According to Jonathan Banks, executive automotive analyst with the NADA Used Car Guide, used-vehicle prices will remain largely at their lofty levels because of looser lending standards, recovery in the housing and construction markets, a gradual decrease in unemployment levels, an increase in supply from booming new-car sales and pent-up consumer demand.

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The shrinkage of the printed book business - particularly in non-fiction - has also led the publisher setting up ad-funded websites Honest John - for car enthusiasts, the Complete University Guide and home-grown veg site Allotments.

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With Webber sidelined, the team have been relying on new recruit Sebastian Vettel to guide them in developing the car.

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You simply guide your car along the track, hoping to avoid any calamitous wall hits and praying that your upgrades are enough to get you remotely close to first place.

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He compares the software to a GPS device used in a car: It's helpful as a guide, but the driver still needs to look out the window.

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Vehicle damage reports like CarFax are widely available on the Internet and make it easy to spot cars that have been suffered heavy flood damage, said Ricky Beggs, vice president and managing editor of Black Book, a guide to the wholesale market for used car dealers.

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Web2Carz, originally a car-shopping guide, continues to evolve, now taking on the form of a digital magazine with a number of features that still forward that original plan.

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The auto industry has intensified its research on how to link cruise control, steering, brakes and the cameras and sensors used for collision-avoidance systems into an integrated system able to guide a car safely.

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