January 17, 2021

Tag: Concerns

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Six Months into Pandemic TrueCar Study Finds Vehicle Affordability Now Tops Car Shopper Concerns

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More Car Shoppers Than Ever Want to Shop Online, Despite Decreased Concern Over COVID-19 Exposure

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Vehicle Shopper Concerns Due to COVID-19
Vehicle Shopper Concerns Due to COVID-19
Vehicle Shopper Concerns Due to COVID-19

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COVID-19's Impact on Likelihood to Purchase
COVID-19’s Impact on Likelihood to Purchase
COVID-19’s Impact on Likelihood to Purchase

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COVID-19's Impact on Vehicle Shopping Habits
COVID-19’s Impact on Vehicle Shopping Habits
COVID-19’s Impact on Vehicle Shopping Habits

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 12, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TrueCar, Inc., the most efficient and transparent online destination to find a car, released the fifth wave of its study into the impact of the pandemic on vehicle shopping and vehicle shoppers’ needs, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic.

“At the six-month marker, it’s encouraging to see that fewer shoppers now report being less likely to purchase a vehicle due to the pandemic than at any point during our research series,” said Wendy McMullin, Head of Research at TrueCar. “Shopper concerns over vehicle affordability

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Trump Drives By Well-Wishers, Raising Concerns About Health of Secret Service Agents in His Car

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President Trump, on his third day of hospitalization for the coronavirus, briefly visited well-wishers gathered outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center during a drive-by in a sport utility vehicle with two Secret Service agents on Sunday evening, in apparent disregard of federal safety guidelines.

In a video posted moments earlier on his Twitter account, Mr. Trump, his voice a bit husky but otherwise normal, tried to project the image of a man on the mend, saying he was getting “great reports from the doctors.”

The president, whose mishandling of the pandemic has become a political liability, also said his first-person experience with a deadly infection that had cost the lives of more than 200,000 Americans had changed his perspective

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