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Demand for used cars is high and prices climbing.

Posted on Thursday, February 26th, 2009 by Sri Narra

Newsweek has a good article on this topic here and our own research confirms this.
Economy is tight; Uncertainty and job insecurity are the themes of our current time. More and more people are hanging on to their cars for longer. Also, those who need to buy cars are hitting the net to find a reliable [...]

Car buying trends – Brand loyalty.

Posted on Monday, February 23rd, 2009 by Sri Narra

 
Are you loyal to your car? If you needed a new one, would you buy the same model or brand? 
 
About 50% of the customers in market for cars are brand loyal ie.. they buy the same brand of car that they already have. 
 
As for the rest of (fickle) folks, they put tremendous pressure on the car [...]

Understanding Teen Drivers risky behavior and what to do about it.

Posted on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 by Sri Narra

Liza Harmon, a high school student in Belmont, Mass., got her license as soon as she reached the legal age of 16. “In high school, having your parents drive you around isn’t all that cool anymore,” she explains.

But are her classmates good drivers? “When they’re with their parents, obviously they drive very carefully, as if [...]

We now have over 5000 live and active classifieds on our site !

Posted on Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 by Sri Narra

Yesterday we crossed 5000 live and active classifieds mark !
 
As we pass by one more milestone, want to take a minute to thank you for getting us where we are now.
 
While we shamelessly toot our horn, wanted to mention that we were/are 
 

One of the first classifieds sites on net to provide free video uploads with [...]

The Swiss are at it again ! iChange from the makers of sQuba !!

Posted on Monday, February 16th, 2009 by Sri Narra

 
Swiss automotive visionary Frank M. Rinderknecht presents the Rinspeed iChange, the world’s first car whose body adapts to the number of passengers on board.
 
The streamlined, lightweight zero-emission concept car is powered by a 150kW electric engine, capable of propelling the car to a top speed of 220 km/h.
 
The energy for the electric motor comes from [...]

How to avoid buying a stolen car on internet.

Posted on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 by Sri Narra

One of the most sophisticated techniques and by far the hardest one to detect is Vehicle Cloning. Cloning is to vehicles what Identity thief is to people. Actually both are tied in some ways. Read on…
Cloning is a crime in which stolen vehicles assume the identity of non-stolen, legally owned, vehicles that are a similar make [...]

Transformers – New Corvette Stringray Concept

Posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 by Sri Narra

AUTOBOTS® WITH BOW TIES: CHEVROLET-BASED CHARACTERS STARRING IN ‘TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN’ AT THE CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
Giant movie robot also on display with vehicles used in the upcoming blockbuster summer film

Visitors to the Chevrolet display at this year’s Chicago Auto Show (Friday through Feb. 22) will be treated to an out-of-this-world vehicle display [...]

Hyundai HED-6 Concept

Posted on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 by Sri Narra

Fresh from its win of North Americas best car, Hyundai is all set to unveil an all-new concept car at this year’s Salon International de L’Automobile in Geneva on March 3rd, and the first image of the vehicle has just been released.
 

 
This concept, codenamed HED-6, portrays a new look for compact SUVs and was styled [...]

BMW Art Cars in LACMA

Posted on Monday, February 9th, 2009 by Sri Narra

Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents an installation of BMW Art Cars designed by Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg from February 12–24, 2009. The cars will be on view in the BP Grand Entrance, an admission-free area of the museum’s campus. LACMA is the first U.S. venue in a major [...]

Our first FaceBook App debuts !

Posted on Thursday, February 5th, 2009 by Sri Narra

Its has been a grueling, last few weeks but here you have it – our first Facebook application.
Check it out 
http://apps.facebook.com/mycarmemoirs/
We are judged more by the cars we have driven than anything else.
This application allows you to showcase, on Facebook, the vehicles that made an impression on your life.
It can also be used as a virtual garage, [...]

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