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Carfax Introduces New Report Package; Consumer Info Pack Streamlines Dealer Sales Process.


FAIRFAX, Va. -- Carfax today introduced a comprehensive information package that better integrates the benefits of Carfax Vehicle History Reports into a dealer's sales process A sales process is a systematic approach for performing product or service sales. The reasons for having a sales process include seller and buyer risk management, achieving standardized customer interaction in sales and scalable revenue generation. . Auto retailers now have a powerful set of tools that help streamline the sales cycle and build consumer confidence. In addition to each Carfax Vehicle History Report, subscribing dealers opt to receive four additional reports that make up the Carfax Consumer Info Pack.

--Carfax Summary: A one-page vehicle history "snapshot (1) A saved copy of memory including the contents of all memory bytes, hardware registers and status indicators. It is periodically taken in order to restore the system in the event of failure.

(2) A saved copy of a file before it is updated.
" for any car with a Carfax Vehicle History Report. Vehicles that qualify for the Carfax Buyback Guarantee are clearly identified. Potential owners also see important information about the vehicle, including number of owners, average annual mileage and open recalls.

--Warranty Check: An estimate of the remaining time on the original manufacturer's warranty. Dealers are alerted if an extended warranty The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.
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 is ideal for the vehicle and use the report to help sell additional warranty coverage.

--Safety and Reliability Report: An overview of vehicle crash test ratings and other safety information from many of the industry's leading authorities (NHTSA NHTSA National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (US government) , JD Power, R.L. Polk) for virtually every make and model. Putting this report in front of their customers, dealers can easily answer customer questions regarding vehicle safety.

--Customer Ratings and Comments: A collection of comments from past owners and used car shoppers on a specific vehicle's maintenance history and condition. Current buyers receive exclusive feedback by others who've seen or owned the vehicle.

"Carfax continues to respond to our customers needs in providing innovative and effective tools to help boost consumer confidence and increase sales," said Bill Eager, vice president of the dealer business unit at Carfax. "The Consumer Info Pack helps speed the time from contact to contract by putting information important to used car shoppers right in their hands."

The Carfax Consumer Info Pack is available to all Carfax-subscribing dealers through carfaxonline.com.

About Carfax

Founded in 1986, Carfax pioneered the concept of the vehicle history report. Carfax Vehicle History Reports, the most comprehensive collection of used vehicle information ever assembled, can confirm a clean title history or help purchasers identify previous salvage salvage, in maritime law, the compensation that the owner must pay for having his vessel or cargo saved from peril, such as shipwreck, fire, or capture by an enemy. Salvage is awarded only when the party making the rescue was under no legal obligation to do so.  history, odometer fraud Odometer fraud is the illegal practice of rolling back odometers to make it appear that vehicles have lower mileage than they actually do. Odometer fraud occurs when the seller of a vehicle falsely represents the actual mileage of a vehicle to the buyer. , flood damage and more. Carfax, Inc., based in Fairfax, Virginia Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City of Fairfax is nevertheless its county seatGR6. , is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary

A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock.

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In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners.
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