Yahoo Autos Cheapest and most expensive cities to buy a used car
Used-car prices skyrocketed in recent years due in part to new vehicle availability issues in the wake of the ongoing chip shortage, but a new study finds that not all cities have been hit equally hard by the increase. Website iSeeCars analyzed the national cost of the 25 most popular used cars to help buyers get a good deal.
Where you buy has a significant impact on what you pay, which makes sense: our country is the size of a continent, and demand for different models varies greatly from region to region and from state to state. Even with a plane ticket and gas factored in (or even the cost of shipping), there's money to be saved.
Take the Nissan Rogue, for example. The cheapest city to buy a Rogue in is San Antonio, Texas; in contrast, the crossover costs more in Fairbanks, Alaska, than anywhere else in the nation, according to iSeeCars. With all other factors being equal, including year, mileage, options, and condition, the Rogue costs 32.4% more in Fairbanks than in San Antonio. Alaska is, of course, quite far from the rest of the country (buyers there sometimes pay a higher destination charge) so the difference isn't surprising, but it's eye-opening nonetheless.
