Be an informed consumer. Research the cars you're interested in: check out their features, safety, performance and gas mileage averages. Visit your local library and browse articles in current and archive issues of major magazines such as Consumer Reports, Car & Driver, Road & Track. Consult our Buying a Car resources with everything from research tools, dealer search tools and used car listings from Hertz and Enterprise Used Cars.

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