Car Shopping

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Toyota Tacoma in desert
January 30, 2019

Customer loyalty: The car brands, models that have IT factor

They are the model citizens of the automotive world. When it comes to customer loyalty, these 24 models and six brands – mainstream and luxury – apparently have the IT factor, based on sales of 2018 vehicles. From the “traditional”…

Auto loan calculator
November 16, 2018

Auto loan calculator: Most-responsible shoppers use one – Edmunds

Calculate this. Shoppers in the Northeast and Great Lakes regions show the highest levels of responsible car shopping, including using auto loan calculators, while states mainly in the South and Southwest show the least-responsible behavior, based on a study by…

Find the best used cars to buy with these two resources
October 29, 2018

Find the best used cars to buy with these two resources

Best used cars to buy. It’s what some 40 million Americans a year seek. But the number of choices goes, literally, into the thousands, making it a daunting task unless you have some way to narrow the possibilities. Fortunately, resources…

Where to find top-rated used vehicles from 1992 to the present
September 26, 2018

Where to find top-rated used vehicles from 1992 to the present

Let’s say you want to buy a used vehicle. It wouldn’t be that unusual, since Americans purchase more than two used vehicles for every new one. But unlike buying new, which offers several hundred choices each year, the used-vehicle universe…