The car market is extremely competitive. There are a lot of brands vying for your attention and if you do a reasonable amount of shopping and negotiating, you should be able to get a decent deal yourself.

The huge growth in large SUVs is essentially over. At the same time there is going to be a very significant market for large SUVs like the Chevy Tahoe. There are just too many people who need what a large SUV does for them.

The typical American is not buying a lot more car than he really needs.

Generally this time of year is clearance time in the auto business.

If you are talking about developing a new platform from the ground up, platform sharing probably saves tens or hundreds of millions of dollars. And it probably saves at least two or three years off the design process.

The used car market is a lot more regional than people realize,

It's so hard. A lot of people would say personal recommendation is the only way to go with something as individualized as this. But a person who got a lousy deal might come away thinking he got a great deal and others might think they could have done better.

It makes a lot of sense when you look at the depreciation curve on a typical new car. Most of the depreciation takes place in the first two years, so someone else takes the hit,

it's less likely the Charger will depreciate, so that's another thing you could tell your wife or girlfriend.

There seems to be something for everyone. Auto makers are slicing the pie even narrower.