USED CAR NEWS FOR SEPTEMBER 2012
IF YOU OWN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF VEHICLES YOUR CAR IS MOST LIKELY TO BE STOLEN BASED ON 2011 NICB REVIEWS
1994 HONDA ACCORD
1998 HONDA CIVIC
2006 FORD PICKUP FULL SIZE
1991 TOYOTA CAMRY
2000 DODGE CARAVAN
1994 ACURA INTEGRA
1999 CHEVROLET PICKUP FULL SIZE
2004 DODGE PICKUP FULL SIZE
2002 FORD EXPLORER
1994 NISSAN SENTRA
THERE COULD BE SEVERAL FACTORS THAT MAKE THESE VEHICLES THE MOST OFTEN STOLEN CARS: (1) ONLY CARS 7 YEARS OLD OR OLDER CAN BE IMPORTED TO MEXICO, THE CARS THAT ARE MOST TARGETED TEND TO BE VEHICLES THAT YOUNGER PEOPLE WANT AND THEY HAVE LEARNED THE EASIEST CARS IN WHICH THE LOCKS CAN BE PICKED AND INGINITION SWITHS DRILLED OUT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THEIVES LIKE HONDA’S
SOCIAL MEDIA DELIVERS INFORMATION TO CAR BUYERS
SOCIAL MEDIA IS THE NEW DRIVING FORCE FOR CAR BUYERS: BUYERS OF MITSUBISHI, AUDI, BMW, INFINITI AND VOLKSWAGON ARE MOST LIKELY TO PURCHASE A NEW VEHICLE. THE NEW CAR BUYER IS OFTEN TIMES MORE EDUCATED ABOUT THE VEHICLE THAN THE SALESPERSON ACTUALLY TRYING TO CLOSE THE DEAL. I REALIZED THIS RECENTLY WHEN I WENT INTO A HONDA DEALERSHIP AND ASKED THE SALESMAN ABOUT HIS TRAINING TO BE A CARSALESMAN. HE GAVE ME A BLANK LOOK AND SAID WHAT TRAINING. AUTO MARKETING HAS CHANGED SO RAPIDLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT ONLY THE EDUCATED PROFESSIONAL WILL BE AROUND IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THE OLD TIME CIGAR SMOKING TIRE KICKER WILL BE GONE.
THE NEW GENERATION CAR BUYER DOES NOT LIKE TO HAGGLE. BASED ON SEVERAL NATIONAL SURVEYS CAR BUYERS DO NOT LIKE TO NEGOTIATE THEY WOULD RATHER PAY A HIGHER INTEREST RATE THAN TO HAGGLE OVER A FEW PRECENT POINTS.