SiriusXM's 'Auto Trends' Host Discusses the Intersection of Voting, Politics and the Car Industry

 

As the country wind down a high-stake election cycle, Jeff Fortson, the host of Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, makes an impassionate plea urging listeners to use their influence before Tuesday's November 6 election to galvanize uncommitted and nonvoters. 

Fortson discusses the intersection between politics, new car affordability, automotive interest rates, car insurance premiums, the senior leadership staff of automakers and fuel prices.

Experian Automotive Talks to 'Auto Trends' About the State of Car Financing

Melinda Zabrintski, who is the head of automotive financial insights for Experian Automotive, talks car payments and more. (Photo Credit: EA)

Over the past two years, the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates have 11 times. 

Melinda Zabrintski, who is the head of automotive financial insights for Experian Automotive, joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, the only multicultural syndicated automotive program in North America, to talk about the effect the rates have had on consumers financing and leasing new and used vehicles. 

Experian Automotive is a division of Experian credit, one of the leading credit bureaus in the U.S.

Moreover, Zabrintski touches on where consumers are getting their financing from.