An item of note is the NZTA’s recent public announcement that the free data made available to CarJam may no longer be free which will seriously affect our ability to deliver what you need to make buying and selling safe in the New Zealand automotive market.

If NZTA goes ahead with their plans CarJam will no longer be able to offer the reports, you all know and love, without charge.

To oppose the NZTA proposal to remove free access to this public data, please email us at info@carjam.co.nz with “NZTA Data Protest” in the subject line.

Stolen vehicle can now be checked for free

Previously only available for purchase this free information represents a breakthrough in crime prevention.

If you are purchasing a vehicle or worried about dodgy vehicles in your neighborhood then what could be more useful than quickly and freely determining if a vehicle is stolen as reported to the police. Only from CarJam!

Consumer Information Notice

Also available in this site upgrade when you purchase a Security Interest report a free Consumer Information Notice – mandatory if you are a dealer and very, very useful if you are selling privately to reassure your prospective buyers of the reliable facts about your car.

Odometer history and vehicle usage are now eye-candy

Odometer and usage graphs now show the basic history of a vehicle in an easy to understand visual format with any irregularities highlighted to avoid confusion.

In another market changing innovation from carjam.co.nz, the fastest growing automotive site in New Zealand, we are offering a special introductory promotional pricing of $6.85 for Account holders (excluding Dealers Guide module). This compares to our retail pricing of $12 per report and is the cheapest way to buy multiple complete reports for businesses available in the market place today.

Read more on our Accounts Program

Also in this site update:

• Increased promotional discounts for one off report purchases – $9.85 for registered users (excluding Dealers Guide module)
• Smart phone friendly layout for the mobile CarJammer on the move
• New CarJam page on Facebook where we’ll be making all our pre-release announcements first in the future and linked to our Twitter account if you prefer tweets. Become a fan today!
• Valuation report module turned on providing the most cost effective “Dealers Guide” vehicle valuation available to the public

For some types of vehicles the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) , shown in our lowest priced Basic report, can be used as a guide and the 10th digit represents the “Model Year”. This however is not always entirely reliable either as different manufacturers in different regions can sometimes use a different encoding in the VIN including vehicles imported from Japan before 1999 for which the VIN usually begins “7A8″ as stamped by the LTSA at that time.

A physical inspection or pre-purchase will often determine the actual year of manufacture from additional build data in various places on a vehicle.

CARJAM (New Zealand’s number 1 source of vehicle reports) and the TSI group of companies (New Zealand’s number 1 provider of Dealer Management Software) are proud to bring to the public, for the very first time, access to the same information used by vehicle dealers nationwide to understand and assess the value of the vehicles they trade.

Ever wondered how dealers establish their pricing? Now you can find out exactly what a vehicle is worth in the eyes of the industry directly from CARJAM at http://carjam.co.nz, this is not a guess at the value from an uninformed source, the Dealers’ Guide is based on hard data sourced directly from within the automotive industry and compiled by TSI.

Not only is the data the most accurate guide to New Zealand trade pricing for the public, its the best value with an introductory price of just $5 when purchased as part of a standard CARJAM report.

Established in 1959, to provide Estimated and Actual pricing statistics for the Motor Industry, the Dealers’ Guide has grown to become one of New Zealands largest collections of Motor Vehicle Sales Statistics.

Click here : http://www.carjam.co.nz/cms/dealers-guide/ to learn more about the Dealers’ Guide and how it can help you assess the true value of any deal trade or private.

About CarJam: http://www.carjam.co.nz/cms/about/

About TSI Group: http://www.tsinz.co.nz/aboutus/

The Sunday Star Times ran the story “Car dealer conceals crash histories” on August 23rd 2009.

It includes the following advice to buyers in side panel of  the print version to check CarJam to look for any evidence in reports of vehicles being written off:

How to spot a car that’s been in a crash
Have the vehicles ownership history checked out by doing an AA LemonCheck or visiting carjam.co.nz. If it says anywhere on the history “registration has been cancelled”, that is a telltale sign the vehicle could have been written off by an insurance company.

Check how AA and CarJam prices compare.

Referrals are tracked from the originating site for the duration of the session in which they visit and all reports sold as a result of that visit result in a payment to the originating site.

Read more on our Affiliate Program.

 We have collaborated with Turners Auctions New Zealand’s major vehicle auctioneer to bring CarJam users an approximate valuation based on the average sale price of similar cars and the mileage estimated from your last WOF.

Note: this is an approximate value based on similar cars sold through Turners Auctions and therefore cannot take into account condition, optional extras and a number of other things.

This has been a great project and integrates web services to generate new customer-oriented services in a fully automated way – real web 2.0 stuff!

We would also like to thank Turners Auctions for their great attitude in sharing this valuable information with automotive consumers of New Zealand.

Documentation

http://dev.carjam.co.nz/

Test site

http://test.carjam.co.nz/

Note, the test site contains only fake representative test data. Using the test site available here will not incur any charges. Plate W2315 has securities registered on it.

All the test plate numbers can be found on the main page of http://test.carjam.co.nz/

Test site development connection sign up

http://test.carjam.co.nz/me/developer/

You will need to registered first.

Real data site

http://www.carjam.co.nz

Real site development connection sign up

http://www.carjam.co.nz/me/developer/

This is real data site and it’s usage will incur charges. Only use real data for your production testing and/or live application.

Note: you can NOT use your test site’s account on the production site and vice versa.

Charges

There are charges associated when querying the real data. There are no charges for test.carjam.co.nz test data usage.

Advertise to save on CarJam API

Advertising opportunities are also available with CarJam. We offer up to 50% of the advertising spend as a discount on your data usage charges.

Quickstart

To get things started on your side, we would suggest you start with test.carjam.co.nz which contains only fake data but allows you to develop your integration code without incurring charges.

Questions?

Please do not hesitate to ask. We are only an email away on info@carjam.co.nz