STEP ONE: List your name and the year, make, and complete model of the vehicle you are researching. Briefly explain why you chose this vehicle. (Choose the newest available vehicle for your model for this project.)

STEP TWO: Although you are not actually purchasing the vehicle, it is good to understand the basic process of negotiating with a salesperson. Several books, magazines, and internet sites give information about the car buying process. For this project, I have given you a short "article" to read and you will need to access information from internet sites. Read the summary, "The Car Buying Process," that is the last three pages of this project description. Write a four or five sentence paragraph that summarizes the main points from the article.

STEP THREE: Research the safety characteristics of your chosen vehicle.(If you were actually planning to purchase a vehicle, I would also suggest that you consider its reliability record. One of the better sources of reliability information is Consumer Reports. Unfortunately, their internet service is fee based so we will not use it in this course.(However, for around $5 per month you can access their reliability database.Considering the cost of vehicles today, a $5 investment is probably warranted when you do decide to buy a car.) Two useful sites for determining the safety ratings of various vehicles are those for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (http://www.iihs.org/) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (https://www.safercar.gov/).