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As seen on TV: How car incentives work, saving savvy shoppers $$$
March 12, 2018

As seen on TV: How car incentives work, saving savvy shoppers $$$

You’ve seen the television commercials. Some car brand is offering 0 percent financing or $1,500 cash back on the purchase of a new car. It’s almost enough of an incentive to sway you toward that particular model. Great financing. Cash…

Would you keep your vehicle 15 years or more? Some owners would
February 7, 2018

Would you keep your vehicle 15 years or more? Some owners would

The best measure of car-owner satisfaction may be how long the original owner keeps it. And in that is a possible lesson for used-car shoppers. While the average new-car buyer keeps his/her purchase about eight years, a healthy number of…

Here are the most popular used vehicles in all 50 states
December 29, 2017

Here are the most popular used vehicles in all 50 states

Thirty-nine states. If it were a gorilla, it would be King Kong. In the case of used-car sales, it represents domination of another sort, though equally as impressive, from the Northwest to the Southeast, from the Southwest to the Mid-Atlantic….