Automotive Light Vehicle Forecasts

Sizing Aftermarket Potential Via PARC/Vehicles-in-Operation

Let vehicle registrations drive your parts production strategies

Need to validate business planning with current and future VIO? Manage inventory and investment decisions?

IHS Markit offers this detailed five-year forecast of US vehicles in operation (VIO), which supports aftermarket professionals with comprehensive VIN-based data on vehicles currently on the road and those set to launch within four years, helping you:

Inform production decisions
Understand parts potential before vehicle launch
Predict future parts demand and market timing
Plan market entrance and exit
Gauge scrap rates for specific makes and models

What’s Included

Forecast

Information is mapped to Aftermarket Catalog Enhanced Standard (ACES) coding and includes existing model terminations and future model introductions

Five-year forecast (current year plus four)
Historical data
VIO projections for new launches

Analysis

Aftermarket Trends
Build a detailed parts-level forecast

Market Shifts
Orient market entrance and exit by anticipating highest period of replacement part demand

Strategic Planning
Organize production by identifying the lifecycle events and volumes associated with future new vehicle registration

Research

Guide future parts production with a vehicle registration forecast for all new model introductions, segmented by:

Vehicle
Calendar year
Model year
Make
Model
Market sector

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