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BUYING A CAR

Apart from buying your home, buying a car is perhaps the most significant purchase you are likely to make. The following sites should make the process easier and, hopefully, less expensive.

SECTION 1: - GENERAL ADVICE

1.1 4car

URL:	http://www.4car.co.uk
Notes:	News and reviews from Television's 'Channel 4 Car Show'. Lots of useful information and buying advice.

1.2 Alliance and Leicester Car Price Index

URL:	http://www.allianceandleicester.co.uk
Notes:	Alliance and Leicester guide to new, nearly-new, and used car prices

1.3 Automobile Association (AA)

URL:	http://www.theaa.co.uk
Notes:	Arrange a mechanical check.

1.4 HPI Check

URL:	http://www.hpicheck.com
Notes:	For an identity check on your prospective second-hand purchase.

1.5 Royal Automobile Club (RAC)

URL:	http://www.rac.co.uk
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1.6 Top Gear

URL:	http://www.topgear.beeb.com
Notes:	Owners' reports. JD Power survey.

1.7 Which

URL:	http://www.which.net
Notes:	Consumer Association campaign against "rip off" prices.

1.8 What Car

URL:	http://www.whatcar.co.uk
Notes:	Guide to used car prices.

SECTION 2: - MANUFACTURERS

2.1 Aston Martin

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2.2 Audi

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2.3 BMW

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2.4 Citroen

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2.5 Ford

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2.6 Honda

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2.7 Jaguar

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2.8 Lexus

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2.9 Mercedes

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2.10 Renault

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2.11 Rolls Royce

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2.12 Rover

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2.13 Toyota

URL:	http://www.toyota.co.uk
Notes:	Lots of information. Preview new models etc etc.

2.14 Vauxhall

URL:	http://www.vauxhall.co.uk
Notes:	Reduced prices for .com models.

2.15 Volvo

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2.16 VW

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SECTION 3: - SUPPLIERS

3.1 Auto By Tel

URL:	http://www.autobytel.co.uk
Notes:	Exhaustive comparison facility.

3.2 Auto Hit

URL:	http://www.autohit.co.uk
Notes:	Check the trade-in value of your vehicle.

3.3 Auto Locate

URL:	http://ww.autolocate.co.uk
Notes:	Check vehicle supplier stocks.

3.4 Auto Trader

URL:	http://www.autotrader.co.uk
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3.5 Autohit

URL:	http://www.autohit.com
Notes:	Find your dream car on this site. Specify make, model etc.

3.6 Autoseek

URL:	http://www.autoseek.co.uk
Notes:	Fast search facility for finding thousands of new and used cars for sale. (Also sell your own car for free.)

3.7 Broadspeed

URL:	http://www.broadspeed.co.uk
Notes:	Quick and easy-to-use guide to purchasing your car from outside the UK.

3.8 Carbusters

URL:	http://www.carbusters.com
	Consumers' Association site aimed at achieving significant savings on imported cars.

3.9 Car Importing

URL:	http://www.carimporting.co.uk
	A mine of useful information and links about the importing of cars.

3.10 Car Save

URL:	http://www.carimporting.co.uk
	A mine of useful information and links about the importing of cars.

3.11 Carsource

URL:	http://www.carsource.co.uk
	"One of the internet's leading motor sites. Over 25,000 cars online."

3.12 Exchange & Mart

URL:	http://www.exchangeandmart.co.uk
Notes:	Find your car through the online version of the Exchange and Mart Magazine.

3.13 Fish4Cars

URL:	http://www.fish4cars.co.uk
Notes:	Includes cars for sale ads from local newspapers throughout the country.

3.14 One Swoop

URL:	http://www.oneswoop.com
Notes:	A one-stop-shop for importers. Coming soon.

3.15 Smart Cars

URL:	http://www.smartcarsdirect.co.uk
Notes:	Trendy Smart Cars.

3.16 Totalise

URL:	http://www.totalise.co.uk/carsave/
Notes:	Internet Service Provider (ISP) with its own delivery service (and share offer).

3.17 Vauxhall Motors

URL:	http://www.vauxhall.co.uk
Notes:	Reduced prices for .com models.

3.18 Virgin Cars

URL:	http://www.virgincars.co.uk
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SECTION 4: - SOURCES OF FINANCE

4.1 Automobile Association

URL:	http://www.theaa.co.uk
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4.2 Tesco Personl Finance

URL:	http://www.tesco.com
Notes:	Motor loans are just one of a range of financial services provided by Tesco.

4.3 Yes Car Credit

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Notes:	Free credit check, plus special deals for online customers

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SECTION 5: - INSURANCE

5.1 Churchill

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5.1 Direct Line

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5.2 Green Flag

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SECTION 5: - BREAKDOWN & RECOVERY SERVICES

6.1 Automobile Association (AA)

URL:	http://www.theaa.co.uk
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6.2 Britannia Rescue

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6.3 Green Flag

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6.4 Royal Automobile Club (RAC)

URL:	http://www.rac.co.uk
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SECTION 7: - OTHER

7.1 P & O Stena Line

URL:	http://www.posl.com
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