Has Anyone Seen Some Great Auto Deals?

[ksr]

Is anyone getting tempted to go out and see what kind of deal they could get now on a new vehicle? There's got to be some killer deals out there right now with the economy as it is, and with the usual holiday season lull in car sales.

I was planning on looking at new the Camaro, Challenger, and the Solstice coupe in spring, although I may not actually buy anything for 1.5 to 2 years. But it's getting very tempting to look. I wish that the Camaro and Solstice coupe were available now.

I was thinking of looking at the SKY and Solstice this weekend. I bet there's some incredible deals, particularly on an '08.

[BrickTamland]

I could buy a 2008 Ford Fusion SEL 4-cylinder for $13,995. That is with 22,000 miles, heated leather seats, sunroof, CD changer, SYNC, and all the airbags. With the kind of negotiating room in the price that is commonplace today, I bet I could go out the door for $13,000. If I sold my car for $11,000, a hopeful price, my additional cost would be $2,000. I would get a year old car with most of the fixings mine has, great mileage, and a good reliability record for a steal compared to other midsize cars.

What's keeping me back? A 27 mpg car is not that good. Sure, that's 5 mpg better than my car, but who knows how long gas will be cheap. When gas hits $4 again and more and more cars will be getting closer the congressional mileage mandates, 27 mpg does not seem that great, especially with a new Fusion due soon that will average several mpg better with a more powerful engine and a superior transmission. The 2.3/5-speed auto combo has been noted by the magazines to be a noisy, abruptly-shifting combo.

I should wait until I am done with school, with my Masters' degree, before I get a new car. I could have enough saved up to buy a brand new Fiesta or Focus, two cars that look to be very appealing in 2012. They will be vehicles Ford has intergrated worldwide, therefore meaning a great focus (ba-dum ching) on fuel economy.

[Rotorocket]

Originally Posted by BrickTamland

I could buy a 2008 Ford Fusion SEL 4-cylinder for $13,995. That is with 22,000 miles, heated leather seats, sunroof, CD changer, SYNC, and all the airbags. With the kind of negotiating room in the price that is commonplace today, I bet I could go out the door for $13,000. If I sold my car for $11,000, a hopeful price, my additional cost would be $2,000. I would get a year old car with most of the fixings mine has, great mileage, and a good reliability record for a steal compared to other midsize cars.

What's keeping me back? A 27 mpg car is not that good. Sure, that's 5 mpg better than my car, but who knows how long gas will be cheap. When gas hits $4 again and more and more cars will be getting closer the congressional mileage mandates, 27 mpg does not seem that great, especially with a new Fusion due soon that will average several mpg better with a more powerful engine and a superior transmission. The 2.3/5-speed auto combo has been noted by the magazines to be a noisy, abruptly-shifting combo.

I should wait until I am done with school, with my Masters' degree, before I get a new car. I could have enough saved up to buy a brand new Fiesta or Focus, two cars that look to be very appealing in 2012. They will be vehicles Ford has intergrated worldwide, therefore meaning a great focus (ba-dum ching) on fuel economy.

The economy is so bad that you can buy a brand new Hyundai Sonata Automatic (09) for $13,800 - I don't know if you know this, but even the base model 4 banger Sonata has air, PW/PL, ESC, CD, cruise, power mirrors, auto dimming rv mirror, keyless entry, etc.

I think it gets 32 mpg on the highway. Maybe 34 mpg.

[sonjaab]

SURE................RUN right out and buy a POS rice ride and send MORE money
overseas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smart thinking!

[Smaart Aas Saabr]

$13 800 for a Sonata is a deal

Over here they are hawking new 2009 Sebring *convertables* for 19 and change Canadian... that sounds like a deal to me also

[montrealvue]

Originally Posted by Smaart Aas Saabr

$13 800 for a Sonata is a deal

Over here they are hawking new 2009 Sebring *convertables* for 19 and change Canadian... that sounds like a deal to me also

Not so sure about getting a Sebring, not my fave. The Sonata is a steal at that price. One of the few cars I would be willing to pay a few bucks more. Solid ride, really reliable and good on gas. Too often overlooked. Recently my local dealer was willing to knock off about $8500 on an '08 Outlook. Not bad but they could easily have done $12000 off.....lol.

[F14CRAZY]

Maybe I should have waited...an Outlook for about $20k!?

EDIT: I guess that's Canadian but still that's a lot of money off

[montrealvue]

Originally Posted by F14CRAZY

Maybe I should have waited...an Outlook for about $20k!?

EDIT: I guess that's Canadian but still that's a lot of money off

You can get an Outlook for under $28,000 CAD now and they still arent selling. By the end of the year the incentives should get pretty crazy.

[Smaart Aas Saabr]

Originally Posted by montrealvue

Not so sure about getting a Sebring, not my fave. The Sonata is a steal at that price. One of the few cars I would be willing to pay a few bucks more. Solid ride, really reliable and good on gas. Too often overlooked. Recently my local dealer was willing to knock off about $8500 on an '08 Outlook. Not bad but they could easily have done $12000 off.....lol.

The Sebring sedan doesn't light my fire either, nor the convert. But still, a convertible car for 20k$ is a steal. Mind you I'd try and see what I could get on a Solstice, that is more my cup of tea (stick, 2 seats etc) but 10 years ago for a midsize car 4-banger it would cost 20k$, now you can get the same, but convertible for 20k$...

To compare I have here a 1991 Saab convertible, basically the same equipment, size of car as the 20k$ Sebring, except I have leather seats (and turbo) but in 1991 my car cost like 45k$ in 1991 dollars

Outlook blah this car is boring and fat. I see them around, they are always white, they look like cows... the new VUE is way nicer actually very nice though

The Sonata is pretty uninteresting to me in 4 cyl but in V6 it is pretty awesome! I would get one, beige, and drag-race all the Hondtards with their spoilers and fartcans, the Sonata will eat all of them with that big V6 and not even look like it knew it was racing But in reality I wouldn't have any real opportunity to do that so why spend the money...

[knightfan26917]

Originally Posted by ksr

Is anyone getting tempted to go out and see what kind of deal they could get now on a new vehicle?

Yep!

BUT ... the idea of a car payment along with higher insurance costs keep stopping me.....at least, for now.....



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[nailhead425]

Originally Posted by ksr

Is anyone getting tempted to go out and see what kind of deal they could get now on a new vehicle? There's got to be some killer deals out there right now with the economy as it is.

Yeah, I get first heads-up on some pretty nice deals.
Numerous E-class, mostly E500s, some E55s, 2 E63s.
500s under $17k and an E63 for $48k.
Those are good-guy prices, but I passed.
Maybe for my wife, but I'd really rather have a '67 Chevelle.