2013 and earlier Nissan Murano Prices Paid and Buying Experience

nikkhasnis

You actually have more options than I have. I don't have the XM radio.

I am getting the 3% finance from Nissan.

stevet1

I am negotiating leases on a 2005 AWD SL with leather package, bose stereo etc. It'll list for around $35,000 or so.

Need 18,000 miles per year, 42 months lease.

Quotes are coming in at around $390 with $2500 or so for my car on trade.

Anyone know what a really good deal is.

Thanks.

mvs1

Use Edmunds or another source to get the MSRP and invoice pricing for the Murano w/options your looking at. Muranos right now are going for under invoice prices. As far as your trade in. Do the same research, try www.kbb.com and get the trade in and private party value for your current car. Your likely to get more for it selling the car privately in your local classified, Bargain News, Car trader, etc. Reducing your overall purchase.

There's not enough info to provide an opinion on if your getting a good or bad deal. refer to my post above for money factors on leases. I had Car_man check these numbers out in the lease forum to verify accuracy.

babydoc

I am looking to purchase a Copper 2005 Murano with the works, including Touring package, Tech. package, leather, etc. THe MSRP is about 39000. I live in St. Louis. Anyone out there have any idea if I should take the invoice price or try and negotiate a bit lower? What's fair?
Haven't bought a car in 12 years, so need a bit of help here.
Thanks.

dklanecky

Here's a fairly loaded Murano (msrp of $38,840) for a no haggle price of $34,788.

http://carmax.com/dyn/factsheet/factsheet.aspx

You could always use this one as leverage, but its only about $450 below invoice. I'd shoot for a bit lower (maybe $300 below invoice) and see if they bite.

You could always tell them you'll buy there's if they match Carmax price, other wise it's off to Carmax.

stevet1

Just leased a 2005 Murano AWD SL from Lou Fusz Nissan in St. Louis for $372 per month for 42 months. MSRP was $35,400.

It has touring package but not tech package.

Fusz and Bommarito Nissan were the same price on a lease, hard to believe but no one really wanted to undercut the other.

The Internet sales guy at Bommarito is very nice and professional. Recommend you give him a shot at your business and check out Fusz as well.

Moore Nissan didn't seem to be as organized as these two.

I would come-in well under invoice and see what they can do.

babydoc

Thanks everyone!
That's really useful info. The Bommarito guy is very nice and professional. The St. Charles Automotive guy never even bothered returning emails. Moore Nissan was completely disorganized.
I'll let everyone know.

badgooddaddy

I have my 2nd SLAWDMO, traded in my 03 same model, same loaded options but Nav. Got the keyless ignition. Easy to use. Look honey, no key. So far pretty reliable. No lock out possible with fob around as you just push the damn black nib on door handle and your in or locked.

I traded my 03 in, they gave me the 05, for $615 month, 5 years. Paid $ 32.5K Zero cash out of pocket. 03 was good car, well maintain, silver with black leather. I didn't like the black leather, and I figure I clean it and it will be mine someday. Might as well get what I want.

Question for you guys.

I am looking to put a tow package on SLAWDMO instead of buying another vehicle to tow a pair of jetskis. Nobody has picture of factory installed 05 hitch. Dealer says the factory install they do is a cut out in the bumper? For $ 500 bucks, I could get a top quality reese, install it myself in 30 minutes, and just have the harness done.

Any thoughts?

Another question. Anyone have reports on the CVT under towing and long term effects?

Wife loves her car. I'll stick with my volvo 850 turbo. Easy to work on. Actually, the point is, I can work on it.

babydoc

Found a 2004! yeah! Murano finally. Copper, cabernet interior, touring package, SL AWD. The dealer wants invoice price, but it's been sitting on the lot for almost a year. Anyone know if that's reasonable. They are asking for 30600, that's including the 1500 2004 rebate.
Is this reasonable?

jmaxe

You say "The dealer wants invoice price" Is that before or after the rebate is factored in? If it was me I would pay invoice less $1500 for an '04.

babydoc

The dealer wants invoice. They say they took 1500 off the MSRP. That seems a bit on the steep side. Thanks for the advice.

jmaxe

In Austin this weekend they were advertising $3000 off MSRP for remaining '04s. You should be looking to get a new '05 for close to invoice.

