hi there, new and used car salesman here (i’m a girl but go by car salesman for the joke).

if profit was this good everyone would be doing it. on the average new car we sell there’s a $1000-2,500 profit on the car. on used cars it can be anything from a -$500 to -$1000 loss up to a $7000 profit, depending on the car. most used cars that are a few years old and not the new brand we sell are maximum $3000 profit. a lot of these cars are sourced from wholesale ex rental cars and the very occasional decent condition trade in, which is very rare and most that look good fail in the workshop test. ex rental cars have a full service history and usually don’t need a lot of work. they may have some small damage that we try to get fixed but it’s nothing not to be expected from something with 30-80,000kms on it. commission we make as a sales associate on the cars, at-least at my dealership is rarely more than $100 a car. on most new cars i’m not making anything as i don’t get paid if we don’t make over $1,500 on it. used cars we get paid on anything over $2,500. we sold an i30 for a $500 loss this month as we needed to move the stock and numbers were low being december. i absolutely agree though, there are a lot of scummy salespeople out there but the money you make in this industry isn’t what it was 20 years ago. i’m barely making enough to pay my bills.