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Weekend Car Buying Roundup March 23, 2024

Jalopnik

A sucker walks into a new car dealership every minute. Dealership showroom floors are practically delivery rooms for freshly-born suckers. There are shiny new cars on the floor, and rapacious young sales professionals just waiting to lure you into something you can’t afford , don’t need, or otherwise shouldn’t own.…

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VinFast's Plans For 2024 Involve Everything But Making Good Cars

Jalopnik

The VinFast VF8 is a bad car , and with a base price of nearly $50,000, you can’t even make the argument that it doesn’t need to be fancy because it’s cheap. Despite that (and all the negative reviews that came from the press launch), VinFast decided to start selling its cars in the U.S. Or at least attempt to sell… Read more.

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Reports challenge consumer perceptions about EV range, chargers

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Two new reports are challenging consumer perceptions — and doubts — about electric vehicles. Despite the recent headwinds for electric vehicles, it’s clear that many existing models would be more than adequate for consumers’ weekly use. This is a key challenge EVs have always faced.

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EV Rentals Failed Due To Crashes, Parts Delays And Poor Charging

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It’s Tuesday, July 16, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Good morning! Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.

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Study shows relevance of dealerships is rising – led by Gen Z

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Are traditional car dealerships becoming less relevant in this era of digital disruption? The 2024 Urban Science Dealership Transformation Index polled 3,005 U.S. car buyers in three “key dimensions” — dealer relevance, trend resistance and actions — to measure customer perception of dealers.

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Dealerships Are Giving Discounts Again, And It’s Boosting Sales

Jalopnik

In 2024, car buyers got a very slight respite from the record-high car prices weve seen for almost half a decade now , and it seems like that trend will continue through 2025 thanks to dealers offering more and more cash on the hood of new cars.

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Elon Musk Pitches EVs To Disinterested Republicans During Trump Interview

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It’s Tuesday, August 13, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift , your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Good morning! Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more.