More shoppers opt to buy used vehicles via the Internet .(Brief Article)

Automotive News;  May 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...When it comes to buying used vehicles, more consumers are ``clicking...Most Web sites that ``sell'' used vehicles are really referral services that...increasingly use the Internet to zero in on vehicles they want, some shoppers are willing...

14.5 million vehicles recalled in U.S.

Winnipeg Free Press;  January 18, 2008 ;     412 words ......Automakers recalled nearly 15 million vehicles for repairs at dealerships last year, the...588 separate recalls involving 14.5 million vehicles in 2007, or about 30 per cent more vehicles than the previous year, according to data...

Katrina Vehicles Reenter Population

Motor;  March 1, 2007 ;     395 words ...Up to 13,500 vehicles with titles branded as damaged by Hurricane...states and now haw clean titles. Those vehicles were among 200,000 cars and trucks that...Mississippi in 2005. The titles for these vehicles originally were branded as flood- or...

Keep wary eye for vehicles emerging from hurricane floods

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  October 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ......market for a good used car? Watch out for vehicles that sat submerged for days in the flooded...Insurance companies usually purchase such vehicles from policyholders, declare them "totaled...up, retitle them and resell them. The vehicles may look good, but their electronics...

GM Certified Used Vehicles Introduces New Spring Incentive Program; Market...

PR Newswire;  May 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ......May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- GM Certified Used Vehicles, the number one selling brand of certified used vehicles, has launched a nationwide spring incentive...incentive, participating GM Certified Used Vehicles dealers in the 10 markets will offer a...

Buyback of inefficient older vehicles.(25 ideas)

The Review of Policy Research;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......policies focus on removing inefficient vehicles from the road. Efficiency standards and...contrast, the buyback of inefficient older vehicles immediately begins to make the existing fleet of vehicles more efficient. While driving a ten year...

Vehicles licensed in Great Britain 2005.

M2 Presswire;  March 23, 2006 ;     466 words ......PRESSWIRE-23 March 2006-UK Government: Vehicles licensed in Great Britain 2005(C)1994-20...Statistics of on the stock of licensed vehicles in Great Britain in 2005. The total number of motor vehicles licensed at the end of 2005 was 2.0 higher...

Oshkosh in race for armored vehicles; Truck firm competing for military...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 27, 2007 ;     700+ words ......to build armored, blast-resistant vehicles for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps...years, the defense contracts for the vehicles could be worth billions of dollars. One of the first orders, for 4,100 vehicles to be built by December, will be...

Unwary dealers get Katrina cars.(Hurricane Katrina's damaged vehicles...

Automotive News;  December 18, 2006 ;     521 words ...Byline: Arlena Sawyers Up to 13,500 vehicles with titles branded as damaged by Hurricane...states and now have clean titles. Those vehicles were among 200,000 cars and trucks that...Mississippi in 2005. At the time, those vehicles had their titles branded as flood- or...

GM Certified Used Vehicles Introduces 3.9 APR Fall Incentive Program;...

PR Newswire;  September 17, 2003 ;     509 words ......17 /PRNewswire/ -- GM Certified Used Vehicles, the number- one selling brand of manufacturer-certified used vehicles, has launched a nationwide fall incentive...generate traffic to GM Certified Used Vehicles dealers and increase sales for its...

Rental companies purchase 12% of new vehicles in U.S.(automobile sales to...

Automotive News;  February 12, 2006 ;     420 words ......companies bought one of every eight new vehicles sold in the United States last year...its report at the convention yesterday. Vehicles built by General Motors, Ford Motor Co...report says. Sales of program cars - vehicles sold to rental companies and then bought...

Carfax: Title-washed vehicles flood market.(News)

Automotive News;  February 12, 2007 ;     631 words ...Byline: April Wortham Flood-damaged vehicles are bobbing up across the country at...pumped large numbers of title-washed vehicles into the market. Carfax said incidences...hurricane. In Mississippi, reports of vehicles found to have water damage increased...

Darling praises campaign to get vehicles licensed.

M2 Presswire;  March 31, 2005 ;     680 words ......Government: Darling praises campaign to get vehicles licensed(C)1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...figures which show over one million more vehicles are now registered - a 3.4 increase - despite little change in the number of new vehicles being licensed. The number of licensed...

Importation of motor vehicles

The Weekly Gleaner;  November 14, 2002 ;     545 words ......regarding the importation of motor vehicles has been undergoing amendment since...Residents in the importation of motor vehicles. Currently any Jamaican over 18 years old can import two motor vehicles (one light commercial vehicle and one...

Insurer study cites higher risks of SUVs.(Insurance Institute for Highway...

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management;  February 23, 1998 ;     700+ words ...For many Americans, sports utility vehicles like the Ford Explorer or the jeep Cherokee...these high-riding and sometimes pricey vehicles, SUVs are more likely to mean death...more likely to cause deaths in other vehicles--even in heavy cars that weigh as much...