 a day over 19 recorded); at least 23,708 of the month's 48,168 carry the seller's own proof of sale.
2Dealers cut 68,897 cars' prices against 10,236 rises: 1.56 cuts a day per 100 cars live, down 23.1% on the previous calendar month; the median cut was $1,000.
3Of the large states, SA's median used ask moved most, up 3.3% to $27,880 over 6,482 cars; QLD, NT held within half a percent.
4Ford Ranger led the market out with 5,212 proved exits, up 15.0% per recorded day; Hyundai i30 rose fastest among the twelve, up 20.9% per recorded day.
5Electric cars' median used ask closed at $42,990 over 3,870 cars, unchanged; their proved exits down 15.7% per recorded day.
6The cars that sold had been advertised a median 33 days, over 19,809 proved exits with a published age, against 35 in the previous calendar month (11,034 cars).

Computed from the figures below, each with its count; nothing is a forecast.

What moved

29,491 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 = 55,935 · as at 30 Sept 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.

68,897 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 = 126,783 · as at 30 Sept 2026, 08:50 pm AWST · same marks as the exits chart

Source: the daily roll-up, by window.

Per recorded day against the previous calendar month: exits down 24.3%, proved exits down 25.3%, cuts down 19.2%, rises down 4.8%; cars live at close up 5.1%; median days to sell down 5.7%.

Exits ran down 24.3% per recorded day against the previous calendar month

Running total of cars that left the market, day by day, this period in ink and the previous calendar month in grey on the same days · cars · n = 29,491 · as at 30 Sept 2026, 08:50 pm AWST · 28 of 30 days recorded this period against 19 of 31 before, so flows are compared per recorded day; a line stops where a day was not recorded

Source: the daily roll-up, this window and the one before.

The month week by week · cars that left the market

cars, one per vehicle, summed by UTC week from Monday; the first and last weeks hold only the days inside the period, and a hollow bar is a week not fully recorded

Powertrains

Prices: the market and waiting cars

Of the large states, SA's median used ask moved most, up 3.3% to $27,880

Median used asking price by state, the previous calendar month against this period, states with 1,000 or more priced cars both sides; the headline is the largest move among states with 5,000 or more · dollars · n = 8 · as at 30 Sept 2026, 08:50 pm AWST · asking prices as advertised, bases mixed, one price per car; a state's median can move because the yards it watches changed, not only because sellers repriced

Source: the daily state roll-up, each window's last recorded day.

Days to sell and stock

How long the period’s sales had been advertised

26,794 used and demo cars proved sold in the period, of which 19,809 publish the seller’s own listing date and are what this is measured over; the median is 33 days. Unproved exits are excluded: a page that went quiet is not a sale, and a days-to-sell figure built from both would be measuring two different things.

Cars that left the market · top models

Ford Ranger2,232
Toyota Hilux1,078
Toyota RAV41,015
Hyundai Tucson1,007
Mazda CX-5985

48,168 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 $1,0004,021 cuts
Nissan X-trailmedian $1,0002,348 cuts
Toyota Hiluxmedian $1,0002,236 cuts
Toyota RAV4median $8902,176 cuts
Mitsubishi Outlandermedian $1,0002,071 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 Aug to 31 Aug: 28 of 30 days recorded this period against 19 of 31 before, so flows are compared per recorded day. Flows are summed over recorded days, levels read on the last; a comparison the windows cannot bear is left blank with its reason.

This period against the previous calendar month, 2026-08-01 to 2026-08-31: cars that left the market, of them proved, cars cut, cars with a rise, cars live at close and the median used ask at close, with the change and, where the windows recorded different numbers of days, the figures per recorded day.
Measure	This period	the previous calendar month	Change	Per recorded day
Cars that left the market · cars, one per vehicle	29,491	26,444	up 11.5% (+3,047)	1,053 vs 1,392, down 24.3%
Of them, proved by the seller's page · cars	23,708	21,548	up 10.0% (+2,160)	847 vs 1,134, down 25.3%
Cars with a price cut · cars, once per car per day	68,897	57,886	up 19.0% (+11,011)	2,461 vs 3,047, down 19.2%
Cars with a price rise · cars, once per car per day	10,236	7,296	up 40.3% (+2,940)	366 vs 384, down 4.8%
Cars live at close · cars on the last recorded day	157,592	149,984	up 5.1% (+7,608)	—
Median used asking price at close · one price per car, bases mixed	$27,990	—	—	—
Median days advertised at exit · proved exits with a published age, 19,809 and 11,034 cars	33d	35d	down 5.7% (−2d)	—

Median used asking price at close: written daily since 2026-09-05; only one window has it.

