Diesel Record, FTC's Fine Print, Brampton's Next Move

Automotive Under 5, by AUTONOMi · Sep 17, 2026 · 4m

Diesel sits at a record six dollars thirty-one cents a gallon this week, up seventy percent from a year ago, and Auto Remarketing says the run-up is pushing repossession agents toward the brink. The episode tracks affordability, inventory and used-vehicle demand across CBT News and Auto Remarketing, a JD Power study on infotainment complaints, and a Casa Auto Group rundown of AI results from Automotive Dive. On the governance side, the FTC has put its price-advertising warnings into formal guidance, NHTSA has proposed delaying some safety-rating tests, and the Canadian import ban tied to…