How Do I Look Up Old Cars Prices When They Were New

Do car dealers lower the prices of their ‘old stock’ when new models are introduced?

Assuming you are talking about unsold new vehicles that are still on dealer lots:The majority of support for "selling off” New vehicles that are unsold when a new model is released comes from the manufacturer. Obviously the manufacturer keeps close tabs on the amount of units that are unsold and in dealer inventory. It is not beneficial for either the dealer or the manufacturer to have old units sitting around for a number of reasons. Generally the manufacturer will support these units in the form ofA) large manufactuter rebatesB) 0% financing at 72 monthsC) a combination of both

How can I look up the most sold, used car parts by vehicle? Is the most common part replaced on a vehicle? I scrap junk vehicles and would like to start saving some parts if there is a demand.

Well I think we need a database of junkyard sales, a list of inventory across the country like Car-Part.com--Used Auto Parts Market . This is a database of junkyards that have a list of parts they have in stock. I am not sure if all junk yard use this or some enterprise version , but the idea is the same. We need this database. Now you can check this daily but it would be nice to have some kind of big data miner.But for what your looking to do I think the above site would work. I would write a webcrawler that gathers all the parts for every car on that site. I would then run the program daily and compare the list each day to see what parts were removed off the list(sold) and or added. Time is a factor as well as price so you can see what was added and sold the quickest. Or see which catagory of parts are selling(removed off the list) the most. Engines, trans, body-panels….I would do this for a period of a couple months to see which category of parts sold the most frequent and for which vehicle and what price they were listed . After a year i think you would find what is desired the most..prob something like gm engines of certain years. LS engines are popular in a lot of swaps.

Is there a way to find the sales price history of a car by vin?

You might. What I do is I run the vin through a search engine. Depending on how old the vehicle is and when it was sold, sometimes the “for sale” ad will appear from a dealer’s website or a car listing site.Instead of clicking on the website itself (because when you do it will tell you the car has been sold OR it will direct you to their home page), click the “cache”. That will bring up that vehicle’s original website ad.

Why are cars in New Zealand so expensive?

Your question to me is superficial & generalised. Expensive to who, you? As another responder to your question says: which cars, new or used? The 1st 4 cars I bought were all used models but in perfect condition & were reasonably cheap to buy ie I could pay them off on HP without breaking my back & the bank account.Repetitive questions like yours show me you lack reason to think & nut out in your head: why are goods & or services “expensive according to you” in NZ.Study NZ’s geographic position on a globe, I assume you know what a map looks like & that your geography skills have some GPS abilities. See how isolated NZ is? Imported items eg cars have a long way to come, hence the reason many goods like cars can be expensive, especially if it’s an exotic like Rolls Royce & Ferrari.Perhaps if you did a little more investigating instead of taking the lazy: ask Quora approach, you may be able to up your IQ with self-researched answers.

Why don't American car manufacturers remake old models and make them just like they were made originally (assuming they fixed everything to be up to safety codes and emission standards)?

As everyone had said : cost, consumer taste, old design hazards, risk, etc. Older designs just can't cope with modern standards and requirements. Although yes, there's some rather old cars still in production. Morgan still produces their 4/4s which are introduced in the 1940s. Lada still produces their famous Niva, which are introduced in 1977. Mercedes still produces their G-Wagens since 1979. Also, a lesser known old car still in production, the generation 2 Mitsubishi Delica, the L300, is still in production in Indonesia since 1981, and in the Philippines since 1986. Old cars which are still in production are usually produced because of the never ending needs of the local market, although Morgan is an exception. There's a bit of a pattern though, most older cars still in production are in produced for a local market which rarely care for the vehicle safety ratings. If the car is still fit for their needs, they will still produce them regardless of what the international car safety ratings would rate them.But it's doable, if we were to set up a little scenario :So I live in Indonesia, where muscle cars and old antiques like el caminos, impalas, and those kind of big murican cars didn't even exist here. No one ever saw one, apart from maybe some tv shows. If the Chevy decided to make a factory of these kind of cars, they would be seen as a “brand new, futuristic” car design by the locals, yet outsiders can import them from Idn in limited supplies to get that “brand new antique” they were looking for.Or maybe, let's see Cuba. Since the trade embargo by US, they were mostly holding on those 50s cars, like Ladas, Chevys, and so on. If we were to introduce a 70s or 80s car there, it would look as if it's a brand new design, even newer than the modern Kias and Hyundais they recently able to import.Both of these scenarios would be a rather clever businees strategy, while also re-introducing elder cars to the new community. Win-win. Although, I don't see any kind of major car companies doing this anytime soon, because a backlash from the ratings are usually enough to brought the project down.