Day by day28 days

Cars and advertisements separately wherever both exist; they differ by about half again. 2 days in this period recorded nothing and are absent below rather than interpolated: 2026-09-03, 2026-09-12.

One row per recorded day from 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30, 28 days recorded: listings and cars live, exits in advertisements and in cars with the proved share, their value in dollars at final asking prices, and cuts and rises as events and as cars. Days that recorded nothing are absent, never interpolated.
Day	Live listings	Live cars	Cars proved sold	All exits	Cars cut	Cars up
2026-09-01	224,506	151,956	1,220	1,427	4,707	837
2026-09-02	227,302	153,740	1,268	1,426	4,932	864
2026-09-04	231,109	155,909	955	1,299	3,809	477
2026-09-05	229,454	155,436	885	1,117	2,477	345
2026-09-06	226,406	153,007	410	722	928	118
2026-09-07	225,678	152,511	963	1,124	2,214	392
2026-09-08	225,956	152,759	830	1,034	3,182	496
2026-09-09	227,379	153,496	876	915	2,795	528
2026-09-10	228,768	154,726	556	788	3,166	311
2026-09-11	230,416	155,695	815	977	3,475	837
2026-09-13	224,640	153,404	285	491	873	106
2026-09-14	223,557	152,714	839	1,080	2,188	303
2026-09-15	231,505	154,956	1,055	1,326	3,422	485
2026-09-16	236,028	157,388	983	1,029	2,882	513
2026-09-17	237,450	158,254	828	1,103	2,947	444
2026-09-18	237,929	158,440	1,237	1,429	2,375	401
2026-09-19	236,311	158,132	1,135	1,384	1,727	153
2026-09-20	234,321	156,655	319	516	702	66
2026-09-21	234,311	156,859	864	1,094	2,221	291
2026-09-22	235,089	157,288	836	1,130	2,857	356
2026-09-23	236,082	157,848	890	959	2,584	335
2026-09-24	236,649	158,523	790	1,047	2,638	250
2026-09-25	236,818	158,661	956	1,169	2,157	227
2026-09-26	235,045	157,908	923	1,107	1,416	135
2026-09-27	233,550	157,067	293	495	587	52
2026-09-28	232,653	156,453	814	1,092	1,763	298
2026-09-29	233,071	156,964	901	1,156	1,848	201
2026-09-30	233,979	157,592	982	1,055	2,025	415

Cars proved sold: cars whose exit the seller's own page proved: its SOLD text, or a 404/410. All exits: cars that left, recounted on 2026-09-03 against the live listings of that day, the wider figure and the one to read with care: it was recounted after the period closed, so a car that has since been re-advertised has left it. Cars cut: cars repriced down, one per car per day. A dash is a day recorded before these columns existed, not a zero.

By state9 states

Levels are the last recorded day; flows are the period’s total. A state gaining watched cars may just be gaining yards.

By state, 9 states, 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30: cars watched and their median ask in dollars as advertised on the last recorded day, then cars proved sold and cars cut over the whole period. Levels and flows are different quantities.
State	Cars at close	Median ask	over	Cars proved sold	Cars cut
NSW	39,134	$26,888	25,007	4,474	21,977
VIC	33,537	$29,490	19,874	5,587	19,589
QLD	32,729	$29,880	17,322	5,566	20,438
WA	22,880	$30,990	17,006	3,665	15,755
UNKNOWN	13,655	$20,995	8,519	2,112	7,154
SA	9,270	$27,880	6,482	1,365	6,130
TAS	4,884	$28,990	3,146	811	2,767
ACT	2,060	$24,950	1,837	75	974
NT	1,674	$33,980	1,072	53	780

“over” is the cars whose price the median was taken across, which is fewer than the cars standing. The proved column sums to the same total as the day-by-day table, because both are written in one pass under one rule. The cut column does not: cars repriced down IN THAT STATE. A car advertised in two states is in both, so this column does not sum to the market total.

