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Sandy, Bloody Sandy: Mega-Hurricane Destroys 200,000 Vehicles, Including 15,000 New Cars
The biggest Atlantic storm ever in U.S. history, which hit New Jersey, New York and the surrounding regions with 100 mph+ (160 km/h) winds that caused at least 100 deaths, has left the East Coast counting its losses and trying to fix the damages. The catastrophe brought about by mega-hurricane Sandy damaged or completely destroyed thousands of new and used vehicles owned by dealerships as well as individuals. According to initial estimates, Toyota, Chrysler, Nissan and Honda will have to write-off around 15,000 brand-new cars.
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Sandy Causes Used-car Prices To Rise Due To Increased Demand, Analysts Predict Shortages
One of the things mega-hurricane Sandy has left in its wake is 200,000 damaged vehicles, some of them owned by manufacturers and dealerships, others by private customers. An after-effect of this situation is a sudden increase in demand for used vehicles,...
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After Sandy Came The Tow Truck Disaster For This Bentley Continental Gtc
Last week's hurricane and then super-storm Sandy took its toll on cars in the Northeastern U.S., with the National Automobile Dealers Association estimating that as many as 200,000 vehicles may have been damaged or completely destroyed. As is usually...
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What Will Happen To All Those Cars Damaged By Hurricane Sandy?
We believe that we can deal with almost everything until nature decides to demonstrate that we are mostly helpless against its forces, no matter how technologically advanced our civilization is. Hurricane Sandy that crashed onto the East Coast this...
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Mega Storm Sandy Submerges 16 New Fisker Karma Evs, Which Then Catch Fire At New Jersey Port
The bad news for Fisker continues. Among the many victims of Hurricane and then Tropical Storm Sandy are approximately 16 brand new Fisker Karma extended-range hybrids that were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey. An eyewitness told Jalopnik (which like...
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This Is What The Roads Of Ocean City Nj Look Like Just As Sandy Touched Down Monday Morning
Those living on the East Coast began to experience the brutal force of Hurricane Sandy in the first morning hours of Monday, with some areas in New Jersey already flooded by water. Videos of roads and streets turned into rivers have already started...
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