Chief among the announced auto duties now in effect is a 25% tariff on imported cars and light trucks, to be joined before May 3 by a 25% tariff on car parts manufactured outside the U.S. (There are partial exceptions for certain models assembled in Canada and Mexico). Kelley Blue Book reported that the average car dealer had a 43-day supply of used cars at the beginning of March, which had declined to 39 days at the end of the month. Our adult sons are out of the house and we’ve gotten by reasonably well for the past few years with one car, a reliable Subaru Forester that is great in the kind of weather we’re apt to get in Western Washington, but with less-than-ideal gas mileage.
Author: Rick VanderKnyff
Published at: 2025-04-16 22:36:35
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