WASHINGTON–What’s known: should President Trump’s tariffs remain in place, new and used vehicle prices are going to get even higher. The unknown: Will members stop buying cars, move from new to used, or given how many buy cars according to payment, move to less-expensive models? The tariffs also may create challenges for credit unions that serve some autoworkers. All of those questions and more remain much in flux with analysts predicting auto prices could rise by $5,000 to $10,000 per vehicle and wreak havoc on the market as the result of 25% import tariffs on vehicles and auto parts. As the CU Daily reports separately, however, Black Book believes automakers will spread out the incremental cost of tariffed vehicles across their entire showroom to retain relative vehicle transaction prices. Still, the company expects tariffs to push the average transaction price on vehicles to more than $50,000. ‘A Debacle’ “The tariffs are a debacle of epic proportions for the a...
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