My gf is planning to get a mini-cooper at the end of the year, just wanted to start a thread so we can help each other with priving.
Please state the following.
1. Car/Make/Year/Model
2. MSRP price
3. Invoice price
4. Price YOU paid for.
5. Any addition info: i.e dealer kickback, dealer incentives, or special financing.
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1. Truck/GMC/2003/Sonoma
2. $22,796
3. Edmunds FMV $21,065
4. Amount Paid $21,065
5. 3.9% special financing (0% wasn't offered at the time of purchase, i regret not waiting.)
only advice i can give based on my experience is to hold out for the best possible deal, if i had waited another month or two i could have gotten 0% interest opposed to 3.9%
2002 Tahoe
MSRP $36,500 (approx)
Invoice (can't remember, wasn't applicable)
My cost $24,000 (approx)
Incentives used:
GMO - Order through employee program; dealer cost w/o advertising fees
$1000 off - Oldsmobile loyalty certificate
$1450 off - GM Card earnings
$750 off - promotional program
1. Sedan/Honda/2003/Accord EX-L
2. $24,160
3. $21,787
4. $21,400
5. 3.79% financing
Check out Motley Fool: Buying a Car to learn about getting the lowest price for a new car.
Make/Model - 2002 Chevy Venture LS
MSRP - $29335 <-- includes $655 destination fee
Invoice - ~$26500
Paid - ~$20700
Discounts - GM Supplier Discount pricing of $26683.12
$4000 GM Rebate
~$2000 in GM Card earnings
Like Isofilez said, wait for your deal. I bought last year at the end of July, shortly after the GM rebate on Ventures went from $3000 to $4000, thinking it wouldn't get any better. Well it did. If I had waited longer, I could have gotten another $1000 off.
Askani, when did you buy your 2003 Accord and how were to able to get it under invoice on an EX-L?
1. Car/Nissan/2003/Maxima SE
2. $26,189 (including dest)
3. $23,591 (including dest)
4. $21,000 (excluding taxes, upgrades)
5. $23,591 - $2000 Dealer Instant Rebate - $500 College Grade Discount. Also qualified for 1.9%APR 60mo.s
1.) 2003 Volkswagen Passat Wagon GLX
2.) MSRP: 31,200 incl. dest
3.) Invoice: 28,485 incl. dest
4.) Paid: 28,485 incl. dest.
5.) 1.9% VW Credit financing, dealer gets $600 if you finance through VW credit, 2% dealer holdback
ezwinner701 said:
<< Askani, when did you buy your 2003 Accord and how were to able to get it under invoice on an EX-L? >>
My dad bought his in late April. We got such a good price by getting internet/email quotes and using the fax attack method to get additional quotes. We then used the quotes against the dealers to get the lowest price. I did all the emailing and faxing so that we never had to leave our house till we had an agreed upon price. We only went to the dealer to sign the papers and to pick up the car. The best times to buy a car are: the last week of the month, last week in the yearly quarter, and the last week of the year. If you're not in a rush, you could wait till late September when the 04' Accord and the 03' will be discounted. If not try at the end of this month. I suggest you to the Motely Fool page a linked to earlier in the thread to get the fax attack method (step 12) and also check out carsdirect.com as they had the accord listed for about $150 more then I got it for yet still under invoice (depends on your area). Good luck.
1. 2004 Chrysler Pacifica
2. $40,762 (Edmund's TMV)
3. $37,935
4. ~$37,000 (not including trade in)
Discounts: DaimlerChrysler Friends Program Discount (company performed a little bit of research on behalf of Chrysler in the rail road industry 10 years ago), all employees receive price up to 1% below invoice now. (probably similar to GM supplier discount mentioned already).
3.9% financing, $500 off.
Askani you got all the right tips in that post.
- Buy car in the last week of the month, the later the better.
- Use fax attack
- Call dealers and ask if they can match or beat an offer you got through fax attack
I started my fax attack on March 26th and signed on March 28th.
1. 2003 Chrysler Town & Country Limited (for my wife and kids!)
2. $36,220
3. $33,779
4. $31,500
5. No payments for 10 months, 0% after that for 50 months (5 years total)
Also bought the extended warranty...maybe a rip-off, but gives me peace of mind!
We are getting great info here, anyone have a mini-cooper yet? 
albob said:
<< Also bought the extended warranty...maybe a rip-off, but gives me peace of mind! >>
It's probably not prefered to by the extended warrenty, especially from the dealer. You could buy it online for much cheaper then at the dealer.
ezwinner701 said:
<< We are getting great info here, anyone have a mini-cooper yet? >>
Good luck on that one, I was looking at purchasing one. Having only one dealer in OR and they are built per your order trying to get below what the website(s) say is going to be darn near impossible.
<< Good luck on that one, I was looking at purchasing one. Having only one dealer in OR and they are built per your order trying to get below what the website(s) say is going to be darn near impossible >>
Yes, the going price is probably MSRP + 2000 markup.
1. Car/Make/Year/Model: 2002 Honda S2000
2. MSRP price: ~32.8k
3. Invoice price: ~29k
4. Price YOU paid for: ~31.8k
5. Any addition info: Don't try to convince me that I was ripped off... I wasn't.
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vjarnot said:
<< 1. Car/Make/Year/Model: 2002 Honda S2000
2. MSRP price: ~32.8k
3. Invoice price: ~29k
4. Price YOU paid for: ~31.8k
5. Any addition info: Don't try to convince me that I was ripped off... I wasn't. >>
That's the current going price for an 03' model on carsdirect.com. I think you got the best deal you could on a car that is hard to get a real good deal on (invoice and below).
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