Auto Research: New & Used

Constant running battle here at the office -- which is better, cars.com or edmunds.com. Both are packed with valuable information.

Constant debate, too, over the best Web site portal related to cars -- MSN Autos or Yahoo Autos. MSN has some really good information on reliability, but Yahoo has the Mother of all Car Information -- stuff from Consumer Reports.

For advice related directly to women, there's one clear champion -- askpatty.com. By women, for women and dedicated to turning car dealerships into certified female-friendly operations. For men, we recommend the hottie at Auto Loan Stores.

If the idea of applying online spooks you, and you'd rather deal with someone over the phone, all you have to do is dial 1-800-Car-Loan..

If you're looking for news on the industry, see Auto Loan Daily. Try this site for car loans all across the US, this site for easy car financing online or this site for auto credit even with bad credit. When all else fails, call The Auto Loan Doctor.

Auto Loan Advice & Tips

Sometimes the name says it all, such as in betterautoloans.com, the home of the seven-point checklist on how to get a better loan rate.

At autofinancing101.org, you can find valuable information related to avoiding ripoffs. It's run by an outfit called Americans Well-Informed on Automobile Retailing Economics.

If you're looking for one of the oldest and most established online car loan Web sites, see carloans.com, especially for poor credit car loan help.

If you have really bad credit you might want to check out this site, and if you're looking for as simple as it gets, you might try car loans made easy dot com.

At Auto Loan Central, there's a collection of research on the top cars for bad credit history customers broken down by price range (for instance, the best cars around $4,000, the best cars around $6,000 the best cars around $8,000 and the best cars around $10K).

Need a calculator for car loans?

Car Fun

We love
cars of all
types, including
the collector cars
at this site.

We're a sucker
for concept cars,
too, as you
can find
here.

Sometimes, auto sites can be a littlle snarky, as in autoblog.com and thetruthaboutcars.com, but we can't help ourselves from reading.

We're big fans of the BBC show Top Gear and we want everyone to know what it means when they see a "I Am The Stig" T-shirt.