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Whether you're trading in or selling, how you present your old car will have a big impact on the price you get for it. Here are three ways to make sure you get the best price for your old ride.

Purchase price is just the beginning of what it costs to own a car. Depreciation, insurance and maintenance costs can vary widely between competing models. But is there any way to estimate all of that in advance? A few experts have taken a stab at it.

Hurricanes Irene and Lee flooded thousands of cars across the Northeast, totaling them. Such heavily damaged vehicles get "salvage" titles to warn potential buyers, but thanks to greedy scammers and lax interstate oversight, many of those "total losses" are about to resurface on America's used car lots -- with clean titles.

AutoTrader.com has agreed to buy the venerable Kelley Blue Book automobile pricing enterprise for an undisclosed amount, the companies said Tuesday. Kelley Blue Book will operate as a subsidiary of AutoTrader and continue to be headquartered in Irvine, Calif., the parties said. The deal, expected...

Kelley Blue Book Co., the venerable publisher of car-buying guides, is looking for a buyer itself, according to a report in the Financial Times. Within the past few weeks, the family-owned company has retained JP Morgan to handle the sale process, sources say.

Ford and General Motors reported higher sales in January, with Ford fleet sales surging 154%. Detroit's gains came as consumers avoided the showrooms of the largest Japanese competitor, Toyota, which is mired in massive recall involving millions of vehicles.