New-car prices on the rise

Happy Friday morning. This is Car Alerts with your weekly recap of the latest car news and market happenings.

In today’s edition:

• New-vehicle prices climb

• eBay’s latest acquisition

• Premium German brands struggle

• Recent recall from Tesla

• and more

MARKETS 📈

HEADLINES 📰

New-vehicle prices increased for the fourth straight month in December, KBB reports

NHTSA announces $525MM civil penalty against Hino Motors for falsifying fuel consumption, other data

German premium carmakers' sales battered in China and Germany amid slowdown

Honda wants to kick Renault out of the Nissan merger, report says

Porsche delivered 310,718 vehicles in 2024

Trump’s DOT pick wants EV owners to pay to use roads

Volkswagen deliveries drop in tough year at home and in China

eBay acquires Caramel to reduce risk and complexity of online car sales

Lexus kills off the RC and RC F coupes after 11 years

Why Hindenburg Research calls Carvana’s accounting methods ‘a grift’

RECALLS

Tesla rearview camera failures cause recall of 240,000 vehicles

That’s all we have for you this week. We’ll see you next Friday with more car content.

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