The week in the market · 31 August to 6 September 2026

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27,285

price cuts · against 4,014 rises · median cut $1,000 · once per car per day

10,836

cars left the market
$434,268,341 in final asking prices, all bases as advertised
of which at least 6,063 carry the seller’s own proof

In brief

1Exits ran at 1,285 cars a day over 6 recorded days, down 12.1% on the 7 days before (1,462 a day over 7 recorded); at least 6,063 of the week's 10,836 carry the seller's own proof of sale.
2Dealers cut 19,623 cars' prices against 3,154 rises: 2.14 cuts a day per 100 cars live, down 6.1% on the 7 days before; the median cut was $1,000.
3NSW's median used ask moved most, up 3.4% to $26,888 over 25,589 cars; TAS, ACT, SA, VIC, QLD held within half a percent.
4Ford Ranger led the market out with 902 proved exits, down 12.8% per recorded day; Isuzu D-max rose fastest among the twelve, up 26.3% per recorded day.
5Electric cars' median used ask closed at $43,490 over 3,792 cars, up 1.2% (+$500); their proved exits down 24.3% per recorded day.
6The cars that sold had been advertised a median 34 days, over 4,671 proved exits with a published age, against 35 in the 7 days before (4,378 cars).

each sentence computed from the figures below and carrying its count or its basis; nothing here is a forecast

Against the period before

This period against the 7 days before (24 Aug to 30 Aug): 6 of 7 days recorded this period against 7 of 7 before, so flows are compared per recorded day. Flows are summed over each window’s recorded days; levels are read on its last recorded day. A window is never filled in, and a comparison the windows cannot bear is left blank with the reason.

This period against the 7 days before, 2026-08-24 to 2026-08-30: 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 7 days before	Change	Per recorded day
Cars that left the market · cars, one per vehicle	7,709	10,236	down 24.7% (−2,527)	1,285 vs 1,462, down 12.1%
Of them, proved by the seller's page · cars	6,063	7,700	down 21.3% (−1,637)	1,011 vs 1,100, down 8.1%
Cars with a price cut · cars, once per car per day	19,623	23,970	down 18.1% (−4,347)	3,271 vs 3,424, down 4.5%
Cars with a price rise · cars, once per car per day	3,154	3,095	up 1.9% (+59)	526 vs 442, up 18.9%
Cars live at close · cars on the last recorded day	153,007	150,480	up 1.7% (+2,527)	—
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, 4,671 and 4,378 cars	34d	35d	down 2.9% (−1d)	—

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

7,709 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 = 32,435 · as at 6 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.

19,623 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 = 74,739 · as at 6 Sept 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 down 12.1%, proved exits down 8.1%, cuts down 4.5%, rises up 18.9%; cars live at close up 1.7%; median days to sell down 2.9%.

Exits ran down 12.1% per recorded day against the 7 days before

Running total of cars that left the market, day by day, this period in ink and the 7 days before in grey on the same days · cars · n = 7,709 · as at 6 Sept 2026, 08:50 pm AWST · 6 of 7 days recorded this period against 7 of 7 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.

NSW's median used ask moved most, up 3.4% to $26,888

Median used asking price by state, the 7 days before against this period, states with 1,000 or more priced cars both sides · dollars · n = 8 · as at 6 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.

Cars that left the market · top models (10,836 total)

Ford Ranger468

Toyota Hilux260

Ford Everest257

Toyota RAV4248

Isuzu D-max224

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 $1,0001,091 cuts

Nissan X-trailmedian $2,000921 cuts

Mitsubishi Outlandermedian $1,000615 cuts

Toyota RAV4median $900579 cuts

Toyota Hiluxmedian $1,000574 cuts

one count per car per day, however many syndicated copies repeat it; grows as coverage finds more cars

Day by day

Cars and advertisements given separately wherever both exist, because they differ by about half again and a column that picked one silently would be the commonest mistake in this data. 1 day in this period recorded nothing and is absent below rather than interpolated: 2026-09-03.

One row per recorded day from 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06, 6 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
2026-08-31	221,797	149,984	1,325	1,718	2,770	513
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

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.

How long the period’s sales had been advertised

5,604 used and demo cars proved sold in the period, of which 4,671 publish the seller’s own listing date and are what this is measured over; the median is 34 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.

By state

Levels are the last recorded day of the period; flows are the period’s total. They are different quantities and must not be added. A state gaining watched cars is not necessarily a state gaining stock: yards onboard weekly.

