Demand for Used Vehicles Up After Pause in Auto Manufacturing

A file photo of a used car on display in San Francisco on June 9, 2011. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Car dealers and market experts in California say used cars are in higher demand and their value has risen, due to a shortage in supply of new vehicles. 

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, auto plants under lockdown delayed the production of new vehicles.