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Auto tariffs set to take effect within days pose car buyers with a choice: Do they dash out to dealerships ahead of possible price increases totaling thousands of dollars?
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Working-class car buyers will be the hardest hit by U.S. President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff on imported vehicles because almost all low-cost new cars sold in the United States are built elsewhere.

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