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chrwill

Lesson learned... Sorry about that.

jmaxe

Gokaden- did you settle on the $26,200 figure before the discussion began on any extended warranty, etc? What I mean is, would Town North have sold you the car at "invoice" without the extra cost items?

kshrinknj

I'm new to leasing and leasing is making my head spin. Can someone help me figure out what a good deal is on either the Murano Type S, or the SL Touring. Also, does anyone know if the lease deal that Nissan is offering for the SL Touring (1999 down, 42 months, 12000 miles for $359 per month) is a good deal? I've been getting quotes for 435.66 including tax, for 1000 total out of pocket and 15000 miles. HELP!!!

jmaxe

You can get answers to all your leasing questions from CarMan over in the Car Leasing forum.

kshrinknj

Tigger, what model did you get, because I'm looking for similar numbers. Thanks!

tigger5753

I got a 2004 SL AWD Touring, mud flaps, sunroof visor, cargo protector - for $299/mo. + tax. I put down my $1500 trade + first month, tax, delivery etc. that amounted to a total of $2700 of fees to drive off..

kshrinknj

What state are you in? I'm getting quotes for $375 with $1217 total out of pocket, but I'm thinking of trading in my old car to use for the down payment. And did you get 15k per year or 12?

tigger5753

I'm in MA - I got my 2004 in November of 2004, so they were probably trying to move them out for the 05's.. I got 12K per year for 42 months tho.. ( I was hoping to keep it at 39 but....)

alf5

I am looking at a 2005 "S" right now.

Dealer quoted the final price at:

$24888.00

3.0 percent at 60/mo.

He basically said that is it, or walk.

Whadda you think?

mm007

I have a new 2004 AWD SL I'm looking at. It has the sunroof package and, get this, heated leather seats (dealer installed option, looks like factory set of seats with factory heaters, but no memory). Anyway here is the offer...

MSRP 34,635
Purchase price $30,913 - $2,000 rebate = $28,913 (or 1% financing on the $30,913)

What do you think?

mm007

Alf-

Two things. There is a $500 rebate that started a few days ago. I 'm not sure if it applies to the S but it does to the SL. Second, I spent a little time looking on the Nissan 2004 dealer inventories and found some 2004 SL's. The 2004's have a $2,000 rebate. When you factor in that fact that it is an 04 and the rebate you could perhaps go up to an 04 SL for ~$25,900.

Good luck.

babydoc

mm007- just curious- any idea with 2004 SL AWD with Touring package how much I should start bidding for? Would 28K sound about right?

jmaxe

If it was me I'd start at total invoice(incl destination) minus about $2,500. That assumes of course that there is a $2000 rebate on '04 models. FWIW on a new model I would pay no more than about $500 below invoice. If they won't go that low then I just don't buy. I've stuck to this approach and my last three new purchases(Avalon, Maxima, Accord) have averaged more than $500 below invoice.

Good luck.

mm007

Well, I purchased a 2004 SL Touring yesterday (with floor mats and splash guards). MSRP was $34,900 and invoice was $31,786. I paid $29,000 (after rebate). Inital offer was $29,500 with $12,500 for my trade. I ended up at $29,000 with $14,750 for my trade. Of course, with a trade it's hard to know (or care) whether the selling price and the trade were both a little inflated as it is only the difference that matters. This was the only dealer in town with 2004's. They had the odd one I mentioned in my previous post and three identical silver w/ black SL touring cars. Larger cities (I called some dealers in Chicago for instance) had a much greater selection of models and may offer a better chance to bargain.

I called some out of state dealers with 04's in stock and they all quickly came down to ~$600-800 below invoice. Lower certainly seems likely.

Now that I think about it I'm sure the the selling price and trade were inflated a little. I bought the car I traded in just 3 months ago (long story) for $14,300. It seems very unlikely that I could make money on a used car that I trade into a dealer.

Good luck. Post back how it works out. I'd love to know.

P.S. I sure did give that 2004 SL (no touring package, but with XM radio) that I found a lot of thought. The first offer over the phone was 25,900 after rebate. That is a lot of car for under 26k.

ukchris

I just looked at an 04 in Copper, 30,000 miles, AWD, Base SL (no extras), ex rental car for $24,000 as a certified pre-owned. Seems if people are getting brand new S models for a little over that it may be a bit steep, any comments?

That is "sticker" so I guess there may be some movement from there, it probably will not be around logn so any comments or advice would be most welcome.

Chris.

fred21

Hi!
First time to this Forum. I am looking at a Murano SL with Tech. Pkg, Touring Pkg, Dynamic Control Pkg. and SL Touring Pkg. Invoice Price:$33,562 MSRP:$36910 What would be a good price to buy this Vehicle?

jmaxe

Anyone in the Austin area want to share recent prices paid on an '05 MO?

gokaden

jmaxe,

I just bought my '05 MO SL FWD w/o any extras for $26,200, which is the invoice price according to Intellichoice. I felt the sales person I worked with was being very straightforward with us, so I didn't want to lowball him and offered invoice. He took it straight away and we closed the deal within 5 minutes, no BS.

However, if cost is a big factor to you, I would recommend submitting online quotes to the 14 Nissan dealers in houston and see how much below invoice you can get. You can start at $500 below invoice and see if any of them bite.

Hope that helps...

droo

Thanks for the info. I'm also in Austin, researching for a purchase probably around the end of the year. I'll almost certainly be going online with dealers in Houston/Dallas/SA, since there aren't a whole lot of choices in the immediate area, and two of those dealers are owned by the same company. Would you mind letting us know which dealer you went with? I'm curious, since I don't think I did very well on my last Nissan purchase here.

