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114 messages, Last post on Nov 12, 2009 at 10:44 AM
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| Civic? S40 has no connection to honda. | |
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| He's being sarcastic. | |
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| He should at least call it a Ford Focus, considering the parent company. | |
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..... No wonder why I get so many calls from from Honda dealers .l.o.l.. Terry. |
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| With six degrees of seperation and all of the car company consoladation, the s40 probably is related to the civic in some twisted way. | |
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..... Basically, it was a flop .. no "eyeball" appeal, no I gotta have it, good vehicles but just another one of many in the mass of sheet metal .. also Volvo marketing is smart (do you think Yota got the idea by themselves) .. wait til' the end of the year with very limited quantities and go on ... Terry. |
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Sorry...right about the Focus thing.. Its hard to keep up!! LOL kyfdx |
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I think it would be a good idea to keep this group alive with updates with recent buying experiences/information. I am primarily interested in 2.5T S60. I got a couple of offers of 3 under invoice. There was also an offer of 5 under MSRP. Those though were for cars with the premium package. I personally prefer a car with no leather and that's not a really popular configuration. I failed to find a dealer that would have one and hence was not able to negotiate directly. I wonder if anybody had better offers recently than what I mentioned. Someone mentioned a 4000 rebate in the S60 discussion group. I am not sure if that is correct. Also any info on buying a base 2.5T would be interesting. |
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I've received the same invoice - 3k and msrp - 5k offers (from what I can tell, those 2 numbers are very close to each other for most configurations). I, too, noticed someone who posted about being told by his dealers about a 4k dealer incentive, but no one else has mentioned it, and the same poster referred to a 3k incentive in a more recent post. I, too, was interested in a car w/o premium package (didn't want the moonroof). I was able to find only one in my area (Wash, DC), and instantly decided against it -- the cloth was (IMO) ugly in terms of styling (think Subaru), and the absence of the moonroof didn't add anything to headroom. I will also bet that if you can find one w/o premium in dealer stock, it will be in black or white. |
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Well, I agree, premium package adds to the way the car looks - the wooden trim and many other nice touches. Just the fact that dealers do not have the base configurations indicates that people in general do not really like them. On the other hand, I have leather seats now. In the summer your butt gets burnt and in the winter it gets frozen although the heated seats really help. To be perfectly honest, this is not the main reason to opt for the base. That is the price. It is kind of inconvenient to pay for something you do not need and barely like. I even tried base 2.4 but that one just does not move. As for the color, S60 is an interesting design and looks good in almost any color. I personally prefer gray, green or white. Interestingly enough, however, I am getting better discounts on a car with the premium than the base. I was offered 5 off the invoice a month ago but did not take it because I just started looking and did not know the numbers or what I want. Looks like you tried some other cars. How did 2.5T fare? |
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