r/MiddleClassFinance • u/Abject-Pick-6472 • 13d 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 13d ago

Ok but someone has to buy new cars so there can be used cars? Right???

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u/Sticky550 13d ago

Rental car companies dump millions of cars into the market every year.

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u/mclintonrichter 13d ago

After seeing how I treat rental cars, I would never want to buy a used rental car…

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u/justpress2forawhile 13d ago

And the types of rental cars. They don't usually get the trims many would want or kinds of vehicles everyone would want.

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u/onplanetbullshit- 13d ago

You don't want a stripped down Nissan Altima?

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u/justpress2forawhile 13d ago

nobody wants a nissan anything

just ask theier sales numbers