Research Car Values with the Chrome Car Book
Posted by LorMet Webteam on Mon, Nov 16, 2009 @ 10:22 AM
Visitors of the LorMet website will have noticed the Chrome Standard car research banner, but how many have clicked on it to find out what it’s all about? In a nutshell, the Chrome Car Book is a sophisticated car research engine designed to help you to gather some worthwhile information on cars. Let’s test it out. 
You can perform a search by Make & Model or Feature. If you want to search for cars by Make & Model, you have to enter the Year, Make, Model, and Zip. For our purpose, let’s go for a 2009 Honda CR-V around Lorain County, Ohio. The Chrome Car Book returns 8 results with vital statistics like Base MSRP, Base Invoice, Engine Transmission, Body Style, and so on. Below each entry are 3 buttons: Research, Build Your Own, and Compare. When you click on Research, you can read up more about the car. The Build Your Own option allows you to customize the car to your fancy so you know the actual price of your dream car. Finally, the Compare function is truly amazing.
Let’s compare the 2009 Honda CR-V 4WD 5dr LX against the 2009 Toyota RAV4 4WD 4dr V6 Side by Side. Almost instantly, you will have an elaborate list where you can easily compare the Configured MSRP, EPA Fuel Economy, Engine Type, Body Style, Displacement, Accessories, and other factors. For this exercise, you can compare up to 5 vehicles. Other than a Side by Side comparison, you can also try the Advantages comparison for two cars. This is super useful because Chrome Car Book will actually give you a report about the advantages of one car over the other one so you can see which car is more suitable for your needs.
The Chrome Car Book is just one of the many ways in which LorMet tries to help its valued members. Try it today!