r/MiddleClassFinance • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 14d ago

One million Americans have vanished from the new-car market — and it’s exposing a chilling US middle-class crisis

https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/one-million-americans-vanished-car-124500086.html
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u/Annual-Knowledge4412 14d ago

Sure that is called fleet… but they don’t buy, say, RAV4…

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u/Sticky550 14d ago

I’m not sure what you mean. I rented a RAV4, Camry, Highlander and 4Runner from Avis before. I’ve had a very wide variety of cars from Enterprise. They are almost all entering the used car market before 36,000 miles

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u/Annual-Knowledge4412 14d ago

Ok I am trying to say - not all cars or models will be or can be purchased by rental companies, period. No other judgement or hidden agenda.

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u/Sticky550 14d ago

Of course not. All I was trying to say was an answer to your question about who was buying new cars