When it comes to getting a car, there are a variety of methods such as buying direct from a car dealer, or a second hand dealer or you can check out the newspaper classified as well as websites such as Craigslist and such looking for cars for sale.

While these are a good way of buying a car, they all have one important problem. The limitation is that you inevitably have to pay more for the car than if you employ other means to get the same type and model of the car.

By using the methods I'm about to tell you, you can afford to upgrade from a 2007 model to a 2010 model of the same car, while not paying a great deal more. You may be thinking of stolen vehicles, but that is not the case here.

What many individuals are unaware of is that there are thousands of vehicles confiscated around the region almost everyday. There are a number of federal and state government departments that will legally seize vehicles of criminals.

These cars are by and large clean and have been well taken care of by their previous owners. The federal and state departments need a way to move these seized vehicles back into the community as it is impossible to keep them all, hence holding government car auctions.

The means that the government feeds these cars back into the mainstream is by open auctioning. These auctions are organized all around the states, and have an amazing range of cars to choose from. If what you are looking for is not in the list, simply wait until the next auction when and hopefully it will appear.

There are also online services that you can buy a one time subscription for a system that will permit you see what vehicles are available in your area, with many of these luxury cars beginning auction for $500 or so.