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    Buick Electra SUV Coming to U.S. in 2024, Could It Be This Electra E5?

    A Buick spokesperson confirmed to C/D that Buick’s first EV will be an SUV called Electra, scheduled to debut for the U.S. in 2024.Buick has just debuted the Electra E5 for China, and we think this model is likely to come to the U.S.Buick has trademarked Electra E1 through E9 names, hinting at its future lineup.Buick is bringing back its Electra nameplate, first used in 1959, for a new range of EVs. We knew that much from a previous trademark filed for the name, but now a Buick spokesperson has confirmed to C/D that the brand will launch the first Electra model, an electric SUV, in the U.S. in 2024. We think this first model could be the Electra E5, just revealed for the China market, that you see here.BuickThe new Electra E5 uses GM’s Ultium battery platform and is a compact SUV. This model appears to be closely related to the Equinox EV, as it rides on the same 116.3 inch wheelbase as the Chevy. It incorporates design elements from Buick’s Wildcat concept and features the latest iteration of the tri-shield logo. Full specs and interior photos are still under wraps, but we’d guess that the Buick will be more luxurious inside than the Equinox.More on BuickBuick declined to comment on the exact size and nomenclature of the Electra model it plans to reveal for the U.S. market in 2024. But we do know that the brand has filed trademarks for Electra E1 through E9, covering all its bases for a wide lineup of electric SUVs ranging from subcompact to full-size. Even if the E5 isn’t the first Electra model to come to our shores, we still think it’s a likely candidate for the U.S. market at some point. It would compete in the compact EV SUV segment that currently includes the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Tesla Model Y, and Volkswagen ID.4.Stay tuned for more news on the Electra E5 and plenty of information still to come about Buick’s new Electra lineup of EVs.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More

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    2024 Hyundai Kona Shows Off Stylish Design with Full-Width LEDs

    Hyundai has shown off the first images of the 2024 Kona, with the second-generation subcompact crossover bringing a fresh, angular design. The Kona will yet again offer electric and gas powertrains, with a hybrid powertrain potentially coming to the United States for the first time.The 2024 Kona also grows, adding 5.9 inches of length, with 2.4 extra inches in the wheelbase.The subcompact Kona crossover has been a hit for Hyundai, consistently coming in among the Korean automaker’s top five bestsellers since it was launched for 2018. Now Hyundai has revealed the first photos of the second-generation Kona, showing off a sharp, futuristic design that will continue to house a diverse array of powertrains. The 2024 Kona will be offered with varying degrees of electrification, with an all-electric model, a hybrid, and internal combustion engines including a sportier N Line variant. Unusually, Hyundai says the new Kona was developed as an EV first and then adapted to fit the other powertrains. The Kona has also grown, now measuring 171.5 inches long, 5.9 inches longer than the previous electric Kona. The crossover is also nearly an inch wider and has a 2.4 inch longer wheelbase than before. The pointy front end features a thin LED light bar stretching the width of the car, with the main headlights once again housed within a black plastic piece that stretches around the bumper to encapsulate the front wheels. On the electric model, the light bar gains a pixelated appearance to tie it in with Hyundai’s Ioniq EVs, and the electric Kona also has body-color wheel arches. A closely cropped image of the rear shows a similar design theme to the front end, with a narrow light bar atop larger taillights units incorporated into the wheel arches. The 2024 Kona’s expressive bodywork echoes the Tucson with heavily creased diagonal character lines on the side. The different variants get distinct faces, with the EV receiving a pixelated design in the front bumper and the standard gas and hybrid versions wearing a faux skid plate and chunky chrome details. The N Line sees a black grille linking the headlights, as well as a blacked-out roof and a rear spoiler. The 19-inch wheels also vary in design depending on the powertrain.More Hyundai EVsThe interior is completely reimagined, with an airy feel and two 12.3-inch screens combining to make up the digital gauge cluster and infotainment system. The gear selector has moved from the center console to a stalk behind the steering wheel, freeing up more storage space in the center console. Hyundai didn’t reveal any powertrain specifics, and it’s unclear if the hybrid will be sold stateside, since the first-generation Kona did not offer the hybrid model in the United States. Hyundai says more information on the 2024 Kona will arrive next year, and we expect to see range and power increases for the electric version. This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More

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    GM’s Cruise Autonomous Vehicles under Investigation after Crashes

