Brazil Is Buying Chinese Cars By the Billions. The Real Fight Is Over Screwdrivers
Everyone is reporting that Brazil just became the world’s largest importer of Chinese-made vehicles, spending...
Car Market
Stellantis Is Profitable Again. It Also Just Told You Which Of Its 14 Brands Don’t Matter.
Stellantis reported a profit on Thursday. Wire copy treated it as a comeback story: red...
Stellantis Just Sold Its Car-Sharing Business to a Company That Buys Other People’s Failures for a Living
When a company sells off a division, the buyer usually tells you more than the...
Cadillac’s All-Electric Future Is Dead. Long Live the XT6 Nobody Asked to See Again.
Mary Barra didn’t announce new Cadillacs on GM’s second-quarter earnings call this week. She announced...
Used Car Prices Just Hit $27,027 Again. More Than Half of Buyers Are Already Underwater Before They Sign.
Cox Automotive says the average used vehicle listed for $27,027 in June. That’s up 6%...
China’s EVs Just Passed Gas Cars at the Export Dock. Now the Dock Is the Problem.
China’s EV exports have passed gasoline cars for the first time, but weak domestic demand and rising tariffs are already…
Dodge Is Throwing the Charger a 60th Birthday Party. The V8 Wasn’t Invited
Dodge wants you to spend this summer thinking about 1966. Starting this week, the brand...
Used Car Prices Climbed Again in June. Turns Out the 2021 Chip Shortage Just Never Sent Its Final Bill
Cox Automotive has a word for what happened to used-car prices in June: “normalizing.” It’s...
Extended Car Warranties: Sometimes a Lifesaver, Usually Just Fear Dressed Up as a Sales Pitch
The pitch always lands at the worst possible moment. You’ve just agreed to a price,...
China Can’t Sell Cars to Its Own People Anymore, So It’s Flooding Everyone Else’s Driveway Instead
China’s passenger-car market spent June doing exactly what it’s done for the better part of...
China’s EV Industry Just Culled 27 of Its Own Brands. The 3 Survivors Are Coming for Your Dealership.
Everyone is reading China’s EV market numbers as a story about slowing demand. It isn’t....
Gas Is Creeping Back Toward $4 a Gallon Because of Iran, and Cancelling Netflix Won’t Fix What’s Actually Broken
President Trump said on July 8 that the ceasefire with Iran is over, and warned...
The Fine Print Behind ‘Certified Pre-Owned’ That Dealers Hope You Never Read
'Certified Pre-Owned' can be worth the money — or a badge slapped on a car that got a quick once-over…
Leasing vs. Buying: The Math Dealers Hope You Never Actually Do
There's no universal right answer to leasing vs buying — only the right answer for you. Here's the math dealerships…
Manual vs. Automatic: Why an Argument the Spreadsheet Already Settled Refuses to Die
By every spreadsheet metric, the automatic won years ago. So why won't the manual die? Because efficiency was never the…