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Top Quality Cars By Brand – July 2016

Top Quality Cars By Brand – July 2016   Kia overtook Porsche in J.D. Power’s annual report card on vehicle quality, marking the first time in 27 years that a nonpremium brand has topped the list. Tthe Jeep, Chrysler, and Subaru showed the strongest improvement. Jaguar plunged from third place

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Daily Car News Bulletin for July 14, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for July 14, 2016   Volkswagen Scandal Continues California’s chief regulator has rejected a Volkswagen proposal to fix 16,000 3.0-liter diesel Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche vehicles in the state equipped with devices designed to cheat emissions tests. Regulators said, “VW’s and Audi’s submissions are incomplete, substantially deficient,

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2017 Fiat 124 Spider – U.S. Wonder

2017 Fiat 124 Spider – U.S. Wonder     The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider The 2017 Fiat 124 Spider is easily the best car in Fiat’s four-vehicle U.S. lineup and a worthy successor to the storied original Fiat 124 Spider that debuted in November 1966. The two-seat convertible coupe shares a

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Daily Car News Bulletin for July 13, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for July 13, 2016   Tesla Has No Plans to Disable Autopilot Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk said the company has no plans to disable its autopilot feature after a fatal accident in which the driver of a Model S car was using the technology. In fact,

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Vehicle Values Depreciation Rate – July 12

Vehicle Values Depreciation Rate – July 12   Depreciation Rates Change – Overall car values decreased 0.37% last week. – Full-size Car depreciation rates changed -0.66%. – Mid-size Car segments received the highest weekly depreciation rates at 0.54%. – Overall truck values decreased 0.3% last week. – Sub-Compact Luxury Crossover segment

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Daily Car News Bulletin for July 12, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for July 12, 2016   Tesla Disclosures of Fatal Crash The Securities and Exchange Commission investigating Tesla Motors for a possible breach of securities law coming from the company’s decision not to inform investors of a May 7 fatal crash involving an automated driving system. The

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Google Auto Search Trends – Lexus – 2016

Google Auto Search Trends – Lexus – 2016   Lexus 2016 List 2016 Lexus CT 200h 2016 Lexus ES 300h 2016 Lexus ES 350 2016 Lexus GS 200t 2016 Lexus GS 350 2016 Lexus GS F 2016 Lexus GX 460 2016 Lexus IS 200t 2016 Lexus IS 300 2016 Lexus

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Daily Car News Bulletin for July 8, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for July 8, 2016   Honda Stops Production of Compact CR-Z Honda Motor is stopping the production of the compact CR-Z hybrid, whose performance struggled compared to the competition. Output for the U.S. market has already ended as Honda engineering Accord Hybrid. The CR-Z first made the first appearance

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Average Auto Loan Term Rise – July 2016

Average Auto Loan Term Rise – July 2016     The average loan term has been on a continuous climb based on vehicle affordability. Every quarter for the last two years, new-vehicle loan terms have increased by one month. In the first quarter of 2015, the average new-vehicle loan term

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Daily Car News Bulletin for July 7, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for July 7, 2016   U.S. Auto Sale Forcast by S&P S&P Global Ratings estimating auto sales for U.S. to 17.5 million vehicles from 17.8 million this year, saying the slowing of demand comes from individual buyers and the effect on the nation’s economy from U.K.

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Vehicle Values and Depreciation Rates – July 2016

Vehicle Values and Depreciation Rates – July 2016   Beginning of July Movements – Overall car values decreased 0.54% last week. That’s the highest overall weekly depreciation rate since the first week of 2016. – Compact  Midsize Car segments received the highest weekly depreciation rates at -0.83%. – Midsize Car segments

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Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act

Unfair Claims Settlement Practices Act   Unfair-Claims-Settlement-Practices-Act   –   pdf Section 1. Purpose The purpose of this Act is to set forth standards for the investigation and disposition of claims arising under policies or certificates of insurance issued to residents of [insert state]. It is not intended to cover claims

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Daily Car News Bulletin for July 5, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for July 5, 2016   Mitsubishi Joins Renault-Nissan Alliance  Nissan Motor and Renault SA are already expecting a 28 percent increase in joint cost savings to $6.11 billion by 2018, and already thinking of bringing Mitsubishi Motors into the alliance to further boost profits. Senio vice

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Google Auto Search Trends – Kia – 2016

Google Auto Search Trends – Kia – 2016   Kia 2016 List 2016 Kia Cadenza 2016 Kia Forte 2016 Kia Forte 5- 2015 Kia Forte Koup 2015 Kia K900 2016 Kia Optima 2015 Kia Optima Hybrid 2016 Kia Rio 2016 Kia Sedona 2016 Kia Sorento 2016 Kia Soul 2016 Kia

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Daily Car News Bulletin for July 1, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for July 1, 2016   Tesla Model S Crash NHTSA investigates fatal crash of 2015 Tesla Model S in Autopilot mode. NHTSA spokesman said the agency’s preliminary evaluation would examine the design and performance of the Model S’ automated driving system and whether a defects exists. A police

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