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Jul 2023
51m 47s

What's it like to buy a car right now?

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CBC senior business reporter Pete Evans tells us about the car market and why it's never been more expensive to buy one and we speak with Greg Layson, a digital editor with Automotive News Canada, about when prices might start to come down. 
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