New Car Deals
Which Cars Offer the Best Deals?
TrueCar, an automotive industry research company, publishes a monthly report that shows sales trends and price movement for all automobile makes and models. One of our favorite parts of the report is what the company calls “Price Flex Scores,” a measure of how flexible sales transaction prices have been over the past month. If a particular model [...]
Should You Buy New or Used?
It wasn’t that long ago that making a money-saving choice between buying a brand new car and used car was a no-brainer. Prior to 2009 used cars were relatively inexpensive, on average, based on a large supply fueled by trade-ins, lease returns, rental car replacements, and fleet turnover— all driven by a good economy. Likewise, brand new [...]
New Way to Get the Best Car Deals
SEE THE EXACT PRICE YOU SHOULD PAY FOR YOUR NEW CAR A new company has come along that has the potential to greatly improve and simplify the way we buy cars now and in the future. The company helps answer the question “What should I pay for my new car?” based on what dealers pay [...]
Biggest Car Rebates – November
In any given month, car manufacturers can offer special new-car sales incentives in the form of direct-to-customer rebates to help promote sales. November brings a number of large rebates, especially on left-over 2011 models. Typically, rebates only apply to selected models and styles, and only for a limited time. Dealers apply rebates at the time of [...]
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 [...]
Best Car Deals of the Year – When?
Car deals and incentives are nothing to complain about at this time, especially those from American car manufacturers. However, that’s about to change. Car deals are about to get even better. You see, Toyota and Honda had been market leaders until the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March. Production was impacted, inventory dwindled, and sales suffered. There [...]
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, [...]
Car Deals Without Negotiating
Most people really hate the process of buying a new car. It’s because they know that car dealers have the advantage in price negotiations. Dealers do it all day every day, while the average car buying customer only does it once every few years. Customers who have better bargaining skills get the best prices. However, [...]