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an investigation into 242 Chevy Bolt–based robotaxis operated by the General Motors subsidiary Cruise in San Francisco.The investigation follows three crashes where the Cruise vehicles braked abruptly as a car approached quickly behind, causing the approaching vehicle to rear-end the Cruise cars.Cruise said it will fully cooperate with NHTSA. The company is looking to expand operations in 2023 as it readies its podlike Origin autonomous vehicle.Cruise, the autonomous-driving subsidiary of General Motors, has been testing its robotaxi service in San Francisco since summer 2021. That entity is now under investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The safety organization is looking into a series of crashes in which Cruise’s Chevy Bolt–based prototypes were rear-ended after the electric cars performed a heavy braking maneuver. NHTSA says it has received three reports of the Cruise vehicles “initiating a hard braking maneuver in response to another road user that was quickly approaching from the rear.” Each time, the result was the car behind hitting the rear of the Cruise vehicles. Two injuries were reported in the three collisions. The upcoming Cruise Origin.CruiseThe organization says that the Cruise vehicles “may engage in inappropriately hard braking or become immobilized,” leading the modified Bolt EVs to become “unexpected roadway obstacles.” NHTSA will now begin an evaluation of 242 Cruise vehicles, investigating the logic used by the cars’ computer systems when they performed the hard braking action. Depending on the results, this could lead to a recall of the autonomous vehicles.Stranded RidersNHTSA also says it has reports of Cruise vehicles “becoming immobilized,” which “may strand vehicle passengers in unsafe locations.” This is not the first time Cruise has faced scrutiny—a crash in June that left two people injured prompted a recall of 80 vehicles to update the self-driving software.More Futuristic Pod VehiclesCruise responded by pointing out that, after “nearly 700,000 fully autonomous miles in an extremely complex urban environment,” there have been “zero life-threatening injuries or fatalities” but said it will “fully cooperate with NHTSA or any regulator,” as reported by Reuters. The company also noted that the police did not issue tickets to any of its vehicles in the three crashes. Despite the investigation, Cruise is charging ahead with its ambitious goals, planning to expand into new markets and introduce thousands of autonomous vehicles in 2023. The company announced last Thursday that it had received the first of two permits needed from California that will allow it to charge riders for trips across all of San Francisco in its self-driving cars. The company also petitioned NHTSA in February 2022 for permission to use autonomous vehicles that do not have steering wheels, mirrors, or other physical controls as it develops the pod-like Origin first revealed in 2020. This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More

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    Top 10 Scooters Nov 2022 – Activa, Access, Jupiter, iQube Electric

