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#41 of 4328 S-Plan by tiredofmanual Jan 16, 2004 (8:32 am)
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. Replies to this message: pete22 (Oct 11, 2005 3:11 pm)
#42 of 4328 Ottawa discount by steb Jan 16, 2004 (10:19 am)
$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.
#43 of 4328 Steb by guskim Jan 17, 2004 (8:05 am)
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.
#44 of 4328 Too good to be true trade offer by scottdude Jan 17, 2004 (3:53 pm)
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.
#45 of 4328 guskim: by carguy58 Jan 17, 2004 (4:09 pm)
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.
#46 of 4328 $7000 for my 1990 Geo Metro by stevefl Jan 17, 2004 (4:47 pm)
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.
#47 of 4328 scottdude by mazda6s Jan 17, 2004 (5:40 pm)
Any buyer who believes that kind of crap probably deserves to get ripped off. You can be sure that they have it worked out so they're not giving anything away.   For some reason this reminds me of a pigeon drop. I guess it's because the dealer is going to use the buyer's own desire to get something for nothing to take advantage of them.
#48 of 4328 3 month wait? by ohsoribby Jan 17, 2004 (6:00 pm)
I decided to get the black hatch, fully loaded and it seems no dealership in my area (boston) has one .. does it really take 3 months for a dealership to order one for me from mazda?
#49 of 4328 Just bought a loaded Mazda3 hatchback by harrymccracken Jan 17, 2004 (6:19 pm)
...in the Bay Area--a Strato Blue one with automatic, ABS, xenon, moonroof and CD changer, leather, and navigation system. The price: $21,340, which seems to be exactly at invoice. I avoided a $219 "vehicle theft recovery" fee (read: etching a number), so the only thing I'm paying other than various fees to California is a $45 license fee.   They weren't interested in offering me anything reasonable for my current car (a 1996 Saturn which seems to wholesale for something over $2000, but which they wouldn't give me more than $1000 for) so I'll be selling that separately. But all in all, I think I got a good deal...   -- Harry
#50 of 4328 2 Mos by mbennett674 Jan 17, 2004 (8:16 pm)
Was my number....just ordered last weekend - so got a while to go. I got the works less the leather and it was 19.9 + tax which was at invoice assuming the dealer showed me a real invoice

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