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, $423.2M in final asks; at least 7,683 with the seller’s proof
- 10,723
- price cuts, once per car per day, against 3,095 rises; median cut $1,000
- 23,970
- cars watched at the close
- 150,480
In brief
- 1Exits ran at 1,373 cars a day over 7 recorded days, up 0.6% on the 7 days before (1,364 a day over 6 recorded); at least 7,683 of the week's 10,723 carry the seller's own proof of sale.
- 2Dealers cut 23,308 cars' prices against 2,736 rises: 2.21 cuts a day per 100 cars live, down 9.8% on the 7 days before; the median cut was $1,000.
- 3Of the large states, NSW's median used ask moved most, down 3.7% to $25,999 over 25,114 cars; VIC, SA, TAS, NT held within half a percent.
- 4Ford Ranger led the market out with 1,207 proved exits, down 11.0% per recorded day; GWM Haval Jolion rose fastest among the twelve, up 22.1% per recorded day.
- 5Electric cars' median used ask closed at $42,990 over 3,740 cars, down 2.3% (−$1,000); their proved exits down 1.5% per recorded day.
Computed from the figures below, each with its count; nothing is a forecast.
What moved
9,610 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 = 23,425 · as at 30 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.
23,308 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 = 53,783 · as at 30 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 0.6%, proved exits down 6.7%, cuts down 11.3%, rises up 2.3%; cars live at close down 1.6%; median days to sell unchanged.
Prices: the market and waiting cars
Of the large states, NSW's median used ask moved most, down 3.7% to $25,999
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 = 8 · as at 30 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 Ranger495
- Hyundai Tucson248
- Toyota RAV4240
- Toyota Hilux239
- Ford Everest237
10,723 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 $1,0001,080 cuts
- Toyota RAV4median $802551 cuts
- Ford Everestmedian $1,000549 cuts
- Toyota Hiluxmedian $1,000542 cuts
- Mitsubishi Outlandermedian $1,000528 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, 17 Aug to 23 Aug: 7 of 7 days recorded this period against 6 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.
| Measure | This period | the 7 days before | Change | Per recorded day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cars that left the market · cars, one per vehicle | 9,610 | 8,185 | up 17.4% (+1,425) | 1,373 vs 1,364, up 0.6% |
| Of them, proved by the seller's page · cars | 7,211 | 6,627 | up 8.8% (+584) | 1,030 vs 1,105, down 6.7% |
| Cars with a price cut · cars, once per car per day | 23,308 | 22,524 | up 3.5% (+784) | 3,330 vs 3,754, down 11.3% |
| Cars with a price rise · cars, once per car per day | 2,736 | 2,292 | up 19.4% (+444) | 391 vs 382, up 2.3% |
| Cars live at close · cars on the last recorded day | 150,480 | 152,954 | down 1.6% (−2,474) | — |
| Median used asking price at close · one price per car, bases mixed | — | — | — | — |
| Median days advertised at exit · proved exits with a published age, 4,153 and 4,065 cars | 34d | 34d | unchanged | — |
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 224,545 listings on 2026-08-24 and 222,185 on 2026-08-30 (150,480 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