By state, 9 states, 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06: 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	38,577	$26,888	25,589	1,101	5,522
QLD	32,038	$29,990	17,283	1,468	4,845
VIC	31,910	$29,880	19,675	1,476	4,456
WA	21,808	$29,999	17,001	886	3,668
UNKNOWN	14,133	$20,988	9,032	619	2,451
SA	8,572	$26,998	5,928	261	1,242
TAS	4,763	$29,950	3,182	241	810
ACT	1,833	$22,999	1,683	0	142
NT	1,672	$34,980	1,031	11	209

“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 above, 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 the prices in this report are

As at 2026-09-06, 95,083 live prices were quoted drive-away, 44,064 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 221,797 listings on 2026-08-31 and 226,406 on 2026-09-06 (153,007 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

What left, by model

the twelve models with most proved exits over the period’s recorded days; live stock and its median used ask on the last recorded day, days advertised of that stock, and cuts and rises over the period once per car per day

The twelve models with most proved exits over 2026-08-31 to 2026-09-06, 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	902	8,509	$44,490	64d	1,563	191
Toyota Hilux	536	3,896	$44,988	33d	845	61
Toyota RAV4	536	3,610	$38,990	28d	843	82
Ford Everest	522	4,085	$53,960	64d	888	105
Hyundai i30	448	2,952	$23,970	37d	444	61
Mitsubishi Outlander	435	4,496	$29,990	74d	687	113
Hyundai Tucson	424	5,151	$30,880	43d	767	80
Nissan X-trail	414	5,331	$27,990	66d	1,118	102
GWM Haval Jolion	406	3,092	$23,750	34d	234	52
Mazda CX-5	391	3,301	$27,990	40d	461	65
Mitsubishi Triton	387	3,734	$29,990	62d	508	140
Isuzu D-max	379	4,217	$42,980	58d	348	98

Electric share by state

electric cars as a share of cars with a stated powertrain, on the first and last recorded day of the period; states with 200 or more stated cars

Electric share of stated-powertrain cars by state, 8 states, on 2026-08-31 and 2026-09-06: stated cars and electric cars at close, the share at start and at close, and the change in points.
State	Stated cars at close	Electric at close	Share at start	Share at close	Change
NSW	37,010	2,410	6.5%	6.5%	+0.0 pts
VIC	30,912	2,567	8.2%	8.3%	+0.2 pts
QLD	30,817	2,338	7.3%	7.6%	+0.3 pts
WA	20,467	1,054	5.2%	5.1%	-0.0 pts
SA	8,403	557	6.8%	6.6%	-0.2 pts
TAS	4,555	353	7.3%	7.7%	+0.4 pts
ACT	1,722	130	7.8%	7.5%	-0.3 pts
NT	1,541	118	7.8%	7.7%	-0.1 pts

Days to sell by state and segment, 31 Aug to 6 Sept

Median days advertised at exit, used and proved only, by state and body segment · cars · n = 4,225 · as at 7 Sept 2026, 08:03 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 (36 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 = 4,225 · as at 7 Sept 2026, 08:03 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 (36 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	Bus	People mover
QLD	28d383	28d210	26d191	23d143	25d84	[u]20	[u]17	[u]2	—	—
VIC	36d420	28d179	28d137	26d131	15d77	33d36	[u]11	[u]2	[u]1	—
NSW	27d325	21d168	31d156	21d124	21d67	[u]14	[u]17	[u]2	—	—
WA	39d303	41d137	38d153	23d80	27d59	[u]27	[u]19	[u]4	—	[u]1
TAS	41d88	15d38	37d52	[u]20	[u]6	[u]3	[u]4	—	—	—
SA	21d70	31d31	32d39	[u]26	[u]15	[u]2	—	[u]1	—	—
not stated	53d37	[u]17	[u]24	[u]9	[u]8	[u]1	—	[u]1	—	—
NT	[u]2	[u]1	[u]4	—	[u]1	—	—	—	—	—

Source: turn_matrix over sold_car_fact, the period's proved exits.

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Spotlot, week of 31 August to 6 September 2026: Exits ran at 1,285 cars a day over 6 recorded days, down 12.1% on the 7 days before (1,462 a day over 7 recorded); at least 6,063 of the week's 10,836 carry the seller's own proof of sale. 27,285 price cuts against 4,014 rises (median cut $1,000), counted once per car per day. Most repriced: Ford Ranger, 1,091 cuts. 226,406 listings monitored at close. Observed, never modelled. spotlot.io/reports/w-2026-08-31