Ford-150 vans are displayed for sale with a dealership on March 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Ford-150 vans are displayed for sale with a dealership on March 24, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Americans rush to automobile dealers when they are concerned about President Trump’s prices will do at car prices in the coming months. Sales of new vehicles have increased regularly this year, and they jumped in March, according to the COX Automotive market company. This is the month when President Trump announced the automotive rates to come.
Buyers run to buy cars this spring because they believe that prices will increase in summer and fall. And the experts say that if prices remain in place, it’s probably.
It is a bet that President Trump does – with the hope that his pricing strategy will lead the national car manufacturers to make more vehicles at home.
Mary Louise Kelly of NPR talks about with the CEO of the Ford Motor Company, Jim Farley, who was at the Ford Kentucky truck factory, on Trump’s prices and Ford’s future.
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This episode was produced by Alejandra Marquez Janse, with the audio engineering of Simon-laslo Janssen. He was published by John Ketchum and Sarah Handel, with the help of Camila Domonoske. Our executive producer is Sami Yenigun.
