1 in 4 new car trade-ins are now ‘underwater’ — a 4-year high as more owners drag major debt into new buys. Here’s how to avoid drowning in auto loans

This is the highest share Edmunds has reported in four years, meaning a growing number of people are dragging additional debt ...

Americans are underwater on car loans. They're buying new cars anyway.

More Americans are trading in underwater vehicles. That does not mean the vehicles are submerged. In a sense, the drivers are ...

1 in 4 new car trade-ins are ‘underwater,’ marking a 4-year high — here’s how to avoid drowning in auto loans

This is the highest share Edmunds has reported in four years, meaning a growing number of people are dragging additional debt ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

What to do if you’re underwater on your car loan

More car buyers are finding themselves in a tough spot financially. According to a recent report from Edmunds, more than 26% of new-vehicle trade-ins in the second quarter of 2025 had negative equity ...
AZ Central

Americans are underwater on car loans. They're buying new cars anyway.

That does not mean the vehicles are submerged. In a sense, the drivers are. More than one in four trade-ins had negative equity in the third quarter of 2025, Edmunds reports. In auto industry parlance ...