‘Eventually I won’t have a choice’: Car subscriptions for remote start and extra horsepower pile on top of a record $787 average payment | Fortune

Car subscriptions for features such as remote start and extra horsepower are stacking onto record average monthly payments of $787, according to Fortune. The article centers on 33-year-old Asher Davis, who encountered the subscription model after nine years away from the new-car market and found few vehicles without attached subscriptions. The piece frames these add-on fees as a growing layer of cost on top of already elevated car payments. It matters because recurring feature charges are becoming harder for buyers to avoid. What to watch next is whether automakers keep expanding subscription bundles and how consumers respond as the no-subscription lineup shrinks.