Jack Nerad
Jack Nerad
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Automakers have been subsidizing the lower end of the markets to meet CAFE standards.
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Maximize everything else you've got going for you,
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The huge growth in large SUVs is essentially over. At the same time there is going to be a very significant market for large SUVs like the Chevy Tahoe. There are just too many people who need what a large SUV does for them.
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Financing of over 100 percent of the car's value is not unusual these days.
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I think it's a hard drug to get the consumers off of frankly, ... We've certainly seen that in our surveys. Many consumers have become very dependent on incentives to motivate them to get up off the couch and into showrooms.
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I think it's a hard drug to get the consumers off of frankly. We've certainly seen that in our surveys. Many consumers have become very dependent on incentives to motivate them to get up off the couch and into showrooms.
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It makes a lot of sense when you look at the depreciation curve on a typical new car. Most of the depreciation takes place in the first two years, so someone else takes the hit,
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Families want their vehicles to do a variety of things. They're toting not only their kids, but other people's kids and they want space, safety and style.
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Say, 'I'm interested in buying a two-year-old BMW 325I in the next two months. What do you have coming off lease?' ... You can make some sort of preliminary deal over the phone.
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Large sport utility vehicles are pretty good deals these days - and the money you save will pay for an awful lot of gas.
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There is only so much of a spread between what the dealer pays for the vehicle and the dealer's profits. If you throw a broker in there, you're just throwing in another mouth to feed.