Whether you own a used car or a new one, you cannot do without warranty. The place where can you get the latest up-to-date information about such warranties, other than Auto Warranty News.

Auto Warranty News helps people like you identify and select the best warranty for your car. It keeps you updated on the latest developments in the automobile warranty and also gives the best deal for labor costs, repairs and cost of accessories. The news not only covers information on cars, but also provides detailed warranty news for your motorcycles, recreational vehicles and travel trailers.

The news also gives detailed charts of comparisons between multiple warranty companies in the areas of price, service, inspection and coverage. If you require information on extended warranties, or roadside assistance, warranty news has all the information for you. It is just a click away. It also comes with comprehensive guidelines for financing your auto warranty. The coverage is not all about warranty news, but has details about the latest changes in the auto warranty. Updates from each state, are changes brought by the government. It will help you make the right decision for your vehicle.

So clarify your doubts and questions and help yourself with the latest news of the block.

Most of the new cars are provided with limited warranty that expires after a fixed period of time or after a predetermined number of miles. For example an auto dealer can provide limited warranty on a vehicle for 5 to 7 years or 50,000 miles which ever comes first.

Once this limited warranty expires, then the maintenance of the vehicle and all the repairs are your responsibility and the company now has nothing to do with the damage that occurs. In such a situation people choose extended auto warranties for added security.

These extended auto warranties will last for few years depending on the plan you choose. The coverage area includes body damage, engine problems, as well as other technical and accidental problems that the car faces in the time period of the warranty. You can also get your car covered by giving a one time fee.

The best way to choose an extended warranty is to compare the programs that are available in the market. Remember that dealership plans can vary from dealer to dealer. Thus if you are considering a dealership plan, you must compare it with other plans in the market that you can get directly from a company without going into dealerships.

A great place to buy auto parts off the Internet is aftermarketauto.com website. It is a portal that stocks almost anything and everything related to things that have four or more wheels. The best part is that all the parts you buy are covered by the aftermarket auto warranty.

The warranty is valid for a month, in which you can return any products that are defective. However, read the warranty document carefully, because there are charges involved in case you want to return a non-defective item

The company stocks all kinds of tools like winches, jacks, complete tool kits and more. Shoppers can choose from a variety of brands that are available. Then there are the accessories that range from grille guards, nerf bars, bed rails, ladder racks, running boards, visors, floor mats, bull bars, light bars and steps bars for trucks and pickups. The company also stocks interior car accessories like baby and pet seats, seat covers, mats, speakers, and audio systems. The list is almost endless. Headlight covers, sunroofs, fog lights and wings are some of the exterior accessories available. The company claims to have any part or accessory that you may need for your car or truck, and if they don’t have it in stock, they’ll still get it for you.

“It’s not a bad thing that if you’re stranded by the side of the freeway with a catastrophic engine failure and the odometer reads 98,600 miles, you know you’re not going to have to shell out thousands…”

And that is what will be the Rondo’s greatest kicker;the auto warranty.

“The fit and finish on the Rondo were fine — nothing extraordinary, but then I found no glaring gaps or odd-sized seams — and whoever designed this thing must have been really thirsty. Our seven-passenger car had 10 cupholders sprinkled about the cabin.

If you’re curious about this car, you should also look at the Mazda 5 and the Toyota Matrix, which fit in the same mold of squarish car-like SUVs … more car than truck.

What tips things toward the Kia, however, is its 10-year/100,000-mile power train warranty, a gift from its equally warranty-generous corporate parent, Hyundai Motor Group.”

But to hear this reviewer tell it, the Rondo does have some unexpected surprises.

