Young buyers are inching back into the new-vehicle market after several years on the sidelines, helped by easing credit and a slightly improving job market.
"Younger buyers have returned to market at a higher rate than any other age category," according to a recent report by J.D. Power and Associates' Power Information Network.
The young buyer group from teen years through age 35is a hefty 23% of so-called retail buyers, the highest since 2008, according to Power. The retail sales category excludes multiple-vehicle sales to fleet buyers, such as rental-car and taxi companies.
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