Front Page asks how auto debt 'destroyed America', and viewers bring up Cash for Clunkers
The newest deep dive on car loans has its comment section comparing trucks, Corollas and old cars that still run.
Front Page
Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 105,575 views a day, 11 times a normal first day on this channel (9,526).
How Auto Debt Destroyed America
Nine hours after it went up, Front Page's "How Auto Debt Destroyed America" had close to 60,000 views. On this channel, a new video usually ends its whole first day at about a tenth of that.
Front Page describes itself in one line: deep dives into all the topics its maker finds interesting. Lately that has meant money and places. The week's other uploads asked why wealthy people are leaving Norway, why Starbucks is done with Seattle and whether the Social Security fund is running out. The Norway video, posted earlier in the week, is still the most watched of the run. The car-loan question, though, is the one that set off the channel's day.
The title makes a sweeping claim, and the comment section answers with stories about cars. The most liked comment is an old grudge against Cash for Clunkers, the 2009 federal trade-in program. Its writer blames it for taking cheap, working vehicles off the road. Others can hardly believe that a Toyota Corolla still counts as an economy car. A Canadian remembers when a bare-bones V8 pickup cost a fraction of today's prices, and a building contractor who needs trucks for his work says he refuses to pay what they cost now.
Then come the small, proud reports from the driveway: a 2011 Ford Focus still running fine, a family friend who happens to be a mechanic, and a car bought outright with savings, which its owner was driving while he listened to the video.
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What viewers say
I still hate the cash for clunkers idea and how it got so many cheap, working vehicles off the road.
@thatShadowKatSee it on YouTubeI'm equal parts happy and sad that the corolla is considered an "economy" vehicle at 25k.
@Nah_no_thanksSee it on YouTubeBoy am I glad my 2011 focus is still running well. I want no part in this car buying hellscape.
@inwardlysweatySee it on YouTube
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I live in Canada and I can remember in the early 2000s a barebones two door pickup with no extended cab with a V8 could be purchased new for just 25k Canadian plus freight PDI and taxes. Now people are regularly spending over 100k on a stupid truck.
@joerocket1977See it on YouTubeListening to this while I drove in my $0 a month payment cash bought car (reliable) because I saved. Felt good
@seamzynSee it on YouTube*other Americans currently owe. You keep my good name out of that!
@johnashley41See it on YouTubeAs a building contractor who actually needs trucks, it’s so maddening to see the price of trucks. I refuse to pay these astronomical prices for a new truck.
@Michael_ObandoSee it on YouTubeIm blessed i know a mechanic thats a family friend. Saved thousands
@joeyhenderson40See it on YouTubeIm learning how to turn a wrench to pick up broken used cars to drive. 2 used vehicles paid off.
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- Channel
- Front Page
- Subscribers
- 145,000 ▲ 2,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 761,506
- Channel views, pace per day
- 194,255 (on a normal day: 89,035)
- Video published
- October 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 58,326 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 105,575
The numbers
A first day like this is far from routine for Front Page, and the numbers below show how far ahead of its usual start the car-loan video is running.
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Henry Ford's car for ordinary buyers went on sale in 1908 and later rolled off the first moving assembly line. What was it called?
The Ford Model T went on sale in 1908, and Ford's moving assembly line made it cheap enough for millions of buyers.