Carmakers Dodge Disaster With Biggest-Ever Share of 0% Loans
- More than a quarter of new cars sold with no-interest deals
- Toyota warns of risks; Hyundai says it emulated rivals
Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
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Zero-percent financing deals hit a record last month as carmakers kept the U.S. auto market from collapsing.
More than one in every four new vehicles sold in April did so with 0% loans, according to market researcher Edmunds. By opening up the lending spigots, the U.S. avoided a reprise of the almost 80% drop automakers experienced in China in February, the month the coronavirus hit the world’s largest car market hardest.