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Aftermarket faces challenges as market softens

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Alongside fuel consumption trends, the report highlighted a modest decrease in retail sales for automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores in the first half of 2024, showing a 1.1 Looking ahead, King cautioned that lower vehicle sales from 2019 to 2023 could bring challenges for certain aftermarket sectors later in the decade.

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Nobody Wants This Low-Mileage 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt, Car Now Back With Original Dealer

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This 2019 Ford Mustang Bullitt features a Dark Highland Green over Ebony leather configuration, and just 468 miles on its 5.0L Originally, this retailed from $51,760, but the reserve not getting met. It recently failed to sell at auction where the highest bid only went as far north as $45,000. continue reading. )

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Eccles Auto adds glass service from Novus

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The shop is now owned by Scott Eccles, who purchased the business from his parents Bruce and Claire in 2019. “We’re thrilled to welcome Novus Glass Dundas to the Fix Network family, said Zakari Krieger, VP of Prime CarCare, which includes Fix Network’s retail brands.

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How much EV charging stations boost spending in local businesses

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Traditionally, many gas stations are affiliated with retail store chains, which enables owners to both sell fuel and attract customers to diversify their revenue stream. The joint gas station and convenience store business model could also be adopted to EV charging stations,” Zheng said.

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Q3 marked ‘return to normalcy’ for used-car retail prices

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When it comes to used-car retail prices, the third quarter pointed to a “return to normalcy,” a trend that was particularly evident by this metric: late-model used cars have prices that are “notably below” those of new vehicles. What’s more, the gap between these prices during Q3 2019 (the last pre-pandemic year) was $13,194, Edmunds said. “No

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The Best Ram Pickup Truck No One Is Talking About

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This is the story of the 2019 Ram 1500 Classic Warlock, which retailed for $35,345 back when it first came out. In a world of high-end trucks with massive six-figure MSRPs, there’s one Ram pickup that quietly gave you real V8 grunt for the price of a loaded Camry. It goes to show that value-for-money will never go out of style.

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This 2019 Corvette ZR1 Shows Only 965 Miles, but Sadly Lacks Important Performance Option

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Offered for 2019 exclusively, the C7-generation ZR1 is the most powerful series-production Corvette of them all. Just under 3,000 retail units were produced, split between 2,441 coupes and 512 convertibles. Chassis number 1G1Y53D97K5802607 is one of those cars, and with 965 miles (1,553 kilometers) on th. continue reading. )

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