Automakers’ lineup changes may not impact value of used cars in New Jersey

General Motors is looking to revamp its entire line of automobiles, with majors shifts in store for brands like Buick, but as some state agencies and other buyers are finding, used cars in New Jersey and other states may be more economically sound choices.

Currently, less than one in five new cars sold in America are made by GM, and the company has focused on younger buyers with new styling and more fuel efficient vehicles, along with programs designed to improve brand awareness, according to the New York Times.

“People are looking at us with a healthy degree of skepticism,” Fritz Henderson, GM’s CEO, told the newspaper. “The awareness of our products was painfully, almost pitifully low.”

But states like West Virginia, constrained by funding shortfalls, are choosing to move away from new vehicles to fill shortages in various agencies, reported the Associated Press.

Buyers considering used cars in New Jersey may not see the $800,000 that West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin expects, according to the wire service, but they may be able to find a vehicle that costs 40 percent less than a comparable new vehicle.