By accessing this website, you acknowledge that Edmunds and its third party business partners may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to collect information about you and your interactions with the website as described in our
Privacy Statement, and you agree that your use of the website is subject to our
Visitor Agreement.
Comments
It's really a great time to purchase now if one has the $...glad we did,
The Sandman :shades:
That price is 700 bucks lower than mine. If that's a flat OTD you should seal the deal man. :P
imagine no tax!
I live in SC and sent out requests for internet quotes to eleven Honda dealers within about a two hour driving radius. Initial quotes varied by as much as $2K. One dealer actually quoted me OTD that was above the MSRP. The moral here is get lots of quotes. It's currently a buyers market.
The list of dealers was quickly reduced to about five after a few phone calls. Of the five remaining dealers I sent my lowest quote to four of them and explained exactly what car I wanted included color and that I was ready to buy if they had the color I wanted and could beat the price of the attached quote from the other dealer. After about two days of dealers responding with lower and lower offers I zeroed in on a dealer that had the actual car on his lot and closed the deal.
Data that helped me was the Consumer Reports New Car Price Service. It costs only $14 and I highly recommend it. For the Civic LX-S AT the report details are:
19,525 MSRP
17,947 Dealer Invoice
17,570 Bottom line Price (includes allowances for dealer incentive and hold back)
Details for my purchase were:
17,126 price including destination charge
25 tag transfer fee
300 tax (SC maximum)
199 document fee
17,650 OTD price
Good luck with your shopping.
P.S. I financed through Honda. The rep. was fairly pushy trying to sell the extended warranty which I declined.
Honda Civic EX: $18,398
Mazda 6 i touring: $19,450+$1250(sunroof)=20,650 ( I like sunroof)
What would you choose based on the performance of the cars and their prices?
Thanks.
Could you tell us the name of the dealer you bought your car?
thanks!
$17,764 (including destination charge)
$298 doc fee
$76 xfer plates
$602.50 MA sales tax (I got $5714 for a trade in - tax was on $17764 - $5714 = $12050)
bus. lic. fee = $20.00
Not a huge fee, but nonetheless, if its a bogus fee would prefer not to pay it.
Does anyone have experience with buying a car in Virginia?
As an aside, this forum is such a great resource!!
Thanks to all.
I live in TX, here sales tax isn't max 300 but is 6.25%
That's why your price is so low
20,650 + tax + tags/title + proc fee = OTD = $22,220
Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
Boch Honda
Norwood, MA
300 is sweet.
Edmunds Price Checker
Edmunds Lease Calculator
Did you get a good deal? Be sure to come back and share!
Edmunds Moderator
..."Annual U.S. car sales of 10 million to 11 million will make it extremely difficult for any auto companies to eke out a profit. That could mean a lot more financial pain for General Motors and Chrysler, which have both taken billions in government loans and are now asking for billions more. ...
...The lone provision to survive is similar to the deleted loan interest provision: It allows car buyers this year to deduct sales taxes from their income tax bill. Analysts questioned its ability to spur sales. ...
...The sales slump in the United States is not threatening only the American auto companies. Automakers in Japan and across Europe are seeking billons in aid from their governments, partly to cope with the steep drop off in the United States. "...
link title
So reasonable BUT extremely rhetorical questions are:
1. : do we want the US market yearly sales levels @ 10-11 M ?
2. or one of the worst scenarios go lower than 10-11 M?
3. or back up @ 16.5 M ?
4. or give more bail out money ?
5. or... let the big four go.... bankrupt?
As they get their grapes peeled, seemingly they are saying : let em (us peasants) not be able to deduct the loan interest.
Keep in mind the MOST profitable cars are not selling !!!! So if most if the cars they have been selling are NOT profitable and the PROFITABLE ones are either not selling or selling at little to no profit.....
ah, call in the rocket scientists!!!!
Being as how this is a Honda thread, which many will say is really an AMERICAN car hosted by Japanese money, it isnt like Honda's are selling at MSRP + !!!??
Is this a good deal? or should it be lower than this.
Thank you all.
I ended up buying an EX from the same dealership that gave me the $16,198 quote on the LX. The final price for the EX was about $300 less than the first internet quote they gave me.
Good Luck
United Automobile Workers of America
Do You Favor A Government Loan To The Detroit 3?
Buying American Cars What Does It Mean?
Base: 20677 (including freight)
6% MD tax, tags, title
$100 doc fee
OTD =$22,245 (including mudguards, door guards, and wheel locks)
Thinking about buying lojack. May not be correct place to post but if anyone had recently bought lojack from a dealer, could you please let me know what you paid.
Thanks
I have option of either 17200 for LX and 17700 for LXS.
Business isn't THAT bad! We don't need to lose money to sell cars!
I got the Civic below that! They wanted to sell, I wanted to buy! I wanted a cash deal, they convinced me of the error of my thinking! They didn't tell me how much they made! At that time, the economic conditions were no where NEAR what they are today 2009 !
Evidently the WSJ either didnt interview you, or the stats they have are bogus! link title
I really don't need to tell anybody, especially you, the Civic is one of the top vehicles (in its segment) !!! I certainly bought one over a Corolla of the same year! All the best !
But 1000.00 below invoice? Don't think so!
..."But 1000.00 below invoice? Don't think so! "...
Another would be: I do not know how sales @ 1k under invoice fits in the overall scheme of things. However, even if you were able to sell all your cars at MSRP, -minus 30% plus DECREASE in sales would have to have some impact.
So for example, while Toyota Corolla/Matrix seems to show one of the least (-7.2%) % losses of sales, Toyota USA Corp reported its first loss (overall) in MANY years.
Conversely GM, Ford and Chysler sold their SUV's/P/U truck segments at (what I have read) 10-15k profit per vehicle !!! Anyone who doesn't have a clue what trouble they are in, probably has just checked onto the planet.
Besides, some people are "over enthusastic" in their claims of what they actually paid. Hard to bite my tongue sometimes! :confuse:
(Good year: 16.5 to 17 M vehicles vs a projected 10 M or -6.5 M to -7M)
I know some people are rubbing thier hands together with glee.
Did sit in the new '09 Fit though and don't really see what the hype is all about actually. My kids Versa is a much more comfortable car with a more useable back seat. The dash had a poor design compared with the Civic...just don't get it. Think I'll just keep my '06 for another 5 to 6 years.
The Sandman
$22,300 + tax and license of $1,733 + document fees $325 = $24,358 out-the-door
Sounds like the quote you received is pretty good. Not sure if there are any rebates or incentives that could be applied to lower it even more.
20,677 (includes freight)
1246 tax (6% in MD)
100 (Doc fee)
tags + title (can't remember this number)
OTD= 22,245 (including mudguards, wheel locks and door edge guards).
I think I did OK, but frankly I always walk out of the dealer convinced I paid too much. I understand they need to make a fair profit, I just don't want to be the person who pays $$$$.
Anyway, good luck on your Civic shopping!
As an aside to this threads topic. IF I were you, given what you said, I would only upgrade (actually I would not upgrade) under the scenario of 1. just lost the job, 2. can easily write a check for the balance 3. and\/or continue the monthly payments for the full term.