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The value of your vehicle will always decrease after a car accident, regardless of the quality of the repairs. This loss is known as diminished value, and it’s particularly high for rare, exotic, and collectible vehicles.  While you can’t turn back the clock on a car accident, you may be able to recoup the lost value of your vehicle through a diminished value claim. This is based on an estimate of your car’s new market value, taking into account things like age, condition, mileage, and overall integrity of the vehicle. If successful, a diminished value claim can pay you back...
If you’ve been in a car accident, you’ll need to account for more than just repair costs. Loss of use car insurance fills in the transportation gap while you wait for your car to be repaired, providing stability and financial compensation via the use of a rental car or other comparable solution.  So what is loss of use for car insurance purposes, and how does it work? Here are the details you need to know about loss of use coverage, including who pays for it and why it’s a must for rare, luxury, and exotic supercars.  What is Loss of...
If you’ve been in a car accident, the first thing to do after assessing your health and safety is to file an insurance claim on your damaged vehicle. From there, insurance will either reject or approve your claim for repairs, or they may tell you that the car is totaled and not worth the cost of being fixed.  Your car is considered totaled when the cost to repair it exceeds its market value. This is tricky in the supercar community, where car values and repair costs are usually much higher than they are for conventional vehicles.  It begs the question,...
Once your luxury vehicle is involved in an accident, it’s never going to have the same value on the resale market. That’s frustrating for any car owner, but especially owners of exotic, collectible cars, many of whom have invested a lot of time, passion, and yes, money, in their beloved vehicle.  While you can’t go back in time, you can usually recoup some or all of your car’s lost value via a diminished value claim. To make sure you get the maximum amount though, you need a professional appraiser to assess the car and determine the exact difference between your...
Even a seemingly small amount of car accident damage can land a car in the shop for weeks. Make that a supercar, and you’re potentially looking at a month or more without a working vehicle. Under the principle of loss of use, a vehicle owner may be entitled to compensation for the reasonable cost of substitute transportation during the period their vehicle is unavailable. This typically includes the cost of a comparable rental vehicle or alternative arrangements. When pursuing a loss of use claim involving a luxury or exotic vehicle, it helps to know how to calculate the loss of...

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We have a team of attorneys and appraisers who specialize in high-value vehicle damage claims and understand the many complexities involved in recovering your losses after damages to your rare, exotic, collectible, sports car or otherwise high-end vehicle. To get more information from our team regarding how we can help you, fill out our contact form to consult with an attorney about your possible diminished value claim. It will cost you nothing to do so, as we don’t get paid, unless we WIN for you.

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