“What is really stunning, however, given that the Rondo is only 179 inches long, is the amount of cargo room this thing has. With both rear-seat rows folded, you get about 74 cubic feet in the Rondo, a capacity that’s competitive with bigger SUVs.”
(Source)

2007 Kia Rondo EX Specs

• 2007 KIA RONDO EX
• Type: Front engine, front-wheel-drive SUV
• Base price: $20,195
• Price as tested: $23,495
• Power train: 2.7-liter, V6 182-horsepower engine; five-speed automatic transmission
• Curb weight: 3,511 pounds
• Seating capacity: Five to seven, depending on seat configuration
• Mileage: 20 city; 27 highway
• Fuel tank capacity: 15.8 gallons
• Dimensions: Length 179 inches; width 71.7 inches; height 65 inches; wheelbase 106.3 inches
• Warranty: Bumper-to-bumper, five years/60,000 miles; power train, 10 years/100,000 miles
• Source: Kia Motors America, Inc. (www.kia.com); U.S. EPA (www.fuel economy.gov)

If you’ve always wanted to just lift your car out of a traffic jam, or just like the feel of no rubber on the road, the Gyro-coptr will be the hybrid of your dreams, employing your aerial fantasies above the earth at a height of 4000 feet while deploying like a luxury car that handles like a motorcycle back on the earth.

What’s not to love?

The Pal-V is expected to be in production by 2009, it runs on gas, biodiesel and bioethanol.

It, understandably, has some pilots looking askance.

“I’m all for the flying car concept, but as a practicing pilot, I have to say that I’m a little leery of it in practice. There are a bunch of very good reasons why getting a pilot’s license is a lot harder than getting a driver’s license, and despite the inherently stable characteristics of an autogyro, takeoff, landing, and navigation is always tricky. And unlike regular cars, which drive on roads, with a flying car, nobody is safe anywhere. Let’s hope these things get regulated effectively, or I’m building myself an underground nuke/tornado/flying tricycle shelter.”
from RemovetheLabels.com

“Ford Motor Co.’s planned sale of its auto service contract unit received antitrust approval from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.Ford, seeking to raise cash after a $12.7-billion loss last year, agreed earlier this month to sell Atlanta-based Automobile Protection Corp. to Trident IV LP, a fund managed by Stone Point Capital LLC.The U.S. agency granted approval this week, according to the commission’s Web site. Ford said March 2 it expected the sale to be completed in the second quarter.

Automobile Protection sells extended warranties and service contracts to vehicle buyers.

Ford hasn’t disclosed the terms of the Automobile Protection sale. Spokeswoman Becky Sanch declined to comment beyond confirming the U.S. agency action.”
(Source)

In other Ford news, Mazda renewed it’s partnership with Ford, announcing a target goal of 1.6 million units sold globally by 2010 and, a judge tossed a 15 million judgenment against Ford in a roll-over trial, because “Ford showed in post-trial motions the jury had been prejudiced by the conduct of Clark Brewster, the attorney for the Moodys. Eagan said that considering the size of the verdict, the proper thing to do is to order a new trial.”

No matter what auto warranty covers your hybrid, the concept itself is not turning out to be the big money maker that foreign and domestic brands had imagined. Since there is no auto warranty that covers resale or secures a good return on the premium consumers pay for hybrids, you might want to re-think a hybrid purchase.

“A few years ago, automakers decided to put hybrid technology in regular models. The hope was to move beyond the geek chic of the Prius and win over everyone else. Hybrid would be another option, like , say, navigation. If enough people bought hybrids, carmakers figured, they would achieve sufficient economies of scale to eliminate the big premium over conventional models.

