How can college students afford a new car?
Because they probably have rich mommies and daddies, and will continue to use their parents as a source of money throughout their entire lives :P. I wouldn’t worry so much about cars now–right now you should focus on your education. What you put into your education and how many opportunities you take in college will pretty much decide the type of car (and house and job and everything else) you’ll get later in life. Wait it out–as long as your car takes you from point A to point B, you’ll be fine–whatever you do, don’t make work more important than your education right now.