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Vehicle Value Depreciation Rate – November 16, 2016

Vehicle Value Depreciation Rate – November 16, 2016   Overall car segment values decreased by 0.46%. Prestige Luxury Car segments declined the most by 0.87%. Sub-Compact Car segments declined by 0.68%. Overall truck segment (including pickup, SUVs and vans) values decreased by 0.34%, lowest we have seen in the previous

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Dealer Incentives For 2017 Models in Georgia – Chevrolet

Dealer Incentives For 2017 Models in Georgia – Chevrolet     Chevrolet Year   Chevrolet 36mo 48mo 60mo 72mo     Cash  2017 Bolt EV LT (2LT) 0 – – – – GMF APR Incentive Program (GM Financial) 0 0.029 0.029 0.029 0.049 2017 Bolt EV Premier (2LZ) 0 – –

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Dealer Incentives For 2017 Models in Georgia – GMC

Dealer Incentives For 2017 Models in Georgia – GMC     GMC Year   GMC 36mo 48mo 60mo 72mo     Cash         2017 Acadia Limited 0 – – – – GMF APR Incentive Program (GM Financial) 0 0.029 0.029 0.029 0.049 2017 Acadia SL 1SV 0 –

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Dealer Incentives For 2017 Models in Georgia – Buick

Dealer Incentives For 2017 Models in Georgia – Buick     Buick Year Buick 36mo 48mo 60mo 72mo Cash  2017 Cascada 1SV 0 – – – – GMF APR Incentive Program (GM Financial) 0 STD STD STD STD 2017 Cascada Premium (1SP) 0 – – – – GMF APR Incentive Program (GM

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12 Cars With The Worst One-Year Resale Value – 2016

12 Cars With The Worst One-Year Resale Value – 2016     Depreciation is typically one of a new vehicle’s biggest long-term ownership costs, and a new car shopper should keep in mind projected resale/residual values to ensure they’ll get the biggest return down the road at trade-in/sale time. Vehicles

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Vehicle Value Depreciation Rate – November 8, 2016

Vehicle Value Depreciation Rate – November 8, 2016     Overall car values decreased by 0.53% last week. This is lower than the average depreciation rate of 0.75% seen in the previous four weeks. Prestige Luxury Car declined the most, dropping by 1.03%. Sub-Compact Car declined by 0.76%. Full-Size Car

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Vehicle Value Depreciation Rate – November 1

Vehicle Value Depreciation Rate – November 1   Market Decline Overview – Overall car segment values decreased by 0.80%. – Mid-Size Car segment declined the most by 1.20% – Sporty Car segments declined by 0.88%. – Truck segment (including pickup, SUVs and vans) values decreased by 0.76% – Crossover/SUV segments

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USAA Diminished Value Department

Question: Who is the worst insurance carrier? Answer: USAA (United Services Automobile Association) Below are the contact details of the individuals at USAA who handle Diminished Value claims: R.J. Brauneker | Manager | Insurance Operations Auto, Security, & Recovery- Physical Damage, P&C Insurance Group, USAA 9800 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio, Texas 78288

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Daily Car News Bulletin for October 24, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for October 24, 2016   Honda Clarity Fuel Cell Gets 366 Mile Range The Honda Clarity Fuel Cell sedan received the best EPA-rated driving range of 366 miles. The driving range gives the sedan the best range of any electric vehicle without a combustion engine in the

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GCA’s 104th Annual Fall Conference & Trade Show

Diminished Value of Georgia is a proud sponsor and exhibitor at GCA’s 104th Annual Fall Conference & Trade Show. Booth Number: 315 Attendee Brochure for the complete conference schedule and class information! 5-8 p.m. Thursday – Vendor Set-up 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday – Trade Show Open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday

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Daily Car News Bulletin for October 20, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for October 20, 2016   Nissan takes control of Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Motors joined the Renault-Nissan alliance and appointed Carlos Ghosn as chairman, forecasting nearly half a billion dollars in savings as soon as next year. Combined savings of $473.2 million in the next fiscal year comes

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Daily Car News Bulletin for October 19, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for October 19, 2016   Jeep Recalls 182,743 Wranglers in U.S. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is recalling 182,743 Jeep Wranglers in the U.S. to fix potentially faulty wiring that during a crash may disconnect from the SUVs’ impact sensors. If that happens, both frontal airbags and the

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Weekly Vehicle Depreciation Rates – October 18

Article: Weekly Vehicle Depreciation Rates for the week of October 17, 2016. Fourth quarter typically experiences largest depreciation in vehicle values. This trend is already starting to show in the first two weeks of this quarter with the largest YTD weekly decline in car values. Highest Weekly Decline in Car Segment

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Daily Car News Bulletin for October 18, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for October 18, 2016 Audi Delays Projects to Cut Costs Audi will delay technology projects to cut costs as it struggles after Volkswagen Group’s emissions scandal. Audi and Volkswagen will scale back its conventional car program to fund a strategic shift to green vehicles and digital

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Daily Car News Bulletin for October 17, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for October 17, 2016   New Honda CR-V Honda has a few things to show off with the New 2017 CR-V, the fifth generation of the crossover. A 1.5-liter turbocharged engine (in all models except the base LX) makes 190 hp and 179 pounds-feet of torque.

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Weekly Vehicle Depreciation Rates

Article: Weekly Vehicle Depreciation Rates for the week of October 10, 2016. The truck segments, particularly SUVs and pickups, are beginning to see larger declines after experiencing strong retention so far this year. Full-Size Van and Full-Size Pickup Values Starting to Drop Overall car segment values decreased by 0.57% last week,

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Daily Car News Bulletin for October 12, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for October 12, 2016   Tesla Plans To Merge With SolarCity on November 17 Tesla Motors and SolarCity Corporation shareholders will vote on their proposed merger on November 17. The companies agreed to merge on July 31. Elon Musk is the chairman and largest shareholder of

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Daily Car News Bulletin for October 11, 2016

Daily Car News Bulletin for October 11, 2016   Daimler Speeding Toward Future Daimler is getting ready at least 10 electric cars under a new sub-brand to become the market leader in premium EVs by 2025. But don’t worry, Daimler will continue investing in internal combustion engine technology, new models,

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Insurance Bad Faith By State

FIFTY STATE SURVEY OF BAD FAITH INSURANCE LAW State First Party Insurance Liability Insurance Can a Third-Party Bring a direct Action Punitive Damages Tort Contract Statute/UCPA Tort Contract Assign Statute Tort Statute Yes / No / Cap AL Yes No Ala. Code 1975 §27-12-24 Yes No No Ala. Code 1975

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