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Is Your Inventory Working For You or Against You?

Calculate your ideal inventory size, turn rate, and holding costs. See how faster marketing with Autowalk improves your dealership's cash flow.

Your Dealership

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Your Results

⚠️ Aged inventory alert: Your cars are sitting longer than 60 days. Consider discounting or reconditioning.
⚠️ Cash flow warning: Your turn rate is below 1.0. You're buying faster than you're selling.
Current turn rate 2.3x
Current days on lot (avg) 68 days
Optimal inventory size 30
Excess inventory +15
Monthly holding cost $184,950
Holding cost per sold car $9,248
Profit erosion from holding 513.8%
Days saved with Autowalk 7
Additional cars sellable / month 2.1
Additional monthly profit $3,600
Annual Profit Increase with Autowalk
$43,200

How to Read Your Results

Each metric tells a story about your dealership's efficiency. Here's what to watch.

🔄 Turn Rate

How many times your inventory turns over per month. A healthy rate is 1.5–2.5x. Below 1.0 means you're buying faster than selling.

inventory ÷ monthly sales

📅 Days on Lot

The average time a car sits before selling. The 45-day mark is critical—after this, depreciation and interest costs accelerate.

30 ÷ turn rate

💰 Holding Cost per Car

Every day a car sits, it costs you. This shows how much overhead each sold car must carry just to break even on time.

monthly holding ÷ cars sold

📉 Profit Erosion

What percentage of your gross profit is eaten by holding costs. Over 25% is a red flag that your process needs fixing.

holding cost ÷ gross profit × 100

⚡ Days Saved

The gap between your current listing time and Autowalk's same-day delivery. Every day saved is a day closer to sale.

current days − Autowalk days

📈 Additional Profit

By listing faster, you sell more cars in the same time window. This is pure incremental profit—no extra inventory needed.

days saved ÷ days on lot × sales × profit

The 45-Day Rule

Industry data shows that 45 days is the critical threshold for used car profitability. Before 45 days, cars typically sell at or near target margin. After 45 days, a cascade of costs begins:

  • Day 30–45: Minor price adjustments, still profitable
  • Day 45–60: Depreciation accelerates, floorplan interest piles up
  • Day 60–75: Reconditioning costs often exceed remaining margin
  • Day 75+: Wholesale or steep discounting becomes the only option

The dealers who win are the ones who list fast, price right, and turn before day 45. Autowalk's same-day photo and listing delivery is designed to give you those critical days back.

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