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How to get the most for your money when buying your next vehicle

Are you shopping for your next used vehicle at the right website?
September 21, 2015

Are you shopping for your next used vehicle at the right website?

Chances are you’ve heard of Kelley Blue Book. And maybe even a few other used-car research websites such as Autotrader.com, Cars.com, TrueCar.com, eBay, Yahoo Autos and Edmunds.com. But even more resources exist – we found 16 websites that comprise mainly…

How will you know if your vehicle has been recalled?
September 17, 2015

How will you know if your vehicle has been recalled?

Auto recalls may be the “new normal.” Which also means that vehicle owners need to be vigilant. After a record-setting year in 2014 – almost 64 million vehicles in 803 campaigns – automakers already had recalled more than 32.4 million…

Where to look for used vehicles online before visiting a dealer
September 14, 2015

Where to look for used vehicles online before visiting a dealer

Choices. So many choices. And that’s just deciding which websites to use when shopping for your next vehicle. If you’re like most car shoppers (95 percent, according to Google), you start your search for the perfect vehicle online, scouting make,…

Threat of vehicle hacking much bigger than one model, automaker
August 17, 2015

Threat of vehicle hacking much bigger than one model, automaker

The future of car-hacking is now. That appears to be the lesson of the recent demonstration of hacking involving a Jeep Cherokee, which instigated the recall of about 1.4 million vehicles by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). Evidence suggests that drivers…