With more than nine million vehicles registered in countiesaffected by Hurricane Sandy, Experian Automotive is warningconsumers to be extra vigilant when shopping for a used car.

The firm said while the total number of vehicles damaged by thestorm is still unknown, preliminary reports indicate that thenumber will be fewer than that of past hurricanes such as Katrina,Rita and Irene.

Additional research using ExperianAutomotive's AutoCheckdatabase revealed that 1.6 million cars andtrucks throughout the United States were designated as damaged byaccidents or severe weather, including hurricanes, tornadoes orflooding, in the first half of 2012, the company said.

Of those, more than 425,000 or nearly 27%, lost their damagedesignation, or brand, when they were retitled as clean in anotherstate, according to Experian Automotive.

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