Mike Beaver's Automotive Shopping Links

Future Automobiles

The Most Reliable Vehicle Built in 2014

2014 Subaru Forester Review

Road Test: 2014 Subaru Forester
Trouble with my 2014 Subaru Forester

2014 Subaru Forester Review - Kelley Blue Book

Videos

2015 Hyundai Sonata Review

2013 Ford Fusion vs 2014 Mazda6

2015 Nissan Altima VS 2015 Honda Accord

Most Reliable New Cars | Consumer Reports


2015 Honda Accord VS 2015 Hyundai Sonata

12 Best Family Cars of 2014 - Kelley Blue Book
2014 Honda Accord vs. 2015 Hyundai Sonata

Best affordable used cars | Consumer Reports

Used cars to avoid from Consumer Reports (2013)

2014 Kia Forte Koup SX Turbo Start Up and Full Tour


DRIVEN #5: Toyota Camry 2.5 vs Honda Accord 2.4 vs Mazda6 2.5

2013 Honda Accord vs. 2013 Volkswagen Passat on Everyman Driver
Hybrid Sedan Comparison Test: Toyota Camry vs Honda Accord vs Ford Fusion vs Volkswagen Jetta

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
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
 

Cars

Consumer Reports
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

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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