Long known as the most consumer-oriented car buyer's guide, The Car Book 1999 has maintained the classic simplicity that for 18 years has led hundreds of thousands of car buyers to the best choice in new cars. While other car guides offer only manufacturers' specifications, The Car Book 1999 sifts through the claims, the facts, the specifications and, with unique performance measurements, evaluates this year's new cars and minivans. With the 1999 edition of The Car Book , Jack Gillis once again proves why he is America's most sought after consumer expert on cars. One-Page Reviews: tell you how a vehicle performs in areas you care about and how the car stacks up against the competition. Easy-to-Read Ratings: provides overall value, crash test, fuel economy, preventive maintenance, insurance costs, consumer satisfaction, and more. Safety Features: is an at-a-glance listing of today's key safety features including airbags, ABS, built-in child seats, and daytime running lights. Narrative Summaries: for each model highlighted what's new and offer you insightful advice. Jack Gillis' "Best Bets": America's favorite list of top-rated cars. Special Advice: on showroom strategies, avoiding lemons, the best warranties, selecting the best child safety seat, saving on insurance, and more. Forword: by Clarence M. Ditlow, Executive Director Center for Auto Safety
This all-encompassing guide to used cars profiles over 300 popular models sold over the past decade, including photographs, descriptions, year-to-year changes, driving impressions, specs, prices, and recall histories.
Provides practical data about more than 150 models of cars and minivans, including recall information, overall performance, fuel economy, insurance costs, and customer satisfaction
This book can be found in adult literacy programs, high schools, and middle schools. How Cars Work makes it fun and easy to learn how cars work."--Provided by publisher.
Published quarterly, the Consumer Edition of the Kelley Blue Book Used Car Guide includes current trade-in values, private party values, and suggested retail values on more than 10,000 models of used cars, trucks, and vans.
Featuring profiles and photos of over 170 passenger cars, minivans, and four-wheel drive vehicles available for 1999, this book includes the latest suggested retail and dealer-invoice prices for all models.
An in-depth exploration of the tracks, races, marques, personalities, and greatest competitive cars of this century's fast-paced world of auto racing is littered with superb color photographs and illustrations.
Produced by the Auto Editors of Consumer Guide, it also offers "Best Buys" in each vehicle category that make choosing the right car, truck, sport-utility vehicle, or minivan easy. Book jacket.
A How to Use This Book section discusses how to differentiate good from excellent vehicles, and lists typical reconditioning done by dealers.
The dealer's mobile mechanic would ride to the owner's home on a Servi-Car. Simple repairs were done on the spot with tools and service parts carried in the Servi-Car's spacious rear body box. If the vehicle needed to be taken to the ...
Using 1-6 condition-graded pricing, this guide includes up-to-date values for specialty automobiles and recommends inexpensive cars worth restoring