Car Shopping

Helping you become a better informed new- and used-car shopper

16 ways to smarter financing for your next vehicle purchase
July 29, 2019

16 ways to smarter financing for your next vehicle purchase

It’s just plain smart to do your homework when car shopping. And not just for the car. It also makes sense to research smarter financing if you are among the 85 percent of new-car shoppers or 54 percent of used-car…

2020 Ford Escape car wars
July 12, 2019

‘Car wars’ over so look for more new crossover, SUV models

It wasn’t too long ago – about five years – that more car models were available to new-vehicle shoppers than crossover/SUVs. But the car wars are over and, apparently, crossover/SUVs have won. Two years from now, new-vehicle shoppers will have…

Line of vehicles used car prices
July 8, 2019

Used car prices rising, but so is desirability vs. new models

Used car prices are rising. That’s not good news ordinarily for shoppers who have turned to recent-model-year used cars – many of them coming off leases – for relief from the rising prices of new vehicles. But with the gap…