This seems to be starting in Canada too. CHECK YOUR CAR'S VALUE BECAUSE CAR VALUES JUST EXPLODED IN MEXICO
Right around this time of the year is when cars get re-assessed by make and model in Mex. It also happens in the fall, (twice a year). Yesterday I went to check to see how hard it would be to get a car for my sister in law and car values absolutely blew up. We retired the FIAT for a couple of reasons and got a new econobox about a year ago and when I checked the value of the FIAT it's an impossible $7500 USD on the low end, and about $12,000 USD on the high end. It is absolutely weird. The econobox we picked up used for about $5,000 is now worth $10,000. It was a smart buy even before that happened but what is the huge surprise is the FIAT. It's not one you can get in the U.S., the Fiat is what is called a "world car" that is what I consider "too good for the United States" so the politicians won't allow it. It is one that can "go anywhere" so well that test drives for new ones were done off road by the dealers. So we kept it as a bugout car but not a daily driver because it is an animal off road. And that one went BOOOM, absolutely exploded in value. So I guess I will fix it up. It really needs it. I deemed it "Sometimes you just have to walk away from a car that's been used to death" but it would still work for a bugout. If that went to $7500 as is there is something BIG going on that a lot of people don't know about yet.
HEADS UP: If you have a car you want to sell, you had better seriously reconsider unless you have the new one already lined up and ready to step right into. You might end up left without a ride, cursing yourself.
We'll keep driving the econobox because after a nice going over to work out the bugs it is now hitting 114 kilometers per metric gallon (70.5 mpg) and that was my plan when we bought it. It was rated the champ that way but needed a little maintenance work to get it back up to that. Gas would have to go to $17.50 a gallon to put that car on par with the cost of driving an F-150 today. Add a little gas storage to that equation and it won't be parked.

When I discovered the value of cars in Mex, it happened this way: First, since the sister in law was asking for the FIAT I searched for "Anything below $2500 USD" and it was all garbage. That was odd, because normally good ones will pop up (old but OK). Then I looked for "Anything between $2,500 and $5000 USD and it looked exactly like the first crap search. THE ACTUAL RATED VALUES BY MEXICO'S BLU BOOK PANEL SHOWED UP FOR ALL CARS, IT WAS NOT JUST PEOPLE GOING CRAZY. It was so weird that even junked out Fiats like the one I have were not showing up at the $5000 price point and I paid $3000 for it 7 years ago. The junked out Fiats started showing up at $7500 USD, and that was the LOW END. Mine probably is not that bad (AC still works, no major problems but REALLY USED) so THAT is when I knew something big happened and really looked into it. HOLD ONTO YOUR CAR IF IT WORKS AT ALL, IT MIGHT BE YOUR LAST.