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The young Americans choosing Y2K cars over shiny new SUVs: ‘I get so much crap from people’

The Guardian Business·Oct 23, 2026 · 6:30 AM CT
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Many younger millennials and Gen Z Americans are skipping new cars and buying older 2000s-era vehicles instead, priced out by ever-larger, pricier SUVs and pickups. The Guardian profiles drivers like 30-year-old Jack Price, who bought a 2010 Volkswagen Jetta for $6,000 cash and has driven it cross-country and "into the ground."

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