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February 27, 2013
Toyota’s Lexus tops Consumer Reports annual list of best cars; GM’s Cadillac …
Article from Plain Dealer: The Toyota Lexus ES 250 is on display during the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in China on April 24, 2012. Toyota’s Lexus topped Consumer Reports annual list of best cars. Associated Press Japanese car brands, led by Toyota Motor Corp.’s Lexus, took the top seven spots in Consumer Reports magazine’s [...]
Flip strategy goes on road in ‘Car Chasers’
Article from OCRegister: Jeff Allen sees cars as an investment, not just as a mode of transportation. If he’s going to lose money on a purchase, he said, he might as well drive it and enjoy it. Now the 41-year-old co-owner of the Flat 12 garage in Lubbock, Texas, is applying his car-investment philosophy to [...]
February 26, 2013
GM Drops Verizon for In-Car 4G LTE From AT&T
Article from PC Magazine: February 25, 2013 10:37am EST Millions of General Motors OnStar-equipped vehicles will offer 4G LTE mobile Internet access beginning next year. In partnership with AT&T, the car manufacturer will be able to wirelessly deliver enhanced safety, security, diagnostic, and infotainment services to a number of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac vehicles. [...]
February 22, 2013
Is It Better to Buy a Used Car Rather Than New?
Article from Wall Street Journal: Q: I’ve always read that it’s cheaper to buy cars three to five years old that have substantially depreciated. With used cars now holding such high prices, does new or used make more sense? —George Rau, Grand Junction, Colo. A: New-car sales fell during and after the 2009 recession, so [...]
February 21, 2013
Amid New Car Boom, Used Cars Are Gold
Article from Wall Street Journal: By MIKE RAMSEY A few weeks ago, Justin Severson put an ad on Craigslist to sell his 13-year old Honda, and within a few minutes an eager and unexpected buyer was on the phone—a local auto dealer named Doug Waikem. Tim Harrison for The Wall Street Journal Auto dealer Doug [...]
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