Her Nissan Rogue Passed a Clean Carfax Check. It Still Had Three VINs, and It Belonged to Enterprise the Whole Time
Amber Wolnomiejski did the things a careful car buyer is told to do. She pulled...
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A $5,295 Fee to ‘Certify’ a Car That Was Already Certified. The Rule Meant to Stop It Died Six Months Ago.
Manchester City Nissan will pay $4 million over alleged junk fees. The bigger story is that a CPO badge is…
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...
31 Felony Charges Later, Georgia’s Tag Office Has One Very Awkward Question: Who Else Has Her Login?
Every title-fraud story The Auto Wire has covered shares one plot point: someone had to...
Avis Briefly Became a $27 Billion Meme Stock — Its Own Books Said It Was Worthless
For a few days in April, Wall Street decided that Avis Budget Group – the...
IIHS Just Ranked America’s Most Dangerous Cars. The Industry Already Killed Seven of Them
Look at the ten vehicles with the worst driver death rates in the Insurance Institute...
The $20,000 Used Car Didn’t Disappear. Automakers Discontinued It
Ask a dealer why a three-year-old Camry costs about what a loaded new one cost...
Cars.com Just Had a Record Quarter – By Politely Admitting Fewer People Are Showing Up
Cars.com told investors this week that it just posted the fastest revenue growth in its...
America’s Car-Mart Buried A Footnote About Bad Loans. A Third Of Its Dealerships Just Paid For It.
Sometime around April 14 of this year, America’s Car-Mart shut the lights off at 42...
The Kill Switch Already in Millions of Financed Cars
Ask any repo agent how the job used to work, and you’ll hear the same...
This Lamborghini SVJ Roadster’s Bring a Trailer Auction Got Pulled Mid-Bid, and the Comments Section Deserves the Credit
A Lamborghini Aventador SVJ Roadster listed for sale on Bring a Trailer this week racked...
America’s Car-Mart Has Plenty Of Customers. It’s Running Out Of Money To Sell Them Cars
America’s Car-Mart still has customers. What it lacks is the short-term financing needed to buy their cars and make their…
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%...
Police Hit Two Salesmen With 176 Charges in a Re-VIN Scheme. The Crown Quietly Dropped Every Single One
A Toronto re-VIN scheme shows just how sophisticated auto theft in the Greater Toronto Area...