Inventory shortages drive car shoppers to neighboring states: cars.com reports 10% of recent buyers traveled across state lines to purchase a car

Chicago, june 10, 2021 /prnewswire/ -- according to recent research from leading digital automotive marketplace and solutions provider  cars.com tm (nyse: cars), nearly 10% of recent car buyers drove out of state to purchase their desired vehicle, with more than half (52%) of those traveling 25 miles, nearly 20% traveling 50 miles and 13% of buyers traveling more than 250 miles to a dealership due to ongoing new- and used-car inventory shortages.1 "with the current auto inventory challenges, recent car buyers are going to great lengths to find the car they want," said kelsey mays, cars.com assistant managing editor, news. "i don't anticipate this trend slowing down, either.
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