Glossary of Used Car Terms from F to L
A glossary of used car terms that help you understand the used car buying and selling process from frontal impact crash tests to hardtop convertibles to Kelley Blue Book and more.
Definition of IIHS - Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
IIHS: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (www.iihs.org) is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses deaths, injuries, and property damage from crashes on the nation's highways. It offers safety ratings on practically every passenger vehicle in the U.S. Ratings in some cases can go back 12 years or more.
IIHS: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (www.iihs.org) is an independent, nonprofit, scientific, and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses deaths, injuries, and property damage from crashes on the nation's highways. It offers safety ratings on practically every passenger vehicle in the U.S. Ratings in some cases can go back 12 years or more.
Definition of Hard Top Convertibles
Hard Top Convertible: A vehicle where the top is made of a metal material and folds away for storage at the push of a button. In the upright position its difficult to discern that the vehicle is a convertible. A couple of advantages of hardtop convertibles are durability of the roof and security. One huge downside is hardtop convertibles usually have small, almost unusable trunks.
Hard Top Convertible: A vehicle where the top is made of a metal material and folds away for storage at the push of a button. In the upright position its difficult to discern that the vehicle is a convertible. A couple of advantages of hardtop convertibles are durability of the roof and security. One huge downside is hardtop convertibles usually have small, almost unusable trunks.
Definition of Full-width Frontal Impact Crash Test
Full-width frontal impact crash test: National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) currently uses this procedure for their full-width frontal impact collisions. Its a test that simulates two vehicles colliding head on. (Youve probably seen the footage on TV.) Some question its accuracy because vehicles rarely collide 100% head on.
Full-width frontal impact crash test: National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) currently uses this procedure for their full-width frontal impact collisions. Its a test that simulates two vehicles colliding head on. (Youve probably seen the footage on TV.) Some question its accuracy because vehicles rarely collide 100% head on.
Definition of Frontal Offset Crash Test
Frontal offset crash test:[/b] In the frontal offset impact test (used by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety), a vehicle is aligned with a rigid barrier so that 40% of the vehicle strikes it. This is considered a more accurate real-world test of how cars collide head on. [/p]
Frontal offset crash test:[/b] In the frontal offset impact test (used by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety), a vehicle is aligned with a rigid barrier so that 40% of the vehicle strikes it. This is considered a more accurate real-world test of how cars collide head on. [/p]
Definition of franchised dealership
Franchised dealership: This is a definition of an auto seller that sells new and used cars for auto manufacturers such as Ford, General Motors, Honda, and other major brands. The manufacturer is often listed in the dealerships name.
Franchised dealership: This is a definition of an auto seller that sells new and used cars for auto manufacturers such as Ford, General Motors, Honda, and other major brands. The manufacturer is often listed in the dealerships name.