No, it’s not just you – high prices are pushing massive numbers of would-be new car shoppers into either keeping their old cars a little while longer or shopping for something pre-owned instead. According to reporting from the Wall Street Journal, rising fuel costs and unfavorable interest rates have removed about 1 million shoppers from the new car market since the beginning of the decade, and unless things change significantly, they’re not likely to return to their beloved, brand-new RAV4s and Altimas.
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