    TVS Jupiter lost as much as 30,000 units in sales MoM when compared to last month and surprisingly lags behind Suzuki Access2022 TVS iQube ElectricIn the earlier post, we took a look at the top 10 two wheelers sales Nov 2022. In this post, we will take a look at the scooter sales for the last month. Scooter segment in India is on a positive note when sales are concerned. Within top 10 scooters charts for November 2022, Activa takes a massive lead again over its rivals. With 1,75,084 scooters sold in November 2022, Activa maintained dominance.To put it into context, Activa sales were more than the 2nd to 8th highest-selling scooter sales combined. The top 10 scooters sales accounted for 3,69,526 units and saw 34.85% YoY growth when 2,74,026 units sold in November 2021 are taken into account. Volume gain collectively stood at 95,500 units YoY. With 1,24,082 scooters to beat from last year, Activa registered 41.1% YoY growth by gaining 51,002 scooters in volume. Activa holds 47.38% of market share out of the top 10 scooters.Top 10 Scooters Nov 2022Suzuki Access has outsold TVS Jupiter and has secured the 2nd spot. With 48,113 units sold, Access has gained 13.26% in sales YoY and 5,632 units in volume YoY. The most interesting developments among top 10 scooters in November 2022 is the figures registered by TVS Jupiter, which has been securing 2nd spot for a long time.Jupiter sold just 47,422 units last month. In October 2022, Jupiter sales stood at 77,042 units and within a month, Jupiter has lost almost 30,000 units. When compared to 44,139 units sold last year, Jupiter saw 7.44% YoY growth by gaining 3,283 units.Top 10 Scooters November 2022Hero’s first entrant into this list is Pleasure which clocked 19,739 units in November 2022. When compared to 11,136 units sold a year ago, Pleasure gained 77.25% YoY with 8,603 units gained in volume YoY. It definitely looks like Pleasure had a lot of fun last month.TVS’ second vehicle in the top 10 scooters list is the sporty NTORQ. It sold 17,003 units last month as opposed to 19,157 units sold a year before in the same time period. This way, TVS NTORQ became the first scooter on this list to register a negative growth of 11.24% and lost 2,157 units in volume.TVS iQube Makes It To Top 10 ScootersHonda Dio took 6th spot with 16,102 units sold last month. It is Honda’s second product on this list and it registered 88.95% YoY growth as opposed to 8,522 units sold last year in the same time period. Dio gained 7,580 units in volume YoY and has 4.36% of market share among the top 10 scooters.Top 10 ScootersNov-22Nov-21Growth % YoY1. Honda Activa1,75,0841,24,08241.102. Suzuki Access48,11342,48113.263. TVS Jupiter47,42244,1397.444. Hero Pleasure19,73911,13677.255. TVS Ntorq17,00319,157-11.246. Honda Dio16,1028,52288.957. Hero Destini15,4113,264372.158. Yamaha RayZR10,79512,344-12.559. TVS iQube Electric10,0566991338.6310. Yamaha Fascino9,8018,20219.50Total3,69,5262,74,02634.85Destini sold 15,411 units and registered a positive growth of 372.15% as opposed to just 3,264 units sold in November 2021. Yamaha’s sporty RayZR and Fascino 125 scooters secured 8th and 10th spots with 10,795 and 9,801 units sold last month. Because RayZR sold 12,344 units and Fascino sold 8,202 units a year before, RayZR managed to witness a decline in sales by 12.55% and Fascino managed to gain by 19.5% YoY.TVS iQube electric scooter makes it to the top 10 scooters list in November 2022 and breaks stereotypes. For the 2nd time in recent months, an electric scooter is breaking bread with its ICE rivals and has featured on the top 10 list. With 10,056 units sold, iQube saw the greatest YoY comeback as it witnessed 1338.63% YoY growth over just 699 units sold last year. More

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    New BMW S1000RR Vs Rivals – Yamaha R1, CBR 1000RR-R, Panigale, ZX-10R

    Even though Yamaha R1, Honda Fireblade and Suzuki GSXR-1000 are not currently offered in India, they rival BMW S1000RRBMW S1000RR Vs RivalsAfter the launch of BMW G 310 RR, BMW have now turned towards its flagship litre-class motorcycle that sits in 200 bhp+ category. This is where racing machines like Kawasaki ZX-10R, Aprilia RSV4 1100, Ducati Panigale V4, Yamaha YZF-R1, Honda CBR 1000RR-R Fireblade and Suzuki GSXR-1000 currently party.We are aware that the latter three motorcycles are currently not on sale in India. But it would be unfair to leave these stalwarts behind just because India doesn’t get them. In global markets, these litre class machines are hugely popular after middle-weight machines. Let’s see how the recently launched BMW S 1000 RR fares.BMW S1000RR Vs RivalsStarting with their prices, it is Kawasaki ZX-10R at Rs. 15.99 lakh that absolutely decimates its rivals as it is brought into the country via CKD route while the rest are imports. At Rs. 26.49 lakh, Standard Panigale V4 is more expensive than top-spec BMW S1000RR Pro M Sport which is priced at 24.55 lakh. Top-spec SP2 variant of Ducati Panigale V4 costs a hefty Rs. 40.99 lakh (all prices ex-sh).Highest displacement among this bunch goes to Italians. RSV4 displaces 1099cc and Panigale displaces 1103cc, while Japs and Germans stick within 1000cc. Outright power award goes to Honda Fireblade with 215 bhp and R1 makes the least power at 194.3 bhp. Both Italians make their power lower in the range of 13,000 RPM. Fireblade makes its excess power at 14,500 RPM.BMW S1000RR Vs RivalsTorque war is dominated by Aprilia. It makes the highest torque at 125 Nm at 10,500 RPM. That said, Ducati is not far off with 123.4 Nm, but this torque comes in at just 9,500 RPM. Fireblade, on paper, looks the laziest as it makes its 113 Nm torque at 12,500 RPM. All the motorcycles come with a 6-speed gearbox with quick shifters and top speed hovers around 300 km/h mark.Ducati Panigale V4 has the longest wheelbase at 1469mm and Yamaha R1 has the shortest at 1405mm aiding handling. Suzuki GSXR-1000 and BMW S1000RR are short-rider-friendly with relatively low seat height. Kawasaki ZX-10R is the lightest motorcycle of the bunch weighing in at just 193 kg and RSV4 is the heaviest at 202 kg.SpecsWhile all litre-class bikes come with the same front tyre size, S1000RR, RSV4, Panigale V4 and Fireblade offer 200-section rear tyre, while rest come shod with 190-section tyre wrapped to 17” alloy wheels at both front and back. Ducati is the only one offering a 245mm rear disc and the rest of the rivals come with 220mm rear disc. Braking hardware on all motorcycles are handled by flagship equipment by makers like Nissin and Brembo.BMW S1000RR is the only one that features larger 45mm front adjustable USD forks which are from Marzocchi as opposed to 43mm forks from brands like Ohlins and WP. Some top-spec variants also offer electronically adjustable suspensions as well. Something that BMW misses on. All the motorcycles come packed to the gills with electronic aids to aid performance.With an almost 18L fuel tank, Aprilia offers the longest track time before refilling. As Kawasaki is locally assembled, it offers a stunning proposition of highest performance for just Rs. 15.99 lakh (ex-sh). As to why Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki don’t bring their enthusiast track bikes to India, it is best known to them. More

