Today in Automotive History: The 1970 GM Strike Began September 15 — and So Did the Next Two
The 1970 GM strike began September 15 and idled hundreds of thousands of workers. What it won still shapes what…
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Clark Howard Just Killed His Famous Car-Repair Rule — And Blamed the Wrong Culprit
For the better part of two decades, if a mechanic’s estimate crossed half of what...
Sub-$20,000 Used Cars Are Basically an Endangered Species — Only 1 in 9 Three-Year-Olds Survives
A three-year-old Camry saved you $8,033 in 2019. It saves you $4,171 now. The real story in the iSeeCars data…
Used Cars Just Hit a Record $32,461 — and Your ‘Buy a Toyota, It Holds Value’ Advice Just Backfired
Buy a Toyota, the old advice goes. It holds its value. Three generations of car...
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...
Detroit Is Panicking That Teens Won’t Get Their License. Maybe Check the Sticker Price First
The decline in teenage driving didn’t start with the smartphone. It started in 1983, when...
The Sub-$25,000 New Car Has Nearly Vanished. Here’s the Math Behind It.
There was a time, not that long ago, when a first-time buyer with a modest...