That hasn’t happened. And some models have suffered badly. Honda Motor Co. (NYSE:HMC – News) sold 70% fewer hybrid Accords in 2006; Toyota has sold 24% fewer Lexus RX 400h sport-utility vehicles so far this year. The fuel savings are simply too puny to offset the hybrid premium. With gas at $2.50 a gallon, it would take 10 years to recoup the extra $3,000 cost of the Accord hybrid.
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Getting prices down–and not by discounting–is the long-term solution. That means finding a way to make the cars more cheaply. Batteries account for about half the hybrid premium. But cheaper lithium ion cells won’t appear for several years. Cutting costs further requires achieving those elusive economies of scale, which means building and selling more hybrids. That’s Toyota’s strategy; it hopes to sell 160,000 Priuses this year, up from 107,000 in 2006.”
(Source)

You have always wanted a Jeep. You have investigated new car warranties and Jeep satisfies your requirements there. But you are not quite sure which style or model Jeep to choose.
MSN/ Autos offers the following Consumer Report’s review of the 2007 Wrangler Sahara

Highs: Off-road ability.
Lows: Ride, handling, braking, noise, fuel economy, fit and finish, visibility, front-seat comfort, access.

“The redesigned Wrangler is more civilized but makes many compromises for its off-road capability. The ride, handling, and powertrain are all improved, but the Wrangler still falls short when driven on-road. Handling is compromised by vague steering and low cornering limits. The ride is steady but stiff. The 3.8-liter V6 engine lacks punch and delivers dismal fuel economy. Improvements like the available four-door body style, five-passenger capacity, up-to-date safety features, and more creature comforts make living with this Wrangler more palatable than ever. Off-road capability remains extremely impressive.”

Consumer Reports Bottom Line Price
The Consumer Reports Bottom Line Price is the dealer invoice minus any holdbacks, national dealer incentives, and customer rebates.
Bottom Line Price Range: $16,866 – $25,438

Having a son with ambitions to one day rebuild a few cars, I took interest in the latest news from GM describing their decision to extend their warranty on their crate engines.

“General Motors’s Performance Parts unit is extending the warranty offered on its crate engines to 24 months or 50,000 miles, whichever comes first. Previously, the warranty was for 12 months or 12,000 miles.

A crate engine is a complete replacement engine packed in a shipping crate.

The new warranty periods cover thousands of parts, from spark plug wires to crate engines, and will be applied to GMPP crate engines, transmissions and components installed in or purchased for street legal automotive applications after March 1, 2007, and is transferable to subsequent owners (by providing required documents to any purchaser of the vehicle in which the assembly/component was originally installed), according to a GM news release.

GM also said it added a 12-month/12,000-mile warranty to its Performance Parts components, transmissions and short-block assemblies, effective March 1.

The warranty does not include any crate engines that are marketed and sold for race applications, including part numbers 88958602, 88958603, 88958604, 12498825, 12498826, and 12498827.

“When we develop crate engines, we put them through some of the most demanding durability testing on the planet,” says Randy Leininger, engineering group manager of GM Performance Parts. “We’re focused on exceeding the customer’s expectation, so if they don’t pass our tests, we don’t sell them, it’s that simple.”

GM Performance Parts crate engines undergo a 50-hour, full-throttle engine dynamometer validation, requiring that the engines perform from peak horsepower to peak torque. GMPP also installs crate engines in its own engineering vehicles for ongoing testing and continuous improvement, the company said.”
from The Daily Auto Insider

Your gorgeous new car is in the driveway and well, it is a babe magnet isn’t it? Your new car warranty is probably pretty comprehensive, but, there is not likely any new car warranty that will cover the scuffs and possible scratches from your well meaning, car washing friends.

So now that the crowd has gone home and you notice a few scuffs, what do you do?

Here is the answer from a car detailer’s point of view.

AUTO DETAILING 101-Removing Paint Scuffs and scratches

Hey Detailer-
Got paint?
Got client cars with scuffs or scratches?

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And the funny thing is-most detailers have no idea how to do it. They buff a car, they rub hard with wax and the scuffs go nowhere..so they just leave them and ignore them.

Dont. They are money waiting for your profit piggy-bank.

So- here it is. Here is the magical potion that will get your paint scuffs removed from your clients cars, with the easy wipe of a terry..

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Go to your local Home Depot, get a gallon, some terry’s and start making more money.

Simply wipe, and your scuffs are gone!
fromAuto Detailing Blog