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I literally was ready to walk out of the dealership with or without a deal made and made it very clear that there were a number of other cars that I was considering. It was harder to negotiate in Houston and I did hear a number of times from salepeople that "it's just a popular vehicle" and that there really weren't any deals. Frankly, the dealer I ended up going to in Farmersville, Texas I think could negotiate more and made it really easy.
The claim is the guy bought an LTZ with the V6, 18" wheels, and sunroof for $29,958. Edmunds says this car has an MSRP of $31,510 and an invoice of $29,794. If you deduct the two rebates off the MSRP that he claims he got (Conquest and Satisfaction) you end up at $30,100 ($31,510 - $1500) ... which is the standard 5% deal.
I think the dealer then gave him another whopping $52 discount to arrive at the final price of $29,958. As far as the taxes go, he's either paying 6.25% of $30k or he lives out of state where there IS no sales tax...
I test-drove the Equinox today and really liked it. Also drove 3 Volvos: the V50, V70, and XC70. Also very, very nice, but roughly 10K more than the Equinox. The V70 was maybe $6,000 more.
I think the Equinox is a great bargain, and if you get anything off MSRP, so much the better.
My salesman offered me a $750 discount for being a member of USAA. I found out online that there is a slightly better discount, just under $1,000 for being a member of a credit union.
He said that was all he could as far as coming down on price.
Thing is there is nothing on the lot exactly like what I wanted, so our negotiations weren't real serious. I would have to order to get what I want, don't know if that makes a difference in what he's willing to do for me on price.
You might find these links interesting.
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f73/gm-points-paying-2010-equinox-87054/
http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f73/gm-card-use-all-your-points-option-83399/-
Growing Customer Demand Drives Additional Production of Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain
Oshawa, Ontario, March 26, 2010 -- In order to meet growing customer demand for hot-selling Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain models, General Motors is implementing a unique plan to add a third shift at its award-winning Oshawa Assembly Plant to support new Equinox production there.
The Equinox and Terrain are currently produced at GM’s CAMI Automotive plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. Under the plan, CAMI’s Body Shop capacity will be expanded to produce extra Chevrolet Equinox units beyond the plant’s existing capacity to paint and assemble them. These Equinox body assemblies will then be shipped to the Oshawa plant for paint and final assembly alongside the current Chevrolet Impala production. .........
“This plan for CAMI and Oshawa allows us to meet customer demand for hot products while avoiding a potential production over-capacity situation by creatively using our assets and facilities,” said Mark Reuss, president of GM North America. “This innovative approach enables us to ramp up in a timely and cost-effective way and highlights the importance of these plants and communities in our North American plans.”
The third shift to support Equinox production in Oshawa will be added on the Consolidated Line in October and is expected to return approximately 600 employees to the plant. At CAMI, all laid off employees will soon be recalled and the additional body shop volume required to support the Equinox build in Oshawa is expected to result in the need for approximately 70 new jobs, at CAMI by August of this year.
“This is the latest in a series of very positive growth initiatives and new product mandates for our Canadian facilities,” said Kevin Williams, president of GM Canada. “By the end of this year, we expect to recall all laid-off production employees in Oshawa to support the new Equinox, Regal and Camaro convertible production planned there and, at CAMI, we will even be hiring some new workers – truly great news for the employees, dealers, suppliers and communities affected.”
so Equinox sales are really not that hot with 6000 units a year as of now and the rival able to ramp up to 300,000 units a year what is good business
CAMI CHEVROLET EQUINOX 13,775 0 13,775 26,294 0 26,294
GMC TERRAIN 5,605 0 5,605 10,583 0 10,583
Regarding your Wal-Mart comment - funny, but I never feel like I'm getting ripped off at Wal-Mart. Buying a car at a dealership??, well .... that's another story ...
So I wouldn't assume that GM's vehicles will have a higher resale value than Kia's in 4 years. GM could very well be out of business in 4 years. That's about when the report cards will be coming out for "New" GM's products...
Kia posts belong elsewhere..
thanks!
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I am willing to give GM a try since I compared equinox with others, and I voted on equinox.
In other words, I'm saying the prices on these 2010 Equinoxes will not survive beyond the availability of the pool of "GM club" buyers. It's all smoke and mirrors right now. And I really believe that production is being held back on purpose because GM knows this and they're hoping that if they can get enough "club" cars on the road and the feedback is good, they can then start selling to the "non-club" people. Problem is - the "non-club" people are Japanese customers that left GM a long time ago. Not only are they happy with their Japanese cars - which are now American made (by NON-union people), but they're disgusted that their tax dollars were used to bailed out GM. I believe this "hatred" is almost the equivalent of the 80-year-olds of today refusing to buy a Japanese car for the past 30+ years because of World War II !
GM might have to wait just as long no matter how good "New" GM's cars turn out to be...
The first possibility is no way to verify, at least I can say I do not belong to that group, the second one as I posted earlier GM is making 20k/mo, 240k/annual of these vehicles before adding capacity. With increased capacity, production will top 300k/annual. Please do not put too much secondary guess into your posting.
correct this if wrong you say they can produce 39000 noxes a month How many Terrains are coming out a month they are short on supply also?
I only know what i was told you seem to be in the know, if they build them all at the same time would that # multiply by 3 or 4 per month to 120000 units a month?
Hope you know the details so we all can know for sure :confuse:
http://www.gm.com/corporate/investor_information/sales_prod/
I think that's pathetic!
Sometimes what I think we need in this country are buyers unions - a way to protect people from themselves ...
Don't know if you are still reading posts, but I just placed an order for a 2010 Equinox LT2. For the past 10 years I've driven a Mazda MPV van and loved that. Before that I drove two Taurus wagon. My other cars include Ford and Dodge models. I have never bought a GM product, let alone a Chevrolet. I don't have any "points' or any relatives that work at GM. After several months of research and test drives, including a Subaru Forester. I settled on the Equinox and I can't wait to get it. New to the boards here.