2010 Car Deals
$0 Zero Down Car Leases Are Back
February 2012 has a number of car makes and models with special lease deals being offered with no money down. That’s $0 due at lease signing — not even the first month’s payment. Honda and Acura lead the pack with no-money-down leases, followed by Infiniti and Cadillac. Honda and Acura actually offer their leases both ways [...]
December Dealer Cash for Good Deals
Most car manufacturers have already released many 2012 models but still have leftover 2011 models (and some 2010 models) that must be sold. To help dealers sell 2011 inventory, the car companies offer limited-time “marketing support” factory-to-dealer cash on selected car models and styles. Dealers typically use the cash to provide price discounts to customers. The more [...]
Leftover Mercurys Make Great Deals
As you may know the Ford Motor Company announced last year that it would terminate the Mercury brand and focus its attention on its remaining products. Although no more Mercury vehicles are being made, dealers still have leftover inventory and are offering them at very attractive prices based on heavy factory-to-dealer rebates. These rebates are [...]
Car Deal Outlook – November 2011
As you may already know from reading our postings on this web site, car manufacturers and dealers announce new incentives every month. Next month’s deals may be better or worse, or about the same, as this month’s. We won’t really know what November 2011 car deals will look like until a few days into the month [...]
0% APR Loan Deals – Good Deal or Not?
Car makers are offering 0% APR loans (zero percent interest) as incentives on many makes and models during these times of slow car sales. Sounds great. But is it really? Is it better to take cash back, if offered? Let’s take an example in which you agree to buy a car and finance $15,000 for [...]
Incentives on Leftover 2010 Vehicles
Yes, you read it right — incentives on 2010 vehicles, not 2011 or 2012. Some dealers who are currently selling 2011 models and even 2012 models, still have a leftover supply of 2010 models. They desperately need to sell them and are willing to make good deals. Make no mistake, these are brand new never-titled [...]
New Factory to Dealer Incentives for August
If you are a regular visitor to this web site you know that car companies often give dealers special “hidden” cash incentives to help them sell selected car models and styles. These incentives are known variously as factory-to-dealer rebates, dealer cash, or marketing support. It’s money that the car company “secretly” gives to dealers to help [...]
Where Are The Best Dealer Cash Deals?
If you have read other articles on this web site, you know that car companies often provide their dealers with “secret” factory-to-dealer cash to help sell certain vehicle models and styles during times of slow sales and high inventory. You would also know that dealers can, and usually do, use this factory cash (often called [...]
Best Car Deals for June 2011
We’ll say it right up front — June 2011 is not a month with lots of great car incentives, although there are exceptions and we’ll try to point those out here. Because of shortages of both vehicles and parts created by the recent Japanese earthquake, automakers are not offering nearly the number of great incentives in June that [...]
Factory to Dealer Cash for Biggest Discounts
If you are a regular reader of this web site you know that factory-to-dealer cash is one of the types of sales incentives offered by car manufacturers. Other incentives are direct-to-customer rebates, low interest rates, and special lease deals. Factory-to-dealer cash, sometimes called “marketing support”, is a form of cash rebate from car companies to [...]
Car Deals for May 2011
The recent earthquake in Japan has had a seriously damaging effect on the automobile industry. It has directly affected Japanese carmakers such as Honda, Toyota, Nissan, and Mazda to the point that production has been significantly reduced and, in the case of some models and styles, actually halted. However, the indirect effects may be even [...]
Outlook for Car Deals in 2011
The year 2010 was interesting in terms of automobile sales and great new-car deals. And 2011 looks like it’s going to be even better. UPDATE: The recent earthquake in Japan in March 2011 has significantly affected both Japanese and U.S. car production which has affected availability of many car brands and models which, in turn, is affecting [...]
New Car Deals for April 2011
As we expected, manufacturer-sponsered new-car deals for April are fewer and less aggressive than in previous months. You have to look a little harder to find good deals and incentives. Much of the reason for the decline this month was precipitated by the huge earthquake in Japan in March. Many Japanese car manufacturers were knocked [...]
