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Ask a Patch Pro: Buying a New Car

Got questions about buying new cars, or other automotive topics? We've got someone with answers.

When it comes to buying a new car...

Do you have to stick with an SUV if you want cargo room? How can you measure whether you're getting good value for your money? What cars work best in a Minnesota winter?

This week's Patch Pros, Patrick Sutter and Debbie Tufts, are here to help sort out these questions.

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Sutter is the general manager for Borton Volvo's Minneapolis and Golden Valley dealerships, which together employ about 70 people. He's worked for Borton Volvo for nearly 30 years, and works closely with the car company in a number of other areas.

Tufts, meanwhile, has been a sales manager for nine years for Golden Valley's Rudy Luther's Toyota Scion, a dealership that has been in the community since 1972.

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