Car Deals
Best Car Deals – Introduction
Until a short few years ago, the best way to get a great car deal was … to work hard for it. What we mean is that you would have to know the best time of day/month/year to buy, know your invoice prices and holdbacks, and know how to skillfully negotiate prices — and be [...]
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 [...]
Factory-To-Dealer Cash Incentives for Best Car Deals
Car companies help dealers sell cars by offering incentives. Incentives come in a variety of forms which might include direct-to-customer rebates, low interest loans, special lease deals, and factory-to-dealer cash. In any given month, a car company might offer all, some, or none of these incentives on any particular car model or style. Factory-to-dealer incentives [...]
Who’s Buying What – Top Ten Vehicles
Ever wonder what cars other people are buying? Maybe you need a new car but are not the type of person who spends hours and days reading car magazines, visiting car web sites, talking cars with friends, or comparing cars at dealers. You simply want a good car at a good deal without needing to be [...]
Credit Scores Affect Your Car Deal
Your credit score is a numerical representation of your credit history report, which includes details of all your credit accounts and loans, and how good you’ve been about paying them. It also reports any defaults, repossessions, or bankruptcies. Credit scores, which for most people falls between 400 (poor) and 800 (excellent), are a major factor in determining the [...]
Better Car Deals in September?
We’re a little ahead of time but we think we already have some good clues about car deals in September 2011. To be clear, car companies don’t announce new incentives until after old incentives have expired. August incentives will end on August 31, or September 5, or September 6, depending on car company. New deals [...]
Car Deals and Incentives – August 2011
Most car companies have announced new car incentives for August, which we discuss later in this article. However, some companies announced incentives last month which extend into this month. General Motors announced incentives in July that are good through August 2011. The company’s brands, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC, have deals on most of their vehicles, [...]
Why Are Leases Better?
Why are special lease deals offered by car companies better than any other type of incentives? It’s true that lease payments are always less than loan payments for the same car, same term, and same down payment — even with a 0% APR loan. But that doesn’t necessarily make leasing a better deal. And it [...]
How the Best Car Deals Are Made
Many people think the way to get the best car deal is through shrewd negotiations and hard bargaining with car dealers. Not true. That’s old outdated thinking. The best deals are the ones that are given to you, with no negotiation required, by automakers and their “captive” finance companies. You see, dealers control only one [...]
Cheapest Car Leases for June
Automakers are offering special car lease deals for June 2011. Many have payments less than $200/month. All the deals expire either on June 30 or July 5, depending on company. All are based on either 10,000 or 12,000 miles per month and require an amount due at signing, which includes a down payment and first months [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Honda Brings Back $0-$0-$0 Leases for March-April
We can always count on Honda to offer some of the best car lease deals in the industry. And they have done it again for March 2011, as well as April 2011. The new special leases from Honda come in the form of $0 down, $0 security deposit, and $0 first month’s payment with 12K [...]
Lots of Subaru Lease Choices – Some $200 or Less
Subaru currently has some of the best and most flexible new-car lease incentives in the business right now. These special lease deals are good through Februay 28, 2011. Deals are being offered on practically every Subaru model and style in a variety of lease terms (length of lease), including 36 months, 39 months, and 42 [...]
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 [...]
New Car Hidden Rebates
Car buyers typically know about new-car rebates and low-interest incentives being offered by dealers and car manufacturers because they are heavily advertised and promoted. However, there is one kind of incentive that is not advertised, at least not directly. We often call it a “hidden rebate” or “secret rebate.” In the auto industry it’s called [...]
Lease a Honda for $159
Honda always has a few good car lease deals every month. This month, one of the best lease deals is on the 2010 Honda Civic LX 4-door sedan at only $159 a month, with $1840 required as a down payment. When you add in the required first month’s payment, the total amount due up front [...]
Lease vs Buy? Which is Best Deal?
In the articles on this web site we often tell you about the best car deals in which attractive lease deals are being offered, along with low-interest loans, and rebates — frequently on the same vehicles at the same time. Typically, you have to choose only one kind of deal. For example, you must take [...]
Where are the Cheap Car Leases?
Where are the best deals in car leasing right now? The answer: almost everywhere. Nearly every car manufacturer is currently offering some great special lease deals on at least a few of their models and styles. With the exception of some General Motors leases, nearly all the lease deals now being offered come from non-American car [...]
New Tool for Best Car Deals
Would you like to know what other people are paying for the same new car you want? Want to make sure you get the best car deal you can get without overpaying? How many times have you bought a car and, after all the haggling and price juggling, wondered later if you actually got a [...]
Buy New Car – or Used Car? Which is Better?
It’s an age-old question: Should I buy a brand new car, or buy a previously owned used car? Which is best? Which is smarter? If this question were being answered just a few years ago, it would be an easy answer: Buy a good used car. You would get more for your money. You avoided the high [...]
Pay Cash for Your New Car? Better or Not?
Should you pay cash for your new car, if you have the cash available? Is it smart to pay cash instead of financing with a loan or lease? Does it save you money? Can you get better deals with cash? My dear old mother who is now gone grew up during the Great Depression. She [...]
Want a Great Deal on a Hummer?
If you have ever wanted a GM Hummer, now is the time to buy. Why? Two reasons. First, General Motors has announced that it is officially terminating the Hummer brand, and that it has only 2200 of them left. Second, General Motors has put extremely attractive incentives on all remaining Hummers to help them sell. The [...]
Car Deals February 2010
We see people near the end of every month looking for information about new car deals and incentives for the next month. It’s no different this month with queries about new February incentives. And we tell them the same thing every month. Car manufacturers never announce a new month’s incentives (rebates, low-interest loans, lease deals) [...]