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Americans are rushing to car dealerships as they worry about what President Trump's tariffs will

do to car prices in the coming months. New vehicle sales have been increasing

steadily this year, and they jumped in March, according to market research firm Cox Automotive.

That's the month when President Trump announced upcoming auto tariffs. Here's Kieran, a children's

librarian in Ohio. She wanted to swap her 2008 Toyota for something bigger. She and her husband were hoping to put off that purchase till next year.

But with the tariffs and so much of the uncertainty about that, we just decided that we couldn't wait any longer.

Nay told our colleague Camilla Dominovsky that when her family headed out to a car lot in March, they realized maybe

they weren't the only ones. The dealership was packed. Kira Ney and other shoppers are racing to buy

cars this spring because they believe that prices are going to go up in the summer and fall.

And experts say if tariffs remain in place, that's likely. It's a gamble President Trump is making

with the hope that his tariff strategy will lead domestic car companies to make more vehicles at home.

We don't need the cars from outside. When they say, oh, sir, we want to send you a lot of cars.

I said, we really don't want your cars. We really don't want. We want to make our own cars.

Consider this. President Trump says moving auto production to the They don't want your cars. We really don't want. We want to make our own cars. That includes...

Consider this. President Trump says moving auto production to the U.S. will create jobs for Americans,

but that has put automakers in a bind, because covering the costs of manufacturing cars here

could mean raising prices for consumers.

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