After nearly two years of record low inventory, automakers are finally bringing more cars to the U.S. market. New car inventory is rising in 2023. Inventory remains below historical norms, but we’re seeing substantial improvements that should make many models more negotiable as we head into summer.
Car dealers and automakers are evolving their business models to encourage customers to factory order their vehicles. This means less inventory on the ground when a customer comes to the dealership, and more cars built to order from the automaker. How is this (plus myriad other factors) impacting inventory in May 2023? We have that data below.
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Here are important definitions that will help you understand and interpret the data:
Days supply: Number of days needed to sell all vehicles in inventory, based on the previous month’s daily selling rate
Inventory: Unit count of vehicles on hand at dealerships, factory lots, ports of entry and in transit on a specific date
Within each of the tables you can click on the vehicle name to see available inventory in your area. All data is sourced from Automotive News.
Let’s kick things off with the 10 new cars that are most “in stock” right now.
Days Supply May 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Ford Mustang Mach-E
154
4600
E-Series van
100
12300
Acura TLX
94
5700
Ford Transit
71
28500
Ford F-Series
67
180300
Lincoln Navigator
65
3600
Volvo XC40
63
4300
Volvo XC90
62
6600
Acura MDX
60
13300
Lincoln Corsair
55
1800
In May, these brands have the most inventory.
Vehicles with more inventory have the highest chance of being negotiable.
10 new cars with the least inventory right now
On the other end of the spectrum are the new cars with the fewest available units right now. Do not expect to be able to negotiate on these vehicles because they are in such short supply.
Days Supply May 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Subaru car
9
3100
Kia car
10
10000
Subaru truck
11
18500
Kia truck
17
27000
Hyundai car
16
11500
Hyundai truck
19
37500
Toyota truck
20
83100
Toyota car
17
33400
Honda Civic
18
11100
Honda CR-V
20
24200
The following automakers continue to have very low inventory in May 2023:
Kia and Hyundai (EVs especially)
Acura
Mazda
Subaru
👉 Be sure to use CarEdge Car Search to find available inventory in your area. One of the biggest benefits of the CarEdge Car Search is that it shows you the market days supply of inventory for the vehicle you are looking at in your area.
Ford Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units - May 2023
Days Supply on May 1
Ranger
6600
41
Broncho
10200
28
Mustang Mach-E
9500
154
Transit
25800
71
E-Series van
12300
100
EcoSport
500
41
Edge
12200
29
F Series
180300
67
Transit Connect
2800
34
Mustang
8600
43
Expedition
12300
51
Escape
15100
23
Explorer
35500
50
Broncho Sport
19700
44
Maverick
7600
30
Total Ford
359000
53
Lincoln Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units (May 2023)
Days Supply on May 1
Aviator
2700
37
Nautilus/MKX
4300
35
Navigator
3600
65
Corsair/MKC
1800
55
Total Lincoln
12400
48
Acura Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units (May 2023)
Days Supply on May 1
Integra
4300
33
MDX
13300
60
TLX
5700
94
RDX
4400
44
Total Acura
27700
54
Honda Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units (May 2023)
Days Supply May 2023
Accord
17800
24
Civic
11100
18
CR-V
24200
20
HR-V
12700
37
Odyssey
6600
23
Passport
4800
29
Pilot
8100
21
Ridgeline
7600
40
Total Honda
92900
24
Genesis Inventory 2023
Inventory Units (May 2023)
Days Supply May 2023
Genesis car
2600
39
Genesis truck
4400
28
Total Genesis
7000
31
Hyundai New Car Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Days Supply May 2023
Hyundai car
11500
16
Hyundai truck
37500
19
Total Hyundai
49000
18
Kia New Car Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Days Supply May 2023
Kia car
9000
9
Kia truck
27000
17
Total Kia
36000
14
Mazda Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Days Supply May 2023
Mazda car
3000
22
Mazda truck
21400
19
Total Mazda
24200
19
Subaru New Car Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Days Supply May 2023
Subaru car
3100
9
Subaru truck
18500
11
Total Subaru
21600
11
Lexus Inventory 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Days Supply on May 2023
Lexus car
7800
33
Lexus truck
23400
29
Total Lexus
31200
30
Toyota New Car Inventory Levels 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Days Supply May 2023
Toyota car
33400
17
Toyota truck
83100
20
Total Toyota
116500
19
Volvo Inventory 2023
Inventory Units May 2023
Days Supply May 2023
60 Series
800
40
90 Series
400
52
C40
2100
31
XC40
4300
63
XC60
4900
37
XC90
6600
62
Total Volvo
19100
52
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2 Comments
Gerald mason on January 14, 2022 at 2:20 pm
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Hey, I just thought of something you might want to share. I’m tentatively waiting on a new Lexus that “should” arrive mid February. My credit union has great rates now on auto loans. It dawned on me to call them and see if I go ahead and get approved on the amount I may need to borrow, will that lock in this rate and if so, for how long? I’m worried that rates could go up a little soon. They answered that my approval would be good for 60 days at the stated rate at approval.
SO….. I’m going to go ahead and apply for the loan now to lock in this current rate while waiting for my car to arrive. This might be worth passing along .
Do you plan on updating the February numbers? I really enjoyed this info and would love to see you continue to update the numbers monthly if possible?