Scare Tactics Used to Talk You Onto GM’s Used Car Lot

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“There’s great confusion among consumers about what constitutes a certified used vehicle,” preaches director Mark Mathews of GM’s Used-Vehicle Activities, eyes wild with foreboding.*

“Manufacturer certified vehicles offer new-vehicle-like benefits and financing options where others do not; private sellers being the most risky option.”

If you’re not sufficiently flooded with self-doubt, go get ambushed. Fear monger of choice: Mullen.

* Okay, not really.

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