Last year, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) changed the criteria for their Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ awards to include headlight quality. Following that change, automakers have upgraded their headlights and many have standard headlights that have achieved the top rating of Good. The IIHS evaluates …
Read More »Digital License Plates Coming to Michigan in 2021 after Debut in California
A plate company called Reviver has been working on the idea of digital license plates since 2009, and it’s taken time to get customers and states to approve the change. Digital plates are more expensive than metal ones, sure, but they can do more, too, like display Amber Alerts or …
Read More »2022 Audi RS e-tron GT Charges after the Taycan
Despite being part of the same company, Audi and Porsche continue to compete like old rivals. Both companies share an electric-car platform dubbed J1, and both are building similar battery-powered models atop it. Porsche’s Taycan launched about a year ago, and now Audi is letting us sample its gorgeous e-tron …
Read More »With credit washing, fear of fraud rises after deferrals
Credit washing, a major fraud concern before the COVID-19 outbreak, was put on the back burner by government forbearance efforts that preserve customer credit profiles from the negative input of late vehicle payments. But fraud experts fear the practice, in which scammers claim to be identity-theft victims and request to …
Read More »After 84 Years, Change Comes for Morgan’s Plus 4
Morgan has always moved at a glacial pace compared to the rest of the auto industry. The most English of England’s many sports-car makers has always taken an approach to development that’s more creationist than evolutionary. Which is why, having created its first four-wheeled model in 1936, it kept most …
Read More »Remote sales will likely continue after quarantines
During the coronavirus, remote vehicle deliveries are essential. But as dealerships become accustomed to remote e-signing tools and customers stay away for fear of endangering themselves or their families, will contact-free car sales become more normalized? Among the software companies offering free or reduced-price services during the COVID-19 closures, finance-and-insurance …
Read More »How Soon After Buying A Car Do You Need Insurance?
Advertiser Disclosure When you buy a new car, you want the process to go as smoothly as possible. Don’t let not knowing enough about car insurance be a downer on your day. In this article, we’ll answer some of the most commonly asked questions about insurance. For one, how soon …
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