Nissan – Best New Deals
Nissan currently (March 2011) has a number of very good incentives going. High rebates and low interest rates — including many 0% APR rates — are being offered across the Nissan product line. The Nissan Titan truck has the highest rebates at $4500 for the 2011 models and $5500 for leftover 2010 models. Zero percent [...]
Toyota Incentive Programs
Toyota incentive programs are a mixed bag this month, which is not uncommon. There are a variety of rebates, some 0% APR loans, and a few special lease deals on low-end styles. To make things more complicated, Toyota has two large independently-owned distributors that control sales and financing in 10 states — Southeast Toyota Distributors [...]
Rebates and 0% APR from Ford for March
Ford has chimed in for March with some excellent new-car deals, especially on some left0ver 2010 models. These deals end on March 31, 2011. Here are some examples of the best Ford deals for the month: 2011 Ford Escape – $1000 rebate or 0% APR loan 2011 Ford Expedition – $2000 rebate or 0% APR [...]
Best Deals from Chevrolet
Chevrolet is currently (March and April 2011) offering up some of the best deals of the industry right now. The company is working hard to improve sales and regain market share. The Chevrolet incentives come in the form of large rebates and low-interest or 0% APR loans on most models. Factory-to-dealer cash is also being offered on [...]
Hyundai Offers Good Incentives for March
Hyundai is agressively going after the top carmakers in styling, quality, model selections — and sales incentives. March 2011 incentives come in all forms, depending on the model and style — rebates, low-interest loans, special lease deals, and factory-to-dealer cash (which dealers return to customers as discounts). Deals are especially good on leftover 2010 models, [...]
Volkswagen Incentives for March and April
Volkswagen has new incentives for March 2011 and April 2011 in the form of 0% APR loans, low-interest loans, and special lease deals. These deals expire on 5/2/2011. The special car lease deals being offered are all for 36 months (except where noted), allow 12,000 miles per year, and require a modest down payment as [...]
Mazda Adds Deals for March
Mazda has announced a variety of new incentives for March 2011 in the form of low-interest loans, 0% APR loans, special lease deals, a few modest rebates, and factory-to-dealer cash that dealers convert to customer discounts. Some of these deals are for 2010 model vehicles, some for 2011 models, and even some for 2012 models [...]
Car Deals – March 2011
As it is every month, car manufacturers announce new incentives a few days into the new month, no sooner. March 2011 is no exception. Before the announcements we don’t know what the new incentives, if any, will be. Even dealers don’t know what is coming until the day of announcement. January and February have been good [...]
New Discounts on 2010 Audi Vehicles
All 2010 models of Audi currently have large factory-to-dealer cash incentives for the remainder of 2011. Volkswagen (parent company of Audi) helps dealers sell leftover inventory of last-year’s cars by providing “hidden” cash, which is used to offer attractive price discounts to customers. The amount of cash, and customer price discount, vary by model and sometimes by [...]
Dealer Cash Discounts on Acura
Car manufacturers often give dealers “secret” promotional cash (“dealer cash”) to help them sell cars. Dealers usually pass along the factory-to-dealer cash to customers as a price discount. The effect is the same as a direct customer rebate, but is a bit more discrete. Actually, direct rebates are subject to sales tax while price discounts are [...]
Honda Dealer Cash for February
If you are a regular visitor to Best New Car Deals you know that car makers often give dealers factory-to-dealer cash, which is a “hidden” rebate to help them sell selected cars models during a limited time period. Dealers can use the cash almost any way they want but most, if not all, goes to customers as a [...]
Great Discounts on Leftover 2010 Cars
Every year about this time car makers and dealers become very anxious about getting rid of their vehicles left over from last year. Every day that a previous-year’s car sits on a dealer’s lot costs him money, and ties up money that he could be using to to buy brand new vehicles. Car manufacturer’s help [...]