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Mazda3 Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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Canadian Experiance by amherstshore
Jan 14, 2004 (4:42 pm)
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I bought my Mazda3sport today a silver 5 speed GT with sunroof and air. Probart Mazda in London ontario treated me very well Sasa the salesman was very good. I paid 21950 after a deal and a grad rebate. I pick it up on Friday and hope that the snow has stopped by then.
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Amherstshore by waiting4thebus
Jan 15, 2004 (6:42 am)
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Congrats on your purchase! Not a bad Canadian deal at all. Pretty much got something similar in Toronto. Plus that grad rebate really helps bring down the price (didn't mention it during the negotiation at all)
 
Did you get any extra's thrown into the price? As for me got the Rust/Undercoat/Fabric protection, car mats and a couple other small accessories.
 
I tried to get them to wave the Admin fee, but they wouldn't move on that. Still got the Xbox even thou I didn't go with their financing!
 
Congrats again, you'll love the car!
 
P.S The Goodyear tires are terrible on fresh snow drive carefully!
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s plan price by oldmonk
Jan 16, 2004 (12:33 am)
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is anyone aware of the ford s plan? if you qualify for that plan, the price comes to invoice price (+/- a few dollars). does anyone know how
and how much the dealers profit if they sell it at s-plan? this would be of help to further negotiate the price.
 
thanks
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s plan price by mazdaman6
Jan 16, 2004 (7:36 am)
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The S plan price is printed on the dealer's vehicle invoice and the dealer shows this to you. You must have a PIN from Ford or another S Plan company to qualify. S plan pricing is non-negotiable; your trade and financing (if applicable) are your avenues for negotiation.
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S-Plan by tiredofmanual
Jan 16, 2004 (8:32 am)
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The dealer makes very little on S-Plan deals, but does them anyway because of the goodwill involved. They get a small kickback from Ford/Mazda because of how unprofitable the whole transaction is.
 
Bringing up the S-Plan will get you nowhere if you don't qualify for it and are trying to negotiate a lower price.
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Ottawa discount by steb
Jan 16, 2004 (10:19 am)
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$600 discount on Mazda3 Sport GT (with A/C and moon - 5 spd). One month ago in Ottawa.
 
That seems to be about average from what I hear. I have a strong feeling the price of these cars will rise in the near future. Maybe $1,000. Just a hunch.
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Steb by guskim
Jan 17, 2004 (8:05 am)
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No doubt prices will rise significantly next year... at least in Canada, where demand is quite strong.
This is one reason why I got the car in its 1st year...figuring any deal I could broker on a 2005 Mazda3 would be offset by the increase in price.
And Mazda can afford to increase prices here because they have no major Japanese competitors coming out with new models next year. Honda Civic won't change until model year 2006 (so late fall 2005), and Toyota Corolla not until mid 2007.
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Too good to be true trade offer by scottdude
Jan 17, 2004 (3:53 pm)
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For those of you in the Central Florida area you may have seen a certain Mazda dealer that regulary offers "$7,000 for any trade!" in their print ads with the small print saying "Vaild on any Mazda on the showroom floor."
 
It just so happens that my current car has a Blue Book "fair" value of $3,500, so if this dealers offer is legit, they would in fact be discounting $3,500 off the MSRP of my chosen car, an M3 (assuming the exact color, style I want is on their showroom floor... HA!). Unless Mazda is offering some kind of hidden dealer incentives, $3,500 off MSRP seems like the dealer might loose money on this deal.
 
I have not visited the dealer yet, but I assume that the "catch" is in the phrase "showroom floor". They probably have some heavily customized Mazda's in the showroom with dealer add-ons that more than make up for the trade in difference.
 
I was wondering if anyone here has ever encountered a situation like this with a dealer, and if so, how you handled it.
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guskim: by carguy58
Jan 17, 2004 (4:09 pm)
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A new Corolla just came out a couple years ago as an 03 model in 02 so I don't think its fair to compare it to the 3 in terms of raising prices. The Civic I can understand.
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$7000 for my 1990 Geo Metro by stevefl
Jan 17, 2004 (4:47 pm)
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Scottdude: I'm sure the dealer knows he will attract folks will bring (or push) in cars that have virtually $0 in trade-in value, but the dealer still expects to make a profit somehow. Drive up in a friend's borrowed clunker just to talk to someone and find out the catch. We'd all like to know.

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