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Move over, Kasem, Consumer Reports charts American Top 40 (new car deals)

Consumer Reports has counted down the forty best deals on domestic new cars – those you can get from 10 below MSRP. Since CR doesn't have any Chrysler products that it feels it can recommend, there are no Pentastar products on the list, and General Motors products features but twice (the 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 1LT 4X4 Crew Cab can be had for 15% below retail and the 2009 GMC Sierra 4WD Crew Cab SLT SWB for a 10% discount). Topping the chart is the 2009 Nissan Titan SE 4X4 Crew Cab SWB, for which CR figures Nissan will slice off ... Read more →

New car customers stuck with old loans when dealers don't pay off the trade-in Jonathon Ramsey

Many consumers who buy a new car still owe money on the car they're trading in. The situation is usually handled by the dealer agreeing to pay off the old loan, the cost of which might be folded into ...

PSA: More banks suing even after repossessing vehicles Jonathon Ramsey

Just because your car has been repossessed doesn't mean you don't still owe the bank money on it. If that vehicle gets sold at auction for less than the bank is owed on it, the difference is called ...

Move over, Kasem, Consumer Reports charts American Top 40 (new car deals) 7 months ago on Autoblog

Consumer Reports has counted down the forty best deals on domestic new cars – those you can get from 10 below MSRP. Since CR doesn't have any Chrysler products that it feels it can recommend, there are no Pentastar products on the list, and General Motors products features but twice (the ...

New car customers stuck with old loans when dealers don't pay off the trade-in 10 months ago on Autoblog

Many consumers who buy a new car still owe money on the car they're trading in. The situation is usually handled by the dealer agreeing to pay off the old loan, the cost of which might be folded into the new car price. No problem a year ago, but it's a bigger issue now. With 5,000 dealers closing ...

PSA: More banks suing even after repossessing vehicles 11 months ago on Autoblog

Just because your car has been repossessed doesn't mean you don't still owe the bank money on it. If that vehicle gets sold at auction for less than the bank is owed on it, the difference is called the "deficiency." And as MSNBC informs, banks are increasingly suing to get that deficiency amount ...






Autoblog Podcast #158: 'Twas a couple nights before Christmas...

Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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