What left, by model12 models

The twelve models with most proved exits; stock and its median used ask on the last recorded day, cuts and rises once per car per day.

The twelve models with most proved exits over 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30, counted in cars: proved exits, listings live and median used ask in dollars as advertised on the last recorded day, median days advertised, and cuts and rises over the period.
Model	Proved exits	Live at close	Median used ask	Median days adv.	Cuts	Rises
Ford Ranger	5,212	9,315	$41,999	53d	6,883	673
Ford Everest	2,376	4,474	$52,990	59d	3,983	347
Toyota Hilux	2,369	4,207	$44,990	32d	3,621	269
Toyota RAV4	2,312	3,885	$39,888	28d	3,489	273
Hyundai Tucson	2,220	4,908	$29,990	55d	3,365	463
Mitsubishi Outlander	1,892	4,751	$29,950	65d	3,004	678
Hyundai i30	1,884	3,019	$22,990	37d	1,886	283
Mitsubishi Triton	1,816	3,719	$29,990	60d	2,133	659
Nissan X-trail	1,812	5,390	$27,998	79d	3,236	333
Hyundai Kona	1,795	3,961	$29,490	54d	2,261	398
GWM Haval Jolion	1,739	3,157	$23,884	36d	1,067	211
Mazda CX-5	1,728	3,695	$26,990	42d	1,911	225

Days to sell, by state and segment17,742 cars

Days to sell by state and segment, 1 Sept to 30 Sept

Median days advertised at exit, used and proved only, by state and body segment · cars · n = 17,742 · as at 1 Oct 2026, 07:33 am AWST · a cell under the floor of 30 cars prints its count instead of a median. Each cell is the median days advertised at exit with the number of cars beneath it. [u] marks a cell under the floor of 30 cars, shown with its count and no figure (34 such cells here). In each row the highest and lowest figures are in bold; nothing is coloured, because a colour would say more than the sample does.

Median days advertised at exit, used and proved only, by state and body segment · cars · n = 17,742 · as at 1 Oct 2026, 07:33 am AWST · a cell under the floor of 30 cars prints its count instead of a median. Each cell is the median days advertised at exit with the number of cars beneath it. [u] marks a cell under the floor of 30 cars, shown with its count and no figure (34 such cells here). In each row the highest and lowest figures are in bold; nothing is coloured, because a colour would say more than the sample does.
State	SUV	Wagon	Ute	Hatch	Sedan	Van	Coupe	Convertible	People mover	Bus
QLD	26d1,660	26d870	26d961	18d592	21d354	21d83	25d70	[u]10	[u]1	[u]5
VIC	36d1,637	28d744	29d582	22d540	21d330	32d122	23d57	[u]10	[u]14	[u]2
NSW	27d1,359	25d719	25d628	19d507	21d263	28d63	28d44	[u]3	[u]4	—
WA	41d1,269	37d633	40d650	31d449	31d270	31d61	32d93	[u]14	—	[u]3
SA	28d463	23d168	30d184	23d115	16d73	[u]10	[u]7	[u]1	[u]1	—
TAS	38d308	26d169	41d202	20d109	31d44	[u]19	[u]9	[u]2	—	—
not stated	53d33	[u]11	[u]17	[u]8	[u]6	[u]1	—	[u]1	—	—
NT	[u]10	[u]4	[u]16	—	[u]3	—	[u]1	[u]1	—	—

Source: the period's proved exits.

What the prices in this report are

As at 2026-09-30, 99,682 live prices were quoted drive-away, 47,357 excluding government charges, and 91,962 did not say. Every median above is a median across that mix.

The corpus behind these figures

Spotlot monitored 224,506 listings on 2026-09-01 and 233,979 on 2026-09-30 (157,592 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

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Spotlot, September 2026: Exits ran at 1,053 cars a day over 28 recorded days, down 24.3% on the previous calendar month (1,392 a day over 19 recorded); at least 23,708 of the month's 48,168 carry the seller's own proof of sale. 101,273 price cuts against 13,250 rises (median cut $1,000), counted once per car per day. Most repriced: Ford Ranger, 4,021 cuts. 233,979 listings monitored at close. Observed, never modelled. spotlot.io/reports/m-2026-09