Thanks again for the info.

gokaden

Hi again,

I went to Town North Nissan on 183 North, and worked with the Internet Sales Manager, even though I was a walk-in customer. As I said, dealing with him was pretty straightforward. And they have inventory in Round Rock also.

skinnydog

The lease deals on the SL are great this month. First the advertised deal from Nissan is very good. The loaded SL 36 months 12K per year with 2K total down for $359 per month is great for 35,500 car. But you can probably get that price for 15K mile per year. or at 12K get it a little lower.

The residual for this month is 58% and the money factor is .0008 (1.92%) from what a local dealer told me.

jmaxe

Did they try to sell you a hail damaged Murano? Did they mention what the discount would be? I stopped there over the weekend and was nearly sick at the sight of all those beat up vehicles.

z50rider

Just bought the 2005 SL AWD financed through credit union, 4.29% 60 months $600/mo. Loaded with navigation "Tech Package", everything but the rear DVD player. Perma- Plate and Towing Pkg. Cost; $1,200 over invoice of $37,699. or $38,899. + California Tax $3,018. + Extended Warranty (84 mo. or 70K miles @ $1985, I get it back if not used! ), + License $322. + $330.75 in fees, - $500. rebate for a total of $44,277.91....Grooooaannn! But I love the car! One item that could be a negative is the CVT trany does not have Overdrive. If Nissan added that it would give even better mileage. The computer cuts off the gas on decceloration anyway, but free-weeling might be an improvement from 24 MPG to ~28 over time.
Enjoy your Murano . . Z50rider :shades:

jmaxe

Ok so how does a dealer get $1200 OVER invoice for a Murano? Is it the NAV that does it? Here in TX they are going for around invoice w/o NAV. Not sure what the NAV price is here as I haven't been asking.

fmflex

Finally picked one up last night. 2005 SL AWD with Tech, Tour, splash guards, mats, wind deflector, and cargo area protector. Got it out the door at 36,800, which included $1500 rolled in from my trade. Was that a good deal? (I'm in Skokie, IL.)

heelntoe

FYI z50rider, The gear ratio "range" for the Murano CVT goes from 2.371:1 to 0.439:1 so technically, it does have overdrive, overdrive being any ratio that
s numerically lower than 1.00:1.

nate2710

I am looking at a new 2004 SL FWD with touring pakage(DEMO with 2K). The dealers first offer was 30,875. What should I counter with? Would 27,000 be a good starting point, or could I dig deeper? I am also looking at a used 2004 SL FWD, Tour, DVD packages with 12K miles. They are asking 28,000. What would be a ballpark figure to start at?

jmaxe

I don't know about pricing but you should insist that they replace the alternator and address the steering defect. Read about these issues elsewhere on the Murano boards. These were supposedly both corrected in the 05 model.
Good luck.

waits211

Hi, just got the 2005 SL with premium, leather, sunroom, and the VDC? traction control package, roofrails, mats, splashguards, for a lease price of $411/month including tax. 36 months, 12k/yr. I consider it a good deal given it's a 36,000 vehicle.

Just my benchmark. I liked this forum so thought I'd give a little back.

BTW, make sure you test drive the vehicle you are going to drive off the lot with not just a demo model. I had to drive 3 muranos until I found one that didnt' have a rattle coming from the center dash. Not too noticable but I'd have gone insane in a few months.

jmaxe

Congrats on the new MO and wow, a SUNROOM, that's awesome.

nicholas2

Hi,

I just spoke to my dealer. We are looking at a 2004 Murano AWD SL, with leather package and touring package. Base price, 31350. We will get 2000 on our trade-in (that is what it is worth), and get the 2000 rebate. he says he will finance at 4.54. we will put 5000 down. And they will put on a tube bumper.

Can I do better?

Nicholas2

1stmo

I just purchased a new 2005 Murano SL AWD with touring package and various accessories for $29995. MSRP was $35,740. I've been reading this forum for quite a few months now and I finally decided to buy. I have only put on 45 miles as of this posting, but I'm impressed so far. This vehicle gets a lot of attention. I'll keep you posted as time goes by if I start having any of the problems that I have read about in the problems forum.

jmaxe

Congrats. I'm getting very close myself to the 1st MO. What color did you get? Where are you located?

woden

One error in my last posting re final price. It should have read:

"The total expense, here in the Los Angeles area, was $33,949.70 ($31,018 + $45.00 Doc. prep. fee + $2603.95 sales tax + $266.00 license fee + $8.00 registration fee + $8.75 California tire fee - $500 factory rebate).

1stmo

I'm located in St. Louis, Mo. I have Chardonnay exterior & Cafe Latte interior.

boston2

I got a Murano SL AWD (without the sunroof and Bose package) on April 30, 2005. I think I got a pretty good deal. You guys tell me if I am wrong. With a downpayment of $4,000, my monthly payment is $198. That is the same as ~$298/month, no money down. I also paid $1600 for security deposit, first month payment, acquisition fee, RMV registration....bla bla. It is a 36 month lease with 40,000 miles allowance.

jmaxe

Anyone know if the incentives will continue into May?