Articles, News and Reviews
Best budget cars
Top 25 Cars Under $25,000
The 25 Highest MPG SUVs of 2013
2014 10 Best Cars (Car and Driver)
Top 10 Family Friendly Fuel Sippers
Cars with the Most Bang for the Buck
Redline Review: 2014 Mazda6
6-speed
2014 Best Cars for the Money
(2/12/2014)
More Bang for Your Buck: Top 10 Cheapest Cars
U.S. News: Rankings and Reviews:
Cars & Trucks
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2013-2014 Midsize Sedan Comparison
Top 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Sedans for 2011
U.S. News: Rankings and Reviews:
Cars and Trucks
2014 Midsize Sedan Comparison Test -
Kelley Blue Book
2014 and 2015 Nissan Altima Detailed Review
and Road Test
Steer clear of newly-designed vehicles, most hybrids
(1/27/10)
Compact Car Challenge: $20,000 can buy a lot of car
(11/11/13)
Is Hyundai better than Toyota and
Honda? New models suggest yes
(1/26/10)
America's Greenest Cars: Green
Today—Greener Tomorrow?
(Business Week) |
Car
Tech - Nissan Altima distinguishes itself with Google search,
fuel economy
Best new-car values: Which models
give you the most bang for the buck?
(2/2014)
Consumer Reports' Top Picks 2014: The best cars, SUVs, and
trucks in 10 categories
Editors' Choice Awards 2014: The Best Cars, Trucks,
Crossovers, and More: Our editors' recommended vehicles in every
market segment. |
Major
Pages
Auto Guide
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Cars
Consumer Reports
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Edmunds Price Promise® is car buying made easy.
NADA Guides
contains a range of new car research tools. |
Auto Trader -
select the “New Cars” link to learn about buying
and comparison shopping for new cars.
Car
Quotes
offers a variety of new car research, from
searching by vehicle type to the latest on cash
rebates.
Edmunds -
users can check out new car information by
make and model. It has comprehensive views of
new-car costs: feature-by-feature pricing, current
nationwide incentives, dealer holdbacks, rebates,
and a favorite consumer-power manual: "How To Get
Your Way At the Auto Dealer."
Edmunds,
Cars,
Kelley Blue Book
& AAA
offer invoice pricing information free.
Cars
is the easiest one to find this information in.
Edmunds & Kelley Blue Book
provide estimates of the average prices new vehicles
are selling for in various regions.
Edmunds
calls it the "True Market Value" and
Kelley Blue Book calls this number
the New Car Blue Book Value."
Kelley Blue Book "...reports market value
prices for new and used automobiles of all types, as
well as motorcycles."
True Car "...claims
it has saved people $2 billion so far, with the
average consumer saving $3,046 off the car’s
suggested retail price (MSRP)." |
Links Pages
Google Directory >
Society >
Issues >
Transportation >
Autos >
Environment and Fuel Economy
Shopping For an
Exotic
World Class Driving
lets you drive 5 exotic automobiles in one day.
Other Pages
Woman Motorist
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Onramp is
another good place to start.
Car Order lets you custom build a car to your specs. |
The Car Connection
is a very interesting automotive magazine.
Lease Source "has bargaining tips
and lessons on leasing lingo." |
Auto Web has a network of
approximately 5,000 dealers nationwide. "We sifted through 100
online auto sites and requested qotes for a new Honda Accord
from the 10 largest. Auto Web was not only the quickest with a
quote - 15 minutes, compared with a week at Carpoint.com - but
its $17,721 estimate was several hundred dollars lower than any
of its competitors'." -
smart
money
Auto Connect "offers side by side
comparisons of models you're interested in; and provides an easy
to use calculator for figuring cost."
Auto-By-Tel puts you in touch with
dealers that quote a price very close to invoice. And (along
with the rest of the Baker's Dozen) is equipped to handle
financing and insurance needs.
Car Fax lets you
order a report about a car's history by entering it's VIN
number.
Car Point comes with all the necessary online buying tools
including 100 top 10 lists, a Test Drive Results section and
"surround videos."
Car Smart "will spend up to 30 days
helping you locate those hard to find vehicles."
Cars Direct, recently branded the
#1 internet auto company by
Gomez, it offers 24-hour customer svc. and
deliverty to your front door in 4 states.
Dealer Net "can steer you towards
the unusual, as well as mainstream vehicles, with it's
connection to over 700 dealerships across the country."
Drive Off, with it's slick design, is for those who like to
be walked through the buying process.
"You can estimate the real bottom-line dealer cost
by subtracting dealer incentives (typically found on
sites such as
AutoNews.com) from
invoice prices."
For $14 per new model or
$39 for 3 months of unlimited information, you can
buy bottom-line prices at
Consumer
Reports.
Your target is $500 to
$700 above the dealer's cost.
Invoice Dealers offers instant
bids from multiple retailers, with price quotes from both
brick-and-mortar and virtual dealers.
Looking For A Green Machine? Find Clean Car Information On The
Net (Environmental
Defense)
For $190.00
Check Book
"...will call at least five dealers in your area and
have them bid against each other."
Capital One Financial's
Drive One
can get guaranteed up front prices; but allows you,
unlike Check Book,
to negotiate even lower prices at the dealer.
Motor Place, made for those
seeking an insider's view, features auto industry headline news,
trade related links and a parts locator.
The
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration serves up the
government's scoop on safe cars and problem vehicles. |
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