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1 In 5 New Car Buyers Took On $1,000+ Monthly Payments In Q4

Carscoops

Used car loans average $28,675 with more manageable $533 payments but sky-high 11% APRs. New Car Finance Data (Averages) Metric 2024 Q4 2023 Q4 2024 Q3 Loan Term 68.8 Monthly Payment $754 $739 $736 Amount Financed $42,113 $39,977 $40,713 APR 6.8% New car loans now average $42,113, with 18.9% Average loan terms stretched to 68.8

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Manage your money carefully

Canadian Auto Dealer

They impact their ability to borrow, manage cash flows and profit margins. Pressure on Profit Margins Increased borrowing costs can erode profit margins. First, if dealers are unable to transfer the higher financing costs to customers, they will have to absorb them internally. This happens in a few different ways.

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Carwow to help dealers boost sales during September plate-change

Motor Trader

The campaign will help retailers manage new car stock supply and build pipeline. Consumer demand for new cars has being impacted during the first six months of 2024 by increases in finance costs and ongoing cost-of-living concerns. Carwow will promote deals for 1,000s of new cars available from participating retailers.

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Falling interest rates ‘create opportunities’ for dealers.

Motor Trader

It said it expected to see a gradual easing of inflationary pressures into next year, leading to potential benefits, such as reduced vehicle stocking costs and increased market flexibility for OEMs. Allen concludes: “Lower financing costs are a positive step, but they won’t solve all of the market’s challenges overnight.

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EV Sales Plunge 55% In Germany As Incentives Dry Up

Carscoops

advertisement scroll to continue Read: California’s Slowing EV Sales Lead To Growing Industry Concerns The decline in sales started in December, prompting experts like Constantin Gall, the managing partner at EY for Western European markets, to suggest that there are underlying issues contributing to this downturn.

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Companies seek cure for profit-wrecking EV values

Autocar

Stable used car values have become critical to new car sales in that they determine finance costs, so the continued weakness in EV prices is also hurting car companies as they look to increase the percentage of zero-emission cars they sell. Those car companies are now torn.

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Why Tesla sales have tanked and why the price will keep dropping

CarExpert

At the end of your lease period, you have the option of paying a balloon payment on the vehicle (that is the cost of the vehicle depreciated in alignment with the government schedule), refinancing the vehicle to continue paying a monthly rate or, in some circumstances, just handing the car back. This isn’t allowed.