2010 Car Deals
Best Car Rebates for December
Car sales in December are typically slow. So car manufacturers and dealers try to do the things that help improve sales during this period. One of those things is a factory-to-customer rebate incentive. Rebates come from car manufacturers as a way of reducing vehicle purchase prices, which helps increase sales. When a customer buys a [...]
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? What does it really mean? Let’s take an example in which you agree to buy a car and finance $15,000 for 48 months at 6.70% [...]
Good Chrysler Deals for December
Chrysler has announced new incentives on its line of vehicles for December 2009. These incentives expire on January 4, 2010. The new Chrysler incentives are in the form of direct factory-to-customer rebates, zero-percent loans, low-interest loans, and “hidden” factory-to-dealer rebates that are usually applied as price discounts. The Chrysler company has announced no special lease [...]
Dodge Adds New Incentives for December
Dodge has announced new incentives for the month of December 2009 (expires on 01/04/2010). Generally, the new incentives make for some very good deals on many models, especially on leftover 2009 models. Don’t expect any incentives, however, on the hot selling Challenger. Mostly, the Dodge deals come in the form of direct customer rebates and [...]
Where Are the Car Lease Deals?
Currently (December 2009) there are a good number of good car lease deals available from several car companies. These are special deals with lower than normal monthly payments. Among the companies with good lease incentives for December are: Land Rover – 2009/2010 Range Rover and 2009/2010 Range Rover Sport models Jaguar – 2010 XF and XK [...]
New Car Incentives Explained
Selling new cars is a very competitive business. There are thousands of new-car dealers and there are a couple of dozen car companies who make thousands of makes/models/styles of cars. These companies compete for the business of car-buying customers. One way they compete is by offering attractively designed vehicles that have the features, comfort, safety, [...]
Car Deals for December
We write these articles just before the beginning of every month, and every month we essentially say the same thing — that car makers and dealers don’t pre-announce new incentive programs before the old incentives and rebates expire. December car deals are no exception. Many current incentive programs expire November 30 but a number of car makers [...]
Lease Deals and Incentives on Acura for November and December
As you may already know, Acura does not want to be known as a discount car brand which means that incentives don’t come often or in great abundance. For example, we rarely ever see (when was the last time?) direct factory-to-customer rebates. Instead, we typically see more subtle forms of incentives such as low-interest loans [...]
Toyota Deals for November
So far, Toyota has announced very little in the way of incentives for November. There are few deals which we’ll mention below but we feel that other incentives are coming, albeit a little late in the month. However, when the incentives are announced, we expect them to cover the remaining part of November as well [...]
Honda Incentives for November – December
Honda currently has several good deals with its new November-December incentive program. In addition to its now-traditional excellent special leases on certain models and styles (see Honda Lease Deals), three are also some good low-interest loans (unfortunately no 0% loans however) and a number of healthy factory-to-dealer cash deals. As you might know if you [...]
Honda Leases for November – December — Good Deals
Honda has established a now-familiar tradition of offering a few good car lease deals during every incentive period. They have come across again for November and December 2009 (until 1/04/2010). If you’ve been following, Honda always puts its special lease deals on the LX style within most of its model lines — Civic, CRV, Accord, Insight, [...]
Great Ford Deals for November – December
Ford has come through with some of the best deals for November and December. All new Ford incentives end on 1/04/2010. There are many very generous rebates, bonus rebates, and promotional rebates, all of which add up to some incredible deals. To top it off Ford is also offering 0% APR loans on most of [...]
Good BMW Deals in November – Best Deals
BMW has announced new incentives and deals for November — actually November through December until 1/04/2010. Overall the BMW deals are very good, especially on the 2009 models. However, in most cases, the new 2010 models also get good incentives, just not quite as good as the 2009s. As usual, BMW’s incentives are a bit [...]
New Car Incentives and Rebates for November
General Motors has announced some very generous new incentives, which expire November 30, on all its brands — Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC as well as on its discontinued brands — Hummer, Pontiac, Saturn, and Saab. The incentives vary across the board from heavy factory-to-customer cash rebates (especially on 2009 models), 0% loans, low-interest loans, [...]
Ford Deals for October
Ford is a little late to the October incentives game but has now come through with a number of excellent deals, in the form of some hefty factory-to-customer rebates and good low-interest loan rates, including 0% APR loans on nearly all it’s vehicles for 36 month loan terms. Some vehicles have 0% APR loans for [...]
Good Deals on Mercedes for October
Mercedes does not want to project the image of a discount car brand. Therefore, the incentives currently being offered for October 2009 are a bit subtle, but nevertheless good deals. They don’t offer direct factory-to-customer rebates but, instead, offer some very good low-APR loans and a number of very hefty hidden factory-to-dealer cash rebates, which [...]
Acura Special Deals for October
Acura has chimed in with new October incentives on all models, including many 2010 models. All of the new programs end on November 2, 2009. The incentives include low-interest loans, special lease deals, and factory-to-dealer cash that dealers can pass along to customers as price discounts. Acura, like most other luxury car makers, doesn’t want [...]
October Car Deals and Incentives
As usual at this time at the end of the month, we have people looking for upcoming deals in the next month — in this case, for October. UPDATE: As of October 1st, a number of car manufacturers have announced new incentives for October. Others have not yet announced. We provide specific details in posts and [...]
Honda Announces October New Car Incentives
As usual, Honda is offering some good new car deals for October, including a few excellent lease deals on selected models and styles. In typical Honda fashion, there are no direct customer rebates. However there are hidden factory-to-dealer rebates on most models and styles — and low-interest loans. These rebates can, and usually are, passed along [...]
BMW Special Lease Deals for September and October
In addition to a number of good low-interest loan rates and generous factory-to-dealer cash incentives (see New BMW Incentives – September and October), BMW has also set special lease rates on a number of popular 2009 models and one 2010 model. All of the BMW car lease deals are for 36 months only and have [...]
GM Offers New 60-Day Money-Back Guarantee
General Motors has announced a new innovative 60-day return policy for customers buying any GM vehicle – Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, or GMC. They call it the 60-day Satisfaction Guarantee Program. This is a brand new idea in the automotive sales business and is obviously aimed at customers who may have lost confidence in GM’s products. It [...]
Ford Deals and Incentives for September
Ford is offering deals on most of it’s 2009 model vehicles for September 2009 (until October 5). The deals are generally good, although not great in most cases. Many of the deals are somewhat complicated with various combinations of cash rebates, bonus rebates, a variety of low-interest loans, some of which can be combined with [...]
New BMW Incentives – September and October
BMW, as usual, has announced new incentives that extend out further than the current month. In this case, the incentives will be good for September and October 2009. The new incentives are in the form of low-interest loans and hidden factory-to-dealer cash for a few select models. Dealers typically use the cash to create price discounts [...]
Nissan – New August Incentives
The Nissan company has announced a number of very good incentives for August 2009 on most of it’s 2009 models and even a couple of 2010 models. The incentives come in the form of direct-to-customer rebates and low-interest loans, including many 0% APR loans. These special Nissan deals end on August 31, 2009. Let’s start [...]
GMAC Returns to Car Leasing — In a Small Way
You might remember that last year GMAC (General Motors Acceptance Corporation), who was/is the captive finance company for all GM, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Hummer, Cadillac, and Buick dealers, decided to eliminate leasing as a financing option for it’s customers. General Motors car dealers were forced to establish individual relationships with local or national banks, credit unions, [...]