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Volvo S40 Prices Paid and Buying Experience
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don
My only requirements:
- Automatic
- navigation
- the leather interior
Is it possible to get one with just these options? If not, if I get these options, what other options are likely to come with it?
Thanks!
I would be really surprised if you found one.
Nav is the issue.
A leather car is typically going to have the Select pkg if it is a 2.4i or the Premium pkg if it is a T5.
Yup,
Those cars were typically built in Black, Red or White.
000142 Volvo Navigation System
TMP086 Geartronic 5-Speed Automatic Transmission
MC589 Audio Package
000438 Bi-Xenon Headlamps
Invoice $32,565
1.) Are the dealers selling these cars with these options below invoice, or are only the baseline cars being sold for these kinds of deals?
2.) Anyone have any advice for getting one of these for around $25k? Only necessity for me is really automatic. I could go for aftermarket nav, etc.
Thanks!
Is the "sticker" really a good gauge of price to go off of? Don't the dealers just arbitrarilty markup the car? Shouldn't the gague be the invoice?
Not in my opinion, but i'm no expert on this....dealers do mark up cars if there's high demand and only a few are being built( the first run of the Pontiac Solstice comes to mind...
I'm looking at buying an 06 S40 2.4i with certain options, and i've found several that are exact in color and options at different dealers... and the "Sticker" is the SAME at these dealers....but one dealer is knocking off $4,000 from sticker, and another is knocking $5230 off!, for the exact same car.
I was always told the "Invoice" number can also vary!?!?
So who knows.....
don
went to royal motors and test drove the stick and told the sales person that I like the auto and asked if he could do it for a quote i got from another dealer at 20,788 (royal motors gave me much more for my trade in, $11,000 for a 2003 honda civic ex with a dent on the bumper)...sticker was 26,640 or over 5800 under MSRP. Its a base car but with metallic flint grey color and an automatic...sales guy actually traded another dealer for the car!
Great experience and little haggling involved...if they can do it, seems like they will...
Smythe Volvo in San Jose, CA had a similar ad for $22,000 + tax/fees, but they had at least 20 in stock. Sounds like a great deal if you can still get it. I wouldn't be surprised if they had the deal again this weekend.
I purchased a 2006 Volvo S40 today (Friday July 21st, 2006). Sticker was $29085 and I paid $23116 (plus TTL). I thought with a deal like this I can't pass it up. Always thought Volvo's were out of my league. I absolutely love the Bareant Blue...Excellent Handling, Very Stylish..and a reasonable price.
I liked the T5 black automatic (no more manuals ) w/ spoiler...would have liked premium sound, but whatever.
With MSRP and Invoice around $27 - $28, the initial offer was around $27-something...up to right under $29 after all of the "fees".
There are about five 06's left (only 2 were T5), and two new 07's. I said I wouldn't purchase it today, but they wanted to know (going back tomorrow). I said I was looking at the Accord which was around $23-$24...so what can I reasonaby expect for this, before and after fees? Can I still expect $5000 off MSRP? Maybe $6000? haha i wish.
(Sorry if it's been discussed...didn't have the urge to sort through 487 posts!)
Thanks in advance!
Dealer I bought mine at initially offerred a Barrents Blue 2.4i withe everything on it that is 30,000 msrp at 24,000 on the phone when I askd about a base model...when i went there to test drive it and before I settled on an auto, he dropped it down to 23,000....so yes, 6000 and in this case 7000 can be had...just depends on a lot of factors...good luck!
i wonder...i mean obviously all of us in this particular forum have an affection towards the s40 but i wonder how popular is this car really? particularly if a dealer has one siting for 135 days and willing to let it go at what i would think would be a significant loss? i'm driving around SF and in the week i've had this vehicle, i've only come across 1 other s40...and i pick up carpoolers for work and i've had it metioned twice already that he/she has never seen one of these before....not that i mind...part of the attraction for this car for me is the fact it isn't as common as my old honda civic...
