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Car shoppers are more price-conscious, benefiting sedans like the Honda Civic.Shoppers entering the car market this year are likely to experience sticker shock.The big, expensive SUVs that pad automakers’ bottom lines may be in trouble.The sedan isn’t dead yet.Small, affordable cars — like the sedans that were all but abandoned…

Nissan and Honda are reportedly considering a merger.But former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn said the move suggests that Nissan is in “panic mode.””There is practically no complementarity between the two companies,” Ghosn told Bloomberg on Friday.The potential merger between Japanese automakers Nissan and Honda is a “desperate move,” said Carlos…