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If economists and remarketing experts are correct, 2017 will finally be the year of significant declines in used-vehicle prices. It's a trend that has been a long time coming. Similar predictions were made in 2015 and 2016 by those same experts. Instead, used-vehicle prices held relatively stable at or near record levels for the past few years. Various indexes that monitor used car pricing showed slight dips in used values last year, though they remain well above pre-recession levels. Strong demand for new and used light trucks, a growing market for certified pre-owned vehicles ...
Tesla Motors Inc. CEO Elon Musk is pressing the Trump administration to adopt a tax on carbon emissions, raising the issue directly with President Donald Trump and U.S. business leaders at a White House meeting Monday regarding manufacturing. A senior White House official said Musk floated the idea of a carbon tax at the meeting but got little or no support among the executives at the White House, signaling that Trump’s conservative political orbit remains tepid on the issue. Ford CEO Mark Fields also attended the meeting. Musk has made social media overtures to Trump’s ...
It seems like after all these years or car sales growth, tough days are coming for automakers. The previous success starts working against them, it means car costumers have bought so many new cars in the last years that they have a very low interest in them right now. A glut of used vehicles has started to depress prices. That trend will intensify as Americans will return 3.36 million leased cars and trucks this year, another jump after a 33 percent surge in 2016. The fallout has already begun, with Ford Motor Co. shaving $300 million from its financial-services arm’s profit f...
If you like to shop on cars then this year is the perfect one for you. Low interest rates and lots of high-tech choices in the market this year might open the doors to huge car discounts. It's a good time to buy a car now, and it should be for the rest of the year. New-vehicle sales hit a record of 17.55 million in the U.S. last year. While they're not expected to top that this year, demand is still strong. Many of the factors that fueled sales last year are still in place, like solid consumer confidence and low gas prices. New technology like Apple CarPlay and automati...
First of all we'd like to state the obvious: Gasoline prices were low. Although OPEC’s September announcement to restrict oil production hiked pump prices during the final quarter, the nationwide average price for regular has yet to top $2.40 per gallon. Back in February 2016, retail prices fell as low as $1.72. Low interest rates continued to keep financing and leasing attractive. Through the third quarter of 2016, 86 percent of all new-car buyers financed in some capacity, at average rates of 2.6 percent and 3.6 percent for the two top credit tiers, and the national aver...