Archive for December 18th, 2008

Car dealers have haggled with their customers for years.  This practice has allowed salesmen to con buyers into buying cars and new car warranties, using all kinds of negotiating strategies.  But car dealers have paid for it by being known as untrustworthy. Some dealers are changing their ways by dumping haggling.  The eighth largest chain […]

Luckily, at the moment, not all of the economic news is tragic. According to economists from Comerica Bank, vehicles have currently become more affordable than has been seen in 28 years.  So, the last time vehicle shoppers’ purchases made up this small of a piece of his or her income, fuel prices were higher than […]

California’s Air Resources Board withdrew its stringent mandates for vehicles with zero-emissions, in favor of hybrids that are charged with mainly electricity. California is the biggest and most important car market in the world.  In fact, over 2 million vehicles are purchased in the state every year. Consequently, the most new car warranties and auto […]