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instaVIN Partners With Classiccars.com

ClassicCars.com is now offering instaVIN classic car history reports and becomes an authorized agent of the service.

by Staff
May 17, 2012
2 min to read


SAN DIEGO — instaVIN, a provider of vehicle history reports, and ClassicCars.com, an online listing site for classic cars, have partnered up to provide vehicle history reports the websites dealers, buyers and private sellers.

By partnering with instaVIN, ClassicCars.com becomes the first major classified site focused on classic cars to integrate vehicle history reports, according to both companies. ClassicCars.com has also been named as an agent for the instaVIN service, and will market and distribute instaVIN to dealers.

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instaVIN vehicle history reports help classic car buyers and sellers better understand the title history and other historical events of vehicles. instaVIN reports provide title history, junk and salvage events, insurance total loss records, open lien status, and listing data on vintage and modern cars, trucks, RVs and motorcycles.

Visitors of ClassicCars.com will be able to access reports through the following channels:

• Sellers who list with ClassicCars.com can add an instaVIN report as part of their classic car listing, giving their buyers full disclosure and more assurance in their vehicle. 

• Buyers shopping on ClassicCars.com can purchase instaVIN vehicle history reports though links from classic car listings when a report is available for purchase. 

• Dealers now have access to special links to the instaVIN website with dealer pricing. instaVIN reports can then be automatically linked to the dealer’s listings or used by the dealer for trade-ins, floor sales or auctions.

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