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Do you consider the cost of insurance before you buy your dream car? You should. The Highway Loss Data Institute analyzes the cost to insurance companies from theft, collision, and injury claims as they relate to cars. They look at the color of the cars, how many doors they have, and even break them down type.
The Highway Loss Data Institute is a nonprofit public service organization. It is closely associated with and funded through the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, which is wholly supported by auto insurers. HLDI gathers, processes, and publishes data on the ways losses vary among different kinds of vehicles. [http://www.iihs.org/vehicle_ratings/ictl/ictl.htm]
4- Door cars have a 93% less chance of having a claim related to theft than their sibling 2-Door cars. Buy a Buick LeSabre and have relatively no chance of a theft loss. Compare that to the convertible Chevrolet Corvette that has over 5 times the average theft rate. You may have known that. However, did you know that the Toyota Celica has a 67% higher chance of theft than the Toyota Camry?
In addition, even though the 2002 Lexus IS 300 gets a “best pick” rating from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety for its performance on crash tests, previous years’ models of the same car are some of the most costly in terms of collision claims. “One of the factors that come into play there is the cost of repairing an expensive vehicle,” says Russ Rader, with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
What about safety? You may be surprised at some of the results. For example, the Porsche 911 has a 67% less chance for injury claims than the norm. Go figure. The Mitsubishi Lancer has almost double the injury claim rate over the norm.
Where does you car fit for injury theft and collision? What about your dream car? Take a look at this run down based on 2000-2002 HLDI data:
Models that are among the most expensive for theft claims include:
Cadillac Escalade four-wheel drive
Chevrolet Corvette Convertible
Lincoln Navigator four-wheel drive
Jeep Cherokee four-door
BMW 3 series Convertible
Models that are among the least expensive for theft claims include:
Buick LeSabre
Buick Park Avenue
Volvo V70 Station Wagon
Mercury Grand Marquis four-door
Models that are among the most expensive for injury claims include:
Suzuki Esteem four-door
Kia Rio four-door
Mitsubishi Mirage two-door
Kia Sepectra four-door
Models that are among the least expensive for injury claims include:
GMC Sierra 2500 two-wheel drive
Chevrolet Silverado 2500
GMC Yukon XL 1500 four-wheel drive
GMC Sierra 2500 four-wheel drive
Chevrolet Tahoe two-wheel drive
Models that are among the most expensive for collision claims include:
Subaru Impreza WRX four-wheel drive four-door
Lexus IS 300 4 door
Hyundai Tiburon two-door
Porsche 911 Coupe
Acura RSX
Models that are among the least expensive for collision claims include:
Ford Excursion two-wheel drive
GMC Safari four-wheel drive
GMC Sierra 2500
GMC Yukon XL 1500 four-wheel drive
Source: The Highway Loss Data Institute
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With March over, car manufacturers have reported their sales for the said month. The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) reported that strong sales of Asian brands.
According to the report, international brands have taken 48.4 percent of the U.S. auto market. Leading the way for the international brand are, of course, the surging Asian brands of Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. But aside from Japan’s version of the Big Three, other Asian brands have also posted strong sales in the United States. Their increased sales for the past month have increased the hold of international brands on the U.S. auto market.
Aside from Toyota, Honda and Nissan, Mazda also posted increased sales for the month of March this year. The Ford Motor Company affiliate posted a notable increase in sales of 47.9 percent. The company sold 37,742 units in the United States and helped the company achieved its best March sales since 1994. For the first three months of the year, Mazda has already sold 79,074 units which equals to an increase of 17.5 percent compared to the first quarter sales in 2006.
The best selling model for the Japanese brand is the popular Mazda3 which has posting sales of 15,606 units. The Mazda6, the CX-9, and the MX-5 Miata also posted good sales figures to help the auto manufacturer increase March sales.
While Subaru may have posted a 5.4 percent sales slip for the month of March, the company’s passenger car sales increased by 1.7 percent. The Subaru Impreza posted the highest sales increase for the month with 3,817 units sold to report an increase of 21 percent over March 2006 sales for the model. Another Asian brand to post increased March sales is Suzuki. The company known for high quality motorcycles sold 11,030 units of automobile in the United States for the month of March to post a 1.3 percent increase. The increase is the effect of the 28.6 percent increase in light truck sales. Both the XL 7 and the SX 4 played a major role in increasing the sales figure for the Japanese brand last month.
Mitsubishi is another Asian brand which posted increased sales in the United States for the month of March. The company sold 12,536 units and that is an increase of 22.3 percent over the sales for the same period last year. For the first three months of the year, the company has already posted a 23.2 percent sales improvement over the first quarter sales figure in 2006.
The best selling Mitsubishi model for the month is the Eclipse. Mitsubishi sold 2,613 units of Eclipse for the month of March on the way to posting an increase of 5.1 percent for Eclipse sales over March 2006 sales of the model. The Mitsubishi Outlander also posted good sales for the month of March with 2,634 units sold. The redesigned Outlander has definitely attracted the attention of American auto buyers evident in the 20.9 percent sales increase for the particular model.
The increased sales of these Asian brands continue to increase their hold in the U.S. auto market. If the current trend continues, international brands will surely wrest the majority of the U.S. auto market away from the U.S.’ Big Three and not even good brake components from Active Brakes Direct can stop them.
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Each year experts in the automobile industry come up with their lists of the top ten vehicles of the year. Some experts put the vehicles through a series of tests, while others create their lists purely on market and consumer response. Vehicle choice is certainly a personal one, but experts like Cars.com, Consumer Reports magazine, Automobile magazine, and Car and Driver magazine, are certainly worth listening to. What did they have to say this year?
Well, the Cars.com list of most popular vehicles in 2005 was topped by the Honda Civic. Cars.com analyzes the vehicular market to come up with the most popular new car models based on consumer interest (i.e. on the number of email requests for price quotes sent to dealers) and not car tests. Here’s their top ten list for 2005:
1. Honda Civic
2. Honda Accord
3. Toyota Corolla
4. Honda Odyssey
5. Toyota Camry
6. Toyota Prius
7. Toyota Sienna
8. Honda CR-V
9. Toyota Highlander
10. Toyota Tacoma
The Consumer Reports magazine list was also topped by a Honda, only this time it was a Honda Accord Hybrid, but the method of choosing the top cars is very different. Consumer Reports magazine took 200 vehicles and put them through 45 tests. At the end they chose the top cars according to nine categories. For example, the Subaru Forester was the best “Small SUV”, the Lexus RX330 was the best “Midsized SUV”, the Lexus LS430 was the best luxury sedan, the Subaru Impreza was the “most fun to drive”, and the Toyota Prius was the best “green car.”
Meanwhile, Automobile magazine chooses the top vehicles in 13 different performance categories, such as, Coupe, Family Car, Luxury Sedan, Minivan, Pickup, Small car, Sports car, Sport sedan, amongst others. They come up with one “ultimate vehicle” and this year it was the Chrysler 300C.
According to Car and Driver magazine, the Chevrolet Corvette topped the list as a best “performance car” and the Ford Mustang was the best “muscle car”.
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