Used cars are expensive enough now that people are starting to look in places they used to ignore completely. That is how government surplus auctions end up back in the conversation. On pap
Shopping for a car online used to come with a familiar set of risks. A seller could lie about mileage, hide damage, use old photos, invent a maintenance history, or conveniently “forget&rdqu
There's a number that car salespeople don't bring up, and financial advisors mention mostly to people who already bought the car. The moment you drive a new vehicle off the dealer's lot, i
Walk onto a new car lot right now and something feels different. The inventory is back. Like, really back. Rows of vehicles, lots of the same trim in four different colors, salespeople who seem ge
Fourteen percent. That’s how far Ford’s May sales slid compared with last year. On paper it looks like a red warning light, 190,000 vehicles that never drove off the lot. Social feeds
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
If you've changed your own oil in the last few weeks, you might have noticed something weird at the auto parts store. The brand you always grab is suddenly out of stock. Or the price jumped five b
Just when everybody thought catalytic converter theft was finally fading out, the thieves apparently decided to run it back for another season. And honestly? The timing makes perfect sense.
Car color and resale value have a closer relationship than most people realize. When you pick a color at the dealership, you're probably thinking about what looks good in the parking lot. But that
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