What is a "pre-owned vehicle"?

What is a "pre-owned vehicle"?

James Bell (Publisher, Auto Reviewer) gives expert video advice on: What does the term "certified" used car mean?; What are the advantages of buying a certified used car?; What is a "pre-owned vehicle"? and more...

A certified pre-owned vehicle is a vehicle which the manufacturer or the dealer has taken back in, maybe as a trade in or an end of lease vehicle. A certified pre-owned vehicle will have been run through a battery of tests, had a special warranted applied to it, along with other features such as some special financing and/or a return exchange provision. Basically, a certified pre-owned vehicle is a car that a person can buy which is used, so the price lower, but also has that new car peace of mind that, because of the warranty and the signed-off inspection, the vehicle has been thoroughly gone over to to make sure it's as close to new as possible. In order for a vehicle to be certified by a particular brand, the inspection, and all work on a vehicle to bring it back up to new car level, has to be done by an actual certified mechanic, from that particular dealer or from that brand.