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Cautionary TalesOn a regular basis, I note scams used by
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New Ways To Get Best Price On New Vehicle! The biggest change in the car-shopping experience is bargaining with the dealer is now less important when it comes to save money, as long as the car shopper starts the process knowing the dealer's cost for the car. That's the single most important factor in getting a good deal. Ron Montoya, Edmunds.com consumer advice associate, says "The strategy of haggling with a salesman at the dealership is becoming an outdated strategy," Montoya said. "With proper pricing information and quotes from other dealerships, a person can take a non confrontational path to car buying." Mike Quincy, an auto specialist at Consumer Reports who has purchased more than 90 cars for the organization for its testing, agrees. But he cautions that invoice pricing is not the same as dealer cost. "Sometimes a dealer will offer to sell a car at invoice, and buyers think they are getting a killer deal, but that may not be the case," Quincy says. "Manufacturers give money to the dealer, called dealer holdback, for each car sold, plus some cars have additional cash incentives paid by the manufacturer to the dealer when the car is sold." Consumers can only arrive at the actual dealer cost for a specific car when these figures are factored in. Since dealer holdbacks and sales incentives often change, it can be a challenge to find this information easily for free online. ConsumerReports.org provides these numbers as part of its New Car Price Report, which costs $14 for a specific model and is updated regularly to reflect the latest data. So what can knowing the dealer's cost for a car and making an offer based on that number save you? Our experts agreed that $1,000 is well within reason for the average car, though they cautioned that some very popular models will net a smaller savings. The savings could be several thousand dollars for slower-selling models. |
Cruze, Malibu Among Nation’s Most Comfortable In today’s automotive marketplace, drivers looking for a
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