How much does it cost to coat a Baleno car with Ceramic Pro finish (location - Chennai, India)?

Simple answer : Don't give more than 5500 for 50ml for any ceramic coating in India .There are several Nano Water repellent Coating available in India (or liquid glass coating , both are same) . Not all provide the same results for each surface , as i have used most of them and wasted a lot of moneyAbout me : I have working as detailer from past 8 years now .I have speciality in car coatings for Indian Cars .I have personally tried Nano4Life from distributors in Bangalore , Always Dry 9h LDC from one of the distributors,Gyeon brand , C quartz, Ceramic Coat from OptiCoat franchise in my area ,'9h Ceramic True Coat' from ANT Lab in Mumbai , Ceramic Pro Franchise.I tried these coating on my bikes & car as well some of the friends .The outcome was almost the same for all coatings (some were bit less repellent to water ) so the next thing is to consider is that which on them provides me at "better costs price" , one thing to note is that out of all of the above people only "ANT lab" comes out to be manufacturer others are either distributors or franchises or re-branded ones .I asked bulk prices of 50 pieces to all of them (except Opticoat and ceramic Pro as they are franchises ) turns out that ANT lab was the only one that reduced the price that was affordable without compromising the outcome and that happened because ANT Lab is only manufacturer of such speciality nano coatings , distributors cannot go below certain threshold .Long Story Short : Go for ANT lab (www.antlab.in) or Go for Ceramic PRO (ceramicpro.com)

When cars are totalled in movies, are real cars used or fake ones?

Actually, it's uncommon to see luxury or exotic automobiles destroyed in films. This is mainly due to the costs of such vehicles, as well as the costs involved with creating models and mockups of those vehicles.Most film productions are on relatively tight budgets and as such can only afford to shoot a limited number of action sequences a limited number of times. Even with improvements in digital technology, real cars (or mockups of real cars) have to be used for many stunts. Using expensive foreign models (that would have to be extensively modified for the safety of the stunt performers and the actors) would be prohibitively expensive in all but the biggest budget productions and as a result rarely occurs.Since automakers like the free publicity and in many cases provide the vehicles for the production for product placements (which is why most films are set in universes where most people drive the same manufacturer's cars) it's highly unlikely that many (if any) would sue, as litigation would bring negative attention to their brand.As far as the "fakes" or mockups used, there are several companies that modify vehicles for use in Hollywood productions, It's likely that these companies exclusively create the vehicles for the productions as it would cheaper and easier for them to do as such than it would be for the manufacturer. The manufacturer would also avoid any legal responsibility if the mockup was created by another company rather than themselves.

Why do some people believe that 20-30 years ago new cars were produced to last longer than new cars today? Is there any truth to it?

There is a tendency to use thinner steel, with more pre-stress and more carbon to make a lighter, faster more economical car on more modern cars. This is combined with an engine that is higher revving - a classic trade off that gives more performance at the expense of engine life. Less engineering savvy consumers assume that they are getting a more technologically advanced car when the new model uses thinner steel and the manufacturer tunes the same quality engines for higher revs. This is a strategy that has been followed for years by manufacturers like Fiat, Alfa Romeo and Lancia whose cars have, over many years given great economy and performance at the expense of longevity. You can do your own research on the web site How Many Left? .