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Automobiles, Trucks and Motorcycles
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Cars.com
Buying. Selling. Owning. Made Easy! Cars.com
is a comprehensive online resource for buying, selling and owning a vehicle.
Cars.com pulls vehicle listings from thousands of dealer inventories and classified ads
nationwide to offer consumers the best selection of new and used cars. Cars.com combines
powerful used-car search and new-car configuration with pricing information, photo
galleries, buying guides, side-by-side comparison tools, original editorial content, and
reviews to help more than three million consumers research cars and connect with local
sellers each month.
Cars.com maintains a relationship with consumers throughout the vehicle ownership
experience, providing expert maintenance advice from public radio’s Click and Clack,
recall information, service reminders, industry news and resale assistance. |
CarsDirect.com
Created by car-buyers for car buyers, CarsDirect.com is a leading direct online provider
of new automobiles and related products and services, including loan and lease financing
and extended warranties. CarsDirect.com was conceived by Bill Gross, idealab! chairman,
after Gross became frustrated with his own efforts at online car buying. Gross realized
that current Internet options were not only inadequate, but did nothing to leverage
available technology on behalf of the consumer.
Launched in May 1999, CarsDirect.com enables consumers to research, price, configure,
order, purchase and finance a new vehicle online. The company's user-friendly, intuitive
Web site offers consumers product information for more than 2,500 different makes and
models of new automobiles available in the United States today, as well as the ability to
simultaneously compare the specifications of competing vehicles. CarsDirect.com offers an
online shopping experience that features competitive, up-front, no-haggle pricing on new
vehicles.
CarsDirect.com works closely with more than 2,500 franchised dealers in its Priority
Dealer Network and automobile manufacturers to ensure the best possible car-buying
experience for consumers. A strategic alliance with UnitedAuto Group, Inc. (NYSE: UAG),
and Penske Automotive Group, Inc. enables CarsDirect.com to serve its customers locally
and more conveniently by enhancing its vehicle sourcing and fulfillment capabilities. |
Carfax Reports
Carfax started with a vision - to create a one-stop source of vehicle history information
for buyers and sellers of used cars. Working closely with the Missouri Automobile Dealer's
Association (MADA), Carfax offered the first Carfax Vehicle History Report to the dealer
market in 1986. These first reports were developed with a database of 10,000 vehicle
records. By the end of 1993, the Carfax database contained title information from nearly
all 50 states and we were ready to begin offering the service nationally. Over the years, we enhanced our system to assemble and retrieve data
from multiple sources using the 17-character vehicle identification number (VIN), found on
the dashboard and title document of every vehicle in the United States. Using the VIN,
Carfax can generate a detailed history report or "background check" on virtually
any used car or truck in seconds. Nearly one in every ten used cars has a hidden problem.
Today, the Carfax database contains over 1.4 billion
records compiled from over 170 separate sources including motor vehicle departments in the
US and Canada, emissions inspection stations, auto auctions, fire and police departments
and insurance companies.
Our Vehicle History Reports reveal background information
and unearth "hidden problems" in a car's past that may affect its resale value
and safety. Our reports may reveal the following:
- Totaled in an accident/Salvaged
- Flood damage
- Odometer rollbacks
- Lemon histories
- Junked Titles
- State emissions inspection results
- Lien activity, and/or
- Vehicle use (taxi, rental, lease, etc.)
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