Jon R.

All of these car review companies like KBB and Edmunds have been purchased by big monied interests in the automotive industry. You will notice that they have all increased prices on new and used cars systematically in the last 12-18 months. Many new cars that sold far below MSRP when purchased new are now selling way above MSRP as a used car. This is an engineered manipulation of the automotive marketplace to produce the highest profits ever seen in this market segment. Also, every new car sold in the USA is being pushed to a $30k to 60k unit price. I know that all of the manufacturer's Honda, Toyota, Kia... all have new cars that sell for $12 to 15k. I've seen them being sold all over Asia. However, they will not allow them to be sold in the USA? They want all Americans to be saddled with a $40k loan on a depreciating asset like a car. I urge all Americans to write their congressman and tell them that we want to purchase affordable cars ($15k) that will not force us into bankruptcy if we lose our jobs and cannot pay off a car loan that that is three times what the asset is actually worth.