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How to Negotiate the Best Price at a Car Dealership

Clean Fleet Report

Time your visit at the end of the month, stay calm during the conversation and always negotiate based on the out-the-door price. If the dealers offer doesnt match your expectations, be ready to walk away. Sometimes, they pay less than this if there are factory-to-dealer incentives. This is the number that really matters.

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Carmax, Carvana, and automotive stakeholders urge U.S. Senate to keep EV tax credits

Plug in America

Because cutting the tax credits would harm consumers and businesses, major auto retailers like Carmax and Carvana, individual dealers, and other automotive stakeholders have signed an open letter to the U.S. That conversation must occur during a robust bipartisan surface transportation reauthorization process.

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Junkyard Find: 1994 Chevrolet Chevy Van with 314,837 miles

The Truth About Cars

GMC dealers sold the Rally passenger van and the Vandura cargo van during that period. There's insulation and cheap "wood" paneling in the back, so perhaps it spent its final years as a very spartan conversion van. Chrysler built its B-Series vans from the 1971 all the way through the 2003 model years.

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F1 Movie Review: Exactly What You'd Expect

The Truth About Cars

Bardem is pretty good here -- although I still think of his creepy, evil drug dealer in 2004's Collateral when I think of him. When it comes to racing terminology, the movie seems to get basics right -- conversations about understeer and oversteer and tire wear and F1's drag-reduction system all rang true.

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ALTe Developing Series Plug-in Hybrid Powertrains for Conversion and OEM Applications

Green Car Congress

A Bloomfield, Michigan startup is developing light- and medium-duty series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle powertrain systems—initially as conversions, but ultimately extending to an OEM basis. In the Crown Victoria, the proof of concept powertrain conversion systems improve fuel economy from 80%-200% from the base 4.6L

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REV Becomes First Hymotion Dealer in Canada; Offers L5 Conversion Kit for Prius

Green Car Congress

REV, a Vancouver, Canada company that converts Ford fleet vehicles into highway capable battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles ( earlier post ), has become the first Hymotion plug-in conversion kit dealer in Canada. It is now offering the Hymotion L5 plug-in conversion system for Toyota Prius owners in BC.

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Toyota Launching G Sports Conversion Series; Includes Hybrids

Green Car Congress

Toyota plans to begin a gradual rollout in Japan in mid-2010 of its newly developed “G Sports” (G) sports conversion car series. The series, to be sold through Toyota-brand dealers, is meant to offer to a wider range of people the “automotive seasoning” that TMC has pursued through its GAZOO Racing activities. Click to enlarge.