A neighbor of mine just bought a new truck. Decent guy, nothing fancy, mid-trim F-150 with the basic four-wheel-drive package. We were standing in his driveway looking at it last weekend, and he menti
Car repossession numbers haven't looked this bad since the early '90s. Last year, 1.73 million vehicles were taken back by lenders across the United States, the highest total since 2009. And a
Buying a car in 2026 is expensive enough before anyone starts playing games with the numbers. And dealerships know that. The tactics haven’t really changed much over the years. The cars a
If you've been thinking about buying a car, the last few months probably felt like the worst possible time. Tariff headlines everywhere. Price hikes of $3,000 to nearly $9,000 on imported vehicles
Washington rarely agrees on anything, but this is one of those cases where both sides line up. Chinese cars are expanding fast across global markets, and that’s making U.S. lawmakers uneasy.
There was a time when a five-year car loan already felt like a commitment. Now? Seven years is starting to look normal, and that says a lot about where car buying has gone. More buyers are str
For years, electric trucks have had one big problem. They kept showing up with prices that made them feel less like work vehicles and more like luxury tech experiments. That is why Slate is getting
Anyone who has been casually putting off a car purchase may want to stop doing that. For months, tariff talk sounded like one of those economic stories that mattered in theory but had not fully lan
Buying a car without a plan is how people end up agreeing to things they did not mean to agree to. That is not because they are careless. It is because the dealership does this every day, and mos
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