How automakers are courting price-shocked buyers

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For 27-year-old Kenneth Slowik, an affordable vehicle is the 1998 Chevrolet truck he bought last month for $900, complete with a broken driver-side door that he taped shut to keep out the cold during the frigid Michigan winter.

The truck runs, he said. That’s about it.

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