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    Top 10 Two Wheelers Nov 2022 – Splendor, Activa, Pulsar, Jupiter

    YoY sales growth of top 10 two wheelers was recorded at 19.13 percent in November 2022, dominated once again by stalwarts Hero Splendor and Honda ActivaHero Splendor Black EditionAs the year 2022 draws to a close, a positive sentiment was seen across the two and four wheeler segments. While top 10 car sales increased by 35.09 percent YoY, top 10 two wheeler sales saw a 19.13 percent growth.We take a look at how the top 10 two wheelers performed in the past month. Sales of top 10 two wheelers increased in Nov 2022 to 8,85,877 units from 7,43,635 units sold in Nov 2021. This was a growth of 19.13 percent YoY or 1,42,242 units. This was however a MoM sales de-growth from 10,64,908 units sold in Oct 2022.Top 10 Two-Wheeler Sales Nov 2022Hero Splendor topped the sales charts last month with 2,65,588 units sold, a 37.97 percent YoY growth over 1,92,490 units sold in Nov 2021. This was a 73,098 unit growth with the Splendor commanding a 29.98 percent share.At No. 2 was Honda Activa with a 41.10 percent YoY growth to 1,75,084 units sold in Nov 2022 up from 1,24,082 units sold in Nov 2021. Honda CB Shine came in next on this list of top 10 two wheeler sales in Nov 2022 with 1,14,965 units sold last month, up 37.48 percent from 83,622 units sold in Nov 2021.Top 10 Two Wheelers Nov 2022There was also the Bajaj Pulsar at No. 4 with 72,735 units sold in Nov 2022 as against 61,913 units sold in Nov 2021, relating to a 17.48 percent YoY growth. Bajaj Pulsar commanded an 8.21 percent share in this list and includes all variants of the series from 125cc to 250cc among which are Pulsar 125, NS125, 150, N160, NS160, NS200, RS200, N250, and F250.HF Deluxe, Suzuki Access, TVS JupiterHF Deluxe sales took a fall in Nov 2022 by 14.54 percent to 65,074 units, down from 76,149 units sold in Nov 2021. Suzuki Access and TVS Jupiter came in next with YoY sales growth of 13.26 percent and 7.44 percent respectively.Access sales were at 48,113 units in the past month, up from 42,481 units sold in Nov 2021 while Jupiter saw its sales increase to 47,422 units last month as against 44,139 unit sales in Nov 2021. TVS is also slated to upscale the Jupiter range, which includes Jupiter, Jupiter ZX, Jupiter Classic and Jupiter 125, in 2023 with newer features.Top 10 2WheelersNov-22Nov-21Growth % YoY1. Hero Splendor2,65,5881,92,49037.972. Honda Activa1,75,0841,24,08241.103. Honda CB Shine1,14,96583,62237.484. Bajaj Pulsar72,73561,91317.485. Hero HF Deluxe65,07476,149-14.546. Suzuki Access48,11342,48113.267. TVS Jupiter47,42244,1397.448. TVS XL 10034,46542,558-19.029. Bajaj Platina33,70260,646-44.4310. Honda CB Unicorn28,72915,55584.69Total8,85,8777,43,63519.13YoY sales de-growth was reported for both the TVS XL100 (34,465 units) and Bajaj Platina (33,702 units) by 19.02 percent and 44.43 percent respectively. The maximum YoY sales growth was seen in the case of CB Unicorn by 13,174 units or 84.69 percent to 28,729 units in Nov 2022 up from 15,555 units sold in Nov 2021. More

