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Briefing: Nearly 1 in 3 car buyers are underwater on trade-ins — analyst calls dollar amount 'troubling'

Strategic angle: An estimated 30.5% of car buyers with a trade-in owe more than it's worth, up 4.2 percentage points from a year ago but still below the prepandemic share.

Editorial Staff · 2026-03-30 · 1 MIN READ