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Per CarGuru's stats page[1], prices have been in steady decline across the board. Average is 4.63% decline in the past 90 days. Hyundai/Kia are down >5% in the past 90 days. Teslas are actually down a lot more, 14% in the past 90 days and 29% YoY.

[1] https://www.cargurus.com/research/price-trends

Still 27% over January 2020, compared to 17% inflation over the same period.

Car prices need to drop another 10%, and then some for them to actually become affordable.

I'm sure China's deflation problem will spread soon enough, give it time.

Inflation has stopped for most categories, and for cars it has reversed https://site.manheim.com/en/services/consulting/used-vehicle...

Same with F-150 Lightning - _insane_ levels of dealer markup.

Not any more. Within 20 miles of where I'm sitting there are two dozen Lightnings for sale at MSRP (and I'm not in a big city). Markups are not really a thing at this point. Too-high of an MSRP is causing these to languish on the lot. Ford needs to start doing rebates like the good old days.