Weekly report
The week in the market
A closed week, issued the morning it closed and never rewritten. Weeks run Monday to Sunday, from midnight UTC, 8am in Perth.
- cars left the market, $427.2M in final asks; at least 7,583 with the seller’s proof
- 10,794
- price cuts, once per car per day, against 2,755 rises; median cut $1,000
- 25,633
- cars watched at the close
- 152,954
In brief
- 1Exits ran at 1,364 cars a day over 6 recorded days, up 21.2% on the 7 days before (1,126 a day over 5 recorded); at least 7,583 of the week's 10,794 carry the seller's own proof of sale.
- 2Dealers cut 22,524 cars' prices against 2,292 rises: 2.45 cuts a day per 100 cars live, up 85.6% on the 7 days before; the median cut was $1,000.
- 3Of the large states, VIC's median used ask moved most, down 9.1% to $29,990 over 17,958 cars; WA, SA held within half a percent.
- 4Ford Ranger led the market out with 1,162 proved exits, up 73.8% per recorded day; Hyundai Kona rose fastest among the twelve, up 92.1% per recorded day.
- 5Electric cars' median used ask closed at $43,990 over 3,773 cars, down 2.0% (−$898); their proved exits up 72.3% per recorded day.
Computed from the figures below, each with its count; nothing is a forecast.
What moved
8,185 cars left the market in the latest window of the last eight weeks
Cars that left the market, one per vehicle, summed over each window's recorded days, the last eight weeks · cars · n = 13,815 · as at 23 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.
22,524 cars cut in the latest window of the last eight weeks
Cars repriced down, once per car per day, summed over each window's recorded days, the last eight weeks · cars · n = 30,475 · as at 23 Aug 2026, 08:50 pm AWST · same marks as the exits chart
Source: the daily roll-up, by window.
Per recorded day against the 7 days before: exits up 21.2%, proved exits up 4.1%, cuts up 136.1%, rises up 91.0%; cars live at close up 27.2%; median days to sell down 8.1%. Read with care: cars watched at close rose 27% between the windows (120,262 to 152,954), so exits and cuts move with coverage before they move with the market; the cuts-per-100-cars rate in the brief is the reading that survives it.
Prices: the market and waiting cars
Of the large states, VIC's median used ask moved most, down 9.1% to $29,990
Median used asking price by state, the 7 days before 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 = 6 · as at 23 Aug 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.
Cars that left the market · top models
- Ford Ranger499
- Mazda CX-5310
- Toyota Hilux268
- Hyundai Tucson236
- Toyota RAV4235
10,794 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 $1,0001,156 cuts
- Toyota RAV4median $1,000631 cuts
- Mitsubishi Outlandermedian $1,000630 cuts
- Ford Everestmedian $1,000582 cuts
- Toyota Hiluxmedian $1,000565 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 7 days before, 10 Aug to 16 Aug: 6 of 7 days recorded this period against 5 of 7 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. Read with care: cars watched at close rose 27% between the windows (120,262 to 152,954), so exits and cuts move with coverage before they move with the market; the cuts-per-100-cars rate in the brief is the reading that survives it.
| Measure | This period | the 7 days before | Change | Per recorded day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cars that left the market · cars, one per vehicle | 8,185 | 5,630 | up 45.4% (+2,555) | 1,364 vs 1,126, up 21.2% |
| Of them, proved by the seller's page · cars | 6,627 | 5,305 | up 24.9% (+1,322) | 1,105 vs 1,061, up 4.1% |
| Cars with a price cut · cars, once per car per day | 22,524 | 7,951 | up 183.3% (+14,573) | 3,754 vs 1,590, up 136.1% |
| Cars with a price rise · cars, once per car per day | 2,292 | 1,000 | up 129.2% (+1,292) | 382 vs 200, up 91.0% |
| Cars live at close · cars on the last recorded day | 152,954 | 120,262 | up 27.2% (+32,692) | — |
| Median used asking price at close · one price per car, bases mixed | — | — | — | — |
| Median days advertised at exit · proved exits with a published age, 4,065 and 2,145 cars | 34d | 37d | down 8.1% (−3d) | — |
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 205,325 listings on 2026-08-17 and 224,019 on 2026-08-22 (152,954 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