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    Back in the 1960s, You Bought Your Christmas Music at the Tire Store

    Today you can listen to whatever you want on Apple Music or Spotify, but back in the 1960s, your Christmas music was on the radio or on vinyl.It seems unlikely today, but Goodyear and Firestone sold holiday music alongside tires during holiday seasons of the 1960s and early 1970s.As an Ohio-based LP-to-MP3 conversion company is still doing a booming business with these classic discs, although the era of getting them at tire stores is long gone.From Spotify playlists to radio stations starting holiday tunes on Black Friday, it’s nearly impossible to avoid the sounds of the Christmas spirit. But back in the 1960s, if you wanted a compilation of holiday tunes, chances are you picked it up at the same place you’d get a new set of whitewalls. From 1961 to the mid-’70s, well before Mariah Carey’s monopoly on the holiday spirit, tire manufacturers such as Goodyear and Firestone offered Christmas records in their stores for about $1 (the equivalent of approximately $9.40 today).Stanley Arnold was the man responsible for the unlikely, yet successful, pairing of rubber and Rudolph. Arnold worked at an advertising agency before striking out on his own and convincing executives at Goodyear to lure customers into its stores with something that today anybody with a smartphone can access: a who’s who of classic Christmas covers. Arnold’s idea helped Goodyear sell more than 15 million records—not to mention millions in tire and accessory sales—over 17 years. The albums even remain popular today. “They are still our bestsellers, particularly the Goodyear and Firestone albums,” said David Feinauer, co-owner of Christmas LPs to CD, a Cincinnati, Ohio, company that converts vinyl into downloadable MP3s and CDs. “For Goodyear, the 1965 and ’66 [albums] are the two most popular; the Firestones have a more even demand.”A Lucky StrikeBut how did Arnold associate Christmas music with tire companies? The idea, as he wrote his 1968 book Tale of the Blue Horse and Other Million Dollar Adventures, started after a meeting at Lucky Strike’s headquarters in Durham, North Carolina. Arnold and others were invited to pitch ideas that would help boost cigarette sales. “All the way back to the office I kept humming the tune of the Lucky Strike television commercial that had been played at the meeting,” Arnold wrote. “I decided that music would reverse the sales decline of Lucky Strike.” Arnold’s idea was to offer a collection of music, pulled from Columbia Records, to those who mailed in $1 and proof of purchase of Lucky Strikes. It wasn’t long until sales climbed. The plan proved successful, and Arnold set out to repeat it with another billion-dollar industry: tires.A Goodyear for Christmas MusicWith the runup to Christmas being a big season for tire sales, Arnold bet that music could draw people into Goodyear’s then 60,000 retail outlets. Arnold pitched the idea that buyers would be interested in a Christmas music album.One of the ways he made it easy for a tire company to agree to sell records was by proving it wouldn’t cost them anything. Arnold worked with Columbia Records, which agreed to put together a collection of its best recording artists, which it would offer to Goodyear as an exclusive for only $1 per record. As long as Goodyear sold the records for the same amount, the tire company wouldn’t pay a penny for the albums. Even if no one bought a tire, chances were that these companies wouldn’t lose money from this scheme. For the inaugural Great Songs of Christmas, Arnold amassed a collection of timeless songs that included the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing “Silent Night” and the Leonard Bernstein–led New York Philharmonic’s version of “Unto Us a Child Is Born,” as well as classics such as “The First Noel,” “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” and “Deck the Halls.” Despite Arnold’s suggestion to order 3 million copies, Goodyear countered with 90,000 records. Arnold worked to get the order up to 900,000. Christmas by the Fire(stone)It was around this time Arnold heard that Firestone was working with RCA Records on a Christmas album. Of the conspicuous timing, Arnold wrote: “These coincidences are common in the world of ideas, but the deciding factors are the relative quality of the ideas and the determination with which management supports them.”By December 1, 1961, after only a few weeks of sales, Goodyear stopped promoting the Christmas album—the tire giant had sold every record it ordered. When Goodyear’s second Christmas album came out in 1962, it sold every one of the 1.5 million copies it ordered. This trend continued, too. By the time Goodyear’s sixth Christmas album came out, the tire company had upped its order count to 4 million records. Once again, they sold out. Eventually, distribution for the Goodyear Christmas compilations switched from Columbia Records to RCA Records. As a result, a different set of artists appeared on these albums, including Julie Andrews and Ella Fitzgerald. Firestone, meanwhile, released a total of seven Christmas records starting in 1962 and ending in the 1970s. Whereas Goodyear’s records often featured images of the artists, Firestone’s featured a bow. Feinauer categorized the Goodyear albums as having more of a pop twist with songs such as “Jingle Bells.” The Firestone collections, meanwhile, skewed a bit more traditional, as shown by the records’ more modest branding. By the mid-’60s, the trend of tire companies selling Christmas music was firmly established, with other tire manufacturers, including BFGoodrich, joining in. Other stores, such as JCPenney and Sears, soon offered Christmas records of their own. With this increased competition, sales of such albums from tire companies began to wane. Before long, the era of tire manufacturers selling Christmas records came to a close. This content is imported from OpenWeb. 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    Odometer Tampering on Used Cars Is Rolling Higher These Days

