There’s reason to be optimistic about the price of used vehicles, which surged during the pandemic and have started to trend downward. But even if you score a great deal on a car, truck or SUV, costly ...

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a new aluminum alloy called RidgeAlloy that can turn contaminated car-body scrap into strong structural vehicle parts. Normally, impurities ...

Motorists are being told to scrap cars due to a little-known but very important 50 per cent threshold. Sean Wright, vehicle specialist at broken car buyers Sell Your Problem Car, reckons if a single ...

A man used a tow truck to steal seven vehicles in Trenton earlier this year and delivered them to scrap yards where they were crushed, authorities said. Walter Mason, 45, was charged Saturday with ...

The business of selling cars, once considered the purview of mom-and-pop shops, has evolved into a lucrative trillion-dollar industry. Mega-dealerships have been on the rise amid a decadeslong ...

This video explores the UK scrappage scheme, initiated in the 2009 budget by Chancellor Alistair Darling following lobbying by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The scheme gained ...

Electric-vehicle startup Rivian Automotive just won a yearslong battle with car dealers in Washington state that threatens the model of how cars are sold. After fighting to sell its vehicles directly ...

UPDATE 3/30/2026: "The FTC will remain focused on monitoring auto dealerships to ensure that the market functions efficiently and competitors are transparently competing on price," Christopher ...

A campaign which is battling to save thousands of perfectly good cars from being scrapped after they were caught in a ‘tax trap’ is approaching a key milestone. Motoring fans are up in arms that some ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warnings to 97 auto groups around the country, reminding them their advertised prices must be the total price, inclusive of all mandatory fees, that consumers ...

Two scrap dealers have been lynched at Ntensere in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District following allegations of child theft, an incident local authorities say underscores the growing danger of mob ...

The president of the Ashanti Regional Scrap Dealers Association, Alhaji Abdulai Gagala, has raised alarm over what he describes as a growing pattern of attacks on scrap dealers in Ghana’s Ashanti ...