used cars

The days of going to a dealer to see their lot of used cars isn't quite as common as it once used to be, but it still seems to be the preferred method for buying cars that were once driven by other people.

While the car industry has taken its lumps over the years, the secondary market continues to be strong. Consumers, armed with Kelley Blue Book or Edmunds information, can comb both real and virtual lots looking for the best deals possible. Some of the virtual locations offering automobiles in a buyer's area include sites like AutoTrader.com, Cars.com, and eBay Motors.

The industry itself was even lampooned in a 1980 movie starring Kurt Russell and directed by Robert Zemeckis titled appropriately enough, "Used Cars."

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• Fewer Used Cars Leads to Increase in Value

  
  Vacation + Travel Blog Find your Holiday! — Authority: 146
  Fewer used cars has led to an increase in their value during 2009. Vehicle valuation data provider CAP Motor Research Ltd., responsible for providing vehicle valuation data to the motor industry, has revealed that the normal 15% per year depreciation in used car prices has been reversed. What normally happens in the ...
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• Two Latest Envisions From Audi !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 440
  Now the envision of Audi is about two vehicle for the future generations who will be in a complete digital environment with an autonomy far away from today’s imagination and thoughts. The future concepts are Audi eSpira and Audi eOra. First one is the aspiration of the most uncompromised form of Audi that acts as an ...
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• NADA Chief Economist Estimates Clunker Cost Per Incremental Vehicle Sold at Around $4,600

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 447
  Describes Edmunds.com Clunker Estimate of $24,000 as ‘Overstated and Misleading’After a thorough review of the Cash for Clunkers program, the chief economist of the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), Dr. Paul Taylor, determined that the cost of each incremental vehicle sold was around $4,587. An ...
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• NADAguides.com Presents Consumers with Incentives and Rebates

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 447
  NADAguides.com Gives Consumers Hope by Listing Industry’s Best Car DealsNADAguides.com, the leading provider of pricing information and market research for cars, classics, RVs, motorcycles and boats, has more relief in store for consumers. With the “Cash for Clunkers” or Cash Allowance Rebate System (CARS) ...
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• Nada bluebook – N.A.D.A. Blue Book values at www.nadaguides.com

  
  Deconlabel — Authority: 447
  Nada bluebook info and N.A.D.A. Blue Book values at www.nadaguides.comSince 1917, National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) is an organization which represents car dealers. The NADA is a great resource for consumers. To know exactly how much a new or used car is worth Nada bluebook values are of great use. NADA ...
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• Used Cars For Sale

  
  Dapx - Published news — Authority: 173
  Cars for sale, Cheap used cars for sale by owner, Cheap Cars, Cars by owner, Buy used Cars for sale by Manufacturer like Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Ford and many more cars for sale at www.TopCarBuy.com
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• The Prancing Horse

  
  Spray Paint Car Blog — Authority: 153
  Porsche’s reputation has only become more prestigious since the end of the Second World War. During that dreadful conflict, Porsche lost the bid on the contract to build the massive Ferdinand tank. Though he lost the bid, his consortium was contacted to help design the super tank. The Ferdinand was perhaps the ...
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• Amusements: Used Car Bake Sale

  
  The Big Money — Authority: 711
  Go to lunch, spot an example of the innovative used-car economy in action. This is from a used-car lot in northeast Los Angeles. I think ”L” stands for “large.” Regardless, they have a 1980 Alfa Romeo on the lot, and getting a free cupcake to drive that strikes me as going well past the payoff for your average ...
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• The Dancing Black Horse

  
  Secured Loans News — Authority: 148
  Since the end of the Second World War, Porsche’s reputation has only become prestigious. During that dreadful conflict, Porsche lost the bid on the contract to build the massive Ferdinand tank. Though he lost the bid, his engineering consortium was contacted to help design the super tank. The Ferdinand was perhaps ...
  5 days ago

• A Brief Guide To Successful Car Shopping On Craigslist

  
  Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility — Authority: 137
  Inspired by my current quest for a sub-$5,000 daily driver, I’ve decided to publish a companion piece to the generalized buyer’s tips I outlined months ago specifically geared towards purchasing from Craigslist. Unlike other digital automotive marketplaces (Vehix, AutoTrader, etc) Craigslist provides the unique ...
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• Avoid Buying a Clunker

  
  Auto Credit Express Bad Credit Car Loan Blog — Authority: 124
  Latest move from the Experian AutoCheck program now indicates if the vehicle you are thinking of buying was traded in under Cash for Clunkers and should help many bad credit car loan buyersUsed cars and bad credit auto loansAt Auto Credit Express, we’ve spent close to twenty years focusing on consumers with bad ...
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• Are Extended Warranties Ever a Good Deal?

  
  Wise Bread — Authority: 684
  By Sierra Black Extended warranties are everywhere. Every time you buy a car, a house, a computer, a cell phone or pretty much any appliance, youll be offered a chance to purchase an extended warranty on it. A few years ago, my husband came home with a new toaster — and a warranty contract for it. Are these ...
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• Don’t Have These Common Problems When Purchasing An Old Car

  
  I wanted Info — Authority: 444
  Nowadays, life can be pretty hard. Prices are escalating out of sight. Times like this can bring out the scam artists who prey on consumers who are desperate for the best deal possible. This is especially true for big ticket items like cars. Used car scams have victimized numerous used-car buyers. One example is from ...
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• Don’t Have These Common Problems When Purchasing An Old Car

  
  UK Loans News — Authority: 135
  Today, time are tough financially. Families are having problems making it. Prices are escalating out of sight. This makes us all targets of scam artists and their frauds. This is really a big problem with big ticket items like cars. Used car scams have victimized numerous used-car buyers. One example is from the show ...
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• Buy Used Car the easy way-Online

  
  Financial Resource: Beginner Investing to Financial Independence! — Authority: 139
  With so many people wanting to buy a cheap used car, there are also many sellers looking forward to selling them. When you come to think of it, the easiest way to go about it is to get on the internet find cars as well as car loans online . People have started showing preference for searching online so it definitely ...
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• 2007 Cadillac XLR-V

  
  AutoBlog, Automotive News, Car Blog - Lotpro.com — Authority: 124
  With a price of over six figures when it was new buyers of used copies of the V series Cadillac XLR in Concord Hayward and Fremont California will find that they can save a bunch of cash on some very low mileage offerings. LotPro.com It’s Friday here at LotPro.com and, as usual, it’s time to go a bit ...
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• VIDEO: Ford press conference yields surprise $650 car announcement

  
  Autoblog — Authority: 787
  Filed under: Videos , Ford , Humor Ford makes surprise $650 car announcement - click above image to watch the video Between the hysteria of this weeks SEMA Show and Chryslers never-ending (and partially baffling ) revelations yesterday, a shocking announcement by Ford Motor Company has been ...
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• Used cars get fuel economy labels

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  Buyers of used cars to benefit from system similar to that used on domestic appliances.
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• Don’t Do This When Buying Old Automobiles

  
  Best Strength — Authority: 145
  Nowadays, the economy is very hard. Prices are escalating out of sight. Times like this can bring out the scam artists who prey on consumers who are desperate for the best deal possible. This is really a big problem with high dollar items like automobiles. Lets face it, people are out there that want to rip you off. ...
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• Have You Driven Afford Lately?

  
  The Melting Pot Project — Authority: 433
  Cash for Clunkers, the clever plan to pay thousands of dollars to destroy used cars, ended in late August, somehow making Detroit even more hopeless than it already was. Since then, the numbers on the program have been rolling in,...
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