Helping you become a better informed new- and used-car shopper
It’s a nightmare scenario. A fictitious consumer we’ll call John purchased a new car about a year ago, say, for $22,757 – the Kelley Blue Book Fair Purchase Price of one small sedan in a suburb of a major Southwest…
Maybe you can afford to buy a new Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, the MotorWeek Drivers’ Choice best-of-the-year award winner. But, with a suggested retail price of almost $60,000, it’s a car most of us can’t afford. Fortunately, MotorWeek, the long-running PBS…
To buy a car or not to buy a car. It’s the question of the millennium – or is that the millennials? Considered for years to be the generation that could kill off driving as we know it because of…
If certified pre-owned (CPO) vehicles are so great, then why do they represent less than a quarter of franchise dealers’ used-vehicle sales? And less than 10 percent of franchise dealers’ overall sales of new and used vehicles? And less than…
Electric vehicle sales are hardly lighting up. In fact, other than a trio of Tesla models, electric vehicles took a step back in 2019, despite availability of more EV models than ever in the United States. Why the reluctance of…
Keeping a vehicle long, long after purchasing it new probably means you made a good decision in the first place. There’s also a good chance you bought a Toyota or a Honda. “Owners are more likely to hold onto cars…