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How Much Do Dealers Actually Make Per Car? Markup, Gross, and the Number Nobody Talks About
Car dealer markup vs gross vs net, with real ranges: typical used-car front gross, back-end income, and why the take-home number per car is far smaller than the sticker spread.
7 min read · Updated 2026-07-16Dealership AccountingHow to Calculate the True Profit on a Used Car (the Math Most Dealers Get Wrong)
Sale price minus purchase price is not your profit. Here's the full per-car costing formula — recon, transport, floorplan interest, pack — with a worked example.
7 min read · Updated 2026-07-16Stop guessing what each car made you
Loturn tracks every cost against every VIN and shows live profit on every car — with real dealer accounting built in. One flat price.
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