As Jalopnik's resident car-buying expert and a professional car shopper, I get emails. Lots of emails. I've picked a few of your questions and will try to help out. This week we are discussing why ...

Learn how gap insurance protects you financially by covering the difference between your car's value and what you owe in case of total loss. Discover when to buy it.

Many people will only hear about GAP insurance when they buy a new vehicle at a dealership, as a salesperson will often try to sell them a policy. However, you are under no obligation to buy it. That ...

If you've ever spent a Saturday afternoon in a car dealer's financing office, you've probably heard of gap insurance. But maybe you didn't fully know what it meant. If so, you're not alone. In simple ...

When you buy a car, it starts losing value the moment you drive it off the lot. This is called depreciation. Standard car insurance, like collision and comprehensive coverage, will pay you the car’s ...

As it pertains to cars, gap insurance covers the difference between what you owe on your car loan and the actual cash value of your car if it’s totaled in a crash. That “gap” can amount to quite a bit ...

NEWBURGH, Orange County (WABC) -- If you've bought a new car chances are the dealership may have given you the hard sell on something called gap insurance. If you've financed the purchase, and your ...

SHREVEPORT, La. -- A change to the Military Lending Act, designed to protect service members, has created confusion and may leave some service members in financial distress. That change in law has car ...

California is setting stricter rules on the sale of GAP insurance in the state. California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed Assembly Bill 2311, which will limit the price of GAP insurance to four ...

Imagine this happens: Your car or truck is suddenly totaled or stolen. Gap insurance is there to help to bridge the difference (the “gap”) between what you presently owe on a loan or lease and what ...