– Car salespeople will tell you that most people who end up leasing a new vehicle don’t walk through the door thinking of themselves as lease customers. Rather, like proposals on New Year’s Eve, leasing often just kind of happens, and the person has to live with the consequences of a spontaneous decision. The information here is intended to help you make good decisions […]
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To Lease or to Buy? Here Are Some Answers to the New-Car Shopper’s Biggest Question
– Are you in the market for a luxury car? Or a beater? Or maybe something you intend to keep till it’s a beater? Are you dutifully committed when it comes to vehicle-related responsibilities, or are you flakier than a fresh-baked croissant? When it comes to getting a vehicle, there are a lot of moving parts […]
Tech Brands and Ride Sharing Could Worsen New-Car Sales Hangover
– Automakers saw boom times for new-car sales in 2015 and 2016, and the notion that what goes up must come down (or plateau, if you’re being generous), has appeared to take hold in 2017. Car buyers are, after all, a finite resource. People don’t need to buy new vehicles regularly, and data shows people are […]
12 New-Car Lease Deals to Make Your Memorial Day Weekend
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Great Used-Car Bargains Hide among the New-Car Losers
– Automobiles are crazy expensive, and nobody wants to buy a shoddy product that bleeds us dry, whether it’s new or used. We want long-term quality, but nearly every single one of us is blinded by our past experiences and by the billions spent on advertising campaigns that aim to keep us on a straight and […]
The Life of a New-Car Dealer
– The headquarters of the 100-year-old National Automobile Dealers Association, with its 16,500 member dealerships representing 1.1 million employees, perches on a hill in Tysons, Virginia, on the outskirts of Washington, D.C. It’s an otherwise nondescript rectangle of coffee-colored glass except for three giant concrete silos arrayed along the southwest face that look like Kansas […]