    There are 1.9 million vehicles on the road today with incorrect numbers on their odometers, according to Carfax. That is up 7 percent from a year ago.While California has the most of these kinds of vehicles on the road today, the rate of increase was especially high in Texas, Florida, and Arizona.Digital odometers can make it easier to falsify a dashboard reading but also harder to get away with it if someone takes the time to investigate.Used-car prices continue to decline in the U.S., but that doesn’t mean everything on the secondhand market is running perfectly. One unfortunate, old-fashioned trend that’s making a bit of a comeback is odometer fraud. The digital age has, in some instances, made it easier than ever to roll back time.Almost 2 million vehicles on the road today have an odometer number that’s been reduced in some way, according to a new report from Carfax. The 1.9 million incorrect readings represent a 7 percent increase from last year, Carfax said. As the largest car market in the U.S., it’s not a surprise that California has the most affected vehicles—more than 437,000, Carfax said—but that number is only 2 percent higher than last year. There were three states in the top 10 with the most affected cars that saw double-digit growth in odometer fraud in the past 12 months: Texas (up 15 percent), Florida and Arizona (both up 12 percent). These rollbacks can have a real impact, causing buyers to lose an average of $4000 in value with their purchase, not counting any unexpected maintenance costs, Carfax said.Trouble in the Car MarketThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been tracking odometer fraud for decades. In 2002, it said there were around 450,000 cases of odometer fraud reported each year and that these misreported numbers ended up costing used-car buyers over a billion dollars a year. NHTSA said there is about a 3.5 percent chance that a car will have its odometer messed with in the first 11 years of its life. As we wrote in 2018, the digitization of vehicle odometers introduces a host of other factors to an odometer rollback, as so many other parts of the car use that number. This, plus increased data capture by auto repair shops and other sources, mean that even if the odometer is messed with, there are now more ways to confirm any changes. In 2021, NHTSA changed its rules for required ongoing odometer reporting so that any vehicle built in or after the 2011 model year now needs to be tracked for 20 years instead of just 10, as it was before. NHTSA said it made this change because the average age of the car on the road was increasing, and a change in the rules was required “to address an increase in odometer fraud involving older vehicles.”How to Protect YourselfIf you are looking to purchase an older vehicle with a mechanical odometer, there are some key things to look out for, NHTSA said. Ask for the title to see what the officially reported odometer reading is, and make sure that that detail is not difficult to read. If the car includes maintenance records, especially oil changes, they can be a good start to estimating accurate mileage. For relatively new vehicles (with under 20,000 miles), the tires should be original. NHTSA also recommends getting a vehicle history report, which Carfax (unsurprisingly) offers as an organization interested in selling information about used cars to buyers. The group’s Odometer Fraud Check compares your Vehicle Information Number (VIN) to information in state DMV databases of vehicles that have been reported as having their odometers falsely changed.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. More