But even so, I told the Volvo guys my price ($24, which i don't expect them to say yes to). Of course they pressure me into thinking it's going to not be there by next week (bull).
after incentives and such they gave me an offer of around $27...juuust under $29 with all the fees and such...or almost the same as msrp.
i figure if i can get this car with all the fees for under $26,5 it's worth it. i figure $24 or $24,5 isn't too unrealistic for these people, right? they know where i stand and i even got an e-mail from a manager saying he understands i 'changed price ranges' and would like me to come in and 'talk'.
i'm not in a rush here, but i do want this car for a low as possible...so what's the best way to get it down to what i think is comparable to others??
$28,885 with tax and fees...I'd like it to be at most $26,500...but is it realistic to get it to $26? $25? what do you think?
Two months ago, i bought a brand new 2006 S40 t5 with premium package for 25,000 dollars. After everything, i also bought an extended warranty and ended up paying about 29.500 OTD with a extended warranty. The 25,000 dollar price was easily had, as i negotiated to that price after about three weeks of talking to different dealers. I was almost able to get an Audio packaged along with the Premium, but they could only do that with White. The color i got was metallic silver, and the MSRP was 31,655, so i successfully lowered it about 7,000. I live close in Orange County, and i bought it from Cerritos Power Volvo if you guys know where that is at.
last week their initial offer was $27,6...juuuust under $29 with taxes and fees.
their offer today (after i told them i was interested in $24):
$27,417.41....$28,600 total.
why do these people they can still try and get a profit out of it?!?!? it's been there for months and it won't sell. i mentioned how other dealerships were offering up to $5000 and $6000 off msrp and his response was 'well maybe those were loaner cars.'
unbelievable. so then i say, okay well $26. his response:
'well if you take away some options, maybe the 2.4, but you can't go that low on this model (t5).'
sooooo...what do you guys think of this? they ain't bluffin...they seriously expect this car to sell for less than $3000 under sticker.
i guess ill be lookin at other cars now, or look around at other dealerships. ugh!
anyway, it's black t5 with premium package (well at least it's got the beige leather, sunroof, and power front seat). nothing else really regarding upgrades...not 17's...wired with the sirius, but not installed...no climate package, no navigation system, no premium headlights, no 6-cd changer.
pretty much a base t5 with spoiler, the power sunroof, leather, and power front seat w/ memory (premium package i assume).
oh, and i'm in alabama. since i am a college student, i wonder if they just think i don't know anything about these cars...i've already contacted dealerships around where i am in school (in florida).
of course i wasn't sure of our state sales tax, haha...for some reason i thought it was 8%...turns out it's 3.5% for autos.
so thats just a little under $27...not bad. didn't sound like he could go much lower...like when i said $25 flat, no was the answer.
hmmmm...
Color: Black w/Beige Leather
Equipment: Base w/Auto Trans
Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price: $ 30075
McKevitt Online discount: $ 5091
McKevitt Internet price*: $ 24984
niiiiice
it's good if you live in the california area...would be about $1500-$2000 to ship here (unless i decide to drive it back here).
i'm going to check out atlanta dealerships tomorrow.
They had a 2006 S40 T5 automatic with Climate, Premium, Audio, and Convenience packages for $28,500. Would not go lower.
Does this sound like a good deal? MSRP originally in the $33,000s.
I've called a few other places and some mentioned that if I had a costco card, I could get $400 over the invoice price. Worth it?
Thanks,
don
probably not the bet offer, but the best in the area. plus i havent seen this particular one in person.
but i drove the same exact one here in town, but got it for $1600 less.
oh well.
hahahaa...ya, i guess everyone got thier vovlos? i wonder if people are getting better deals? i love my 2.4 but i'm kind of regretting the auto...off the line pick up definately leaves a lot to be desired...but i sit in traffic when i'm driving so i guess off the line pick up doesn't matter 90% of time?