Car affordability has hit a four-year low, according to data compiled by Detroit-based Comerica Bank. The purchase of an average-priced, new vehicle during the third quarter of 2005 took 26.2 weeks of median family income. Including finance charges, the total cost of buying an average-priced light vehicle was $27,958 in the second quarter, up 6 percent from a year ago. “Affordability deteriorated because financing costs rose sharply and because the average consumer reacted to the great deals that were available this fall by spending more, not less, for a new car,” according to Dana Johnson, chief economist at Comerica Bank.
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