Posted in car buying incentives, 0% Financing, Financing, Automotive on Apr 2nd, 2008
March has been a tough month for automakers selling in the U.S. The economy is the weakest it’s been in years and consumer spending is weakening. Reports out of Detroit are saying there’s been a 12% sales decrease which seems like a small number, but translates to millions of dollars.
Dealerships across the nation were only […]
Posted in car buying incentives, Incentives, Automotive on Mar 7th, 2008
Toyota has officially cut the price of it’s Prius Hybrid in China by roughly $3,000. The move was made in an attempt to keep the Prius desirable in an ever growing market. With both Honda and General Motors now introducing new hybrid models in the Chinese market, the threat to Toyota’s hybrid supremacy is quite […]
Posted in Toyota, Ford, car buying incentives, Incentives, Financing on Mar 3rd, 2008
Today both Ford and Toyota have reported that sales in February were down. Ford was down 6.9% and even the F Sereis pick up was down, Ford’s big selling product. Toyota wasn’t much better, down 2.8%. Toyota Corolla sales dropped the most for them.
The good news as you will see in an article in Marketwatch is […]
Posted in Buying vs Leasing, Cost of Ownership, car buying incentives, Research, Financing, Automotive on Jan 25th, 2008
Times have changed. The days of going into your friendly neighborhood dealership and sitting down with a smiling salesman are coming to a close. The way we shop for cars is not the way your dad shopped for cars.
The internet has vastly improved a consumers resources. Any average Joe is just a few clicks away […]
Posted in Car Budget, Cost of Ownership, auto loan, car buying incentives, Incentives, Financing, Rebates, 0% Financing, Automotive on Nov 10th, 2007
In a bid to move remaining Pacificas, Crosfires, Magnum wagons, and PT Cruiser convertibles, Chrysler is offering huge discounts on remaining models. These particular models will be dropped from the line-up next year. Heavy incentives will be offere starting in late November, and going on through December. That last month of the year in particular, […]
Posted in Cost of Ownership, car buying incentives, Car Reviews, Automotive on Nov 2nd, 2007
The technology has been around for ages. Cars have been running on diesel fuel for more than 100 years now and the technology is experiencing a sort of a renaissance of sorts. The European market has been at the front of clean diesel technology and has made some impressive progress towards making diesel a real […]
Posted in car buying incentives, Research, Financing, Automotive on Sep 5th, 2007
With all the bad news for the auto industry the past several months, a few manufacturers got thru August better than expected. GM, Nissan, and Honda, all completed August with an increase in sales. This came as a big surprise to Wall Street who has been expecting the negative to continue for all major new […]
Posted in car buying incentives, Incentives, Automotive on Aug 30th, 2007
If you are considering buying a GM this weekend or currently in negotiations fro one you now have another $250 to play with. GM is giving dealers $250 per car sold for a limited time.