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Ford Focus Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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#409 of 477 parental car buying help? by steve_ HOST

May 02, 2012 (3:53 pm)

A reporter would like to speak to anyone between the age of 20 and 30 who needed financial help from a parent to buy a new car. If you fit this description – or if you are a parent who has helped a 20-something son or daughter buy a new car - and you’d like to share your story, please send your daytime contact information to PRedmunds.com no later than 3 p.m. Pacific/6 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, May 3, 2012.

#410 of 477 2012 Focus SEL 4000 off sticker by hackattack5

May 08, 2012 (4:47 pm)

2012 SEL hatch with the $2900 package leather, back up sensor, my touch and sony stereo. 1000 rebate 750 trade assist 500 private offer and a 1800 dealer discount. Milford Ohio

#411 of 477 2012 SE Hatchback Manual by dad2be

Jun 09, 2012 (2:31 pm)

2012 SE hatchback manual transmission with 203A package, sport package, winter package, and 17" alloy wheel upgrade. MSRP was $21140, which reflects the new pricing with "no charge sync" discount of $395 and "SE sport regional discount" of $515.
 
Price paid was $18240 (+tax and tags), so the $1500 rebate plus a $1400 dealer discount. The $750 trade assist promotion is over, but the rebate went up from $1000 to $1500 this month. Also did not qualify for the $500 private offer mentioned above (even though I'd requested several brochures - no coupon included...)
 
In addition to the above, I got slightly above KBB trade-in value for "good" condition, and the Focus had to be located/brought in from another dealer.
 
I've got to disagree with the post above about just relying on the TMV prices - the TMV price for the Focus was $19405 ($1165 higher), mainly because the pricing on the site is not updated with the latest sync and sport package discounts. Also, the TMV trade-in value was about $500 lower than my reference point from KBB. I guess there's not one perfect site, but point is just to collect several data points from multiple sites and shoot for a reasonable target.

#412 of 477 Re: 2012 SE Hatchback Manual [dad2be] by gambit293

Jun 09, 2012 (7:57 pm)

Replying to: dad2be (Jun 09, 2012 2:31 pm)
Thanks for sharing, dad2be. Would you mind stating where in the country you are? And maybe even which dealer you worked with?

#413 of 477 Re: 2012 SE Hatchback Manual [gambit293] by dad2be

Jun 10, 2012 (9:21 am)

Replying to: gambit293 (Jun 09, 2012 7:57 pm)
Sure - I'm in eastern PA. Will post the dealer info on Tuesday - after I've picked it up - assuming everything continues to go well.
 
Something not mentioned above was that I got a few other quotes from other local dealers as part of the process. We can get X-plan pricing through my company, and I made the mistake of mentioning that for one of the quotes. The X-plan price stinks! It was a discount of just $905, plus same rebates. Stuck to traditional price requests without mentioning X-plan for the rest of the dealers...

#415 of 477 Re: TMV [tomcatt630] by billy3554

Jun 11, 2012 (3:35 am)

Replying to: tomcatt630 (Apr 21, 2012 1:09 am)
People using TMV to price a new vehicle should consider it is more of an average price paid rather than the rock bottom price which can be expected. Average means half pay more but half pay less. While TMV will yield a decent price, especially for people who do not enjoy the art of the deal, I would prefer to be in the half which pays less. I have accessed TMV for years and found it quite useful. However, I have always found a better price with a bit of work.

#417 of 477 press request by kirstie_h HOST

Jun 13, 2012 (1:10 pm)

A reporter is interested in talking to any car shoppers who are thinking about buying any one of the following small cars: Chevy Cruze, Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra, Honda Civic or Dodge Dart. Please send a brief description of your shopping experience and your preferred contact information to PRedmunds.com by Monday, June 18th

#418 of 477 Re: 2012 SE Hatchback Manual [dad2be] by dad2be

Jun 15, 2012 (8:18 pm)

Replying to: dad2be (Jun 10, 2012 9:21 am)
Delivery was today. There were very few Silver or Gray cars that met my exact specs, and turns out they had a very hard time getting a dealer to let one go. But in the end I've got the exact car I wanted, in my first color choice (Ingot Silver) for the agreed upon price. Also, they were able to beat my credit union's 2.49% / 60 month term rate - got me 2.39% / 60 months through Chase. Will take me a bit of time to learn the Sync system, as I'm use to fairly simple Subaru radios as of late. Everything went as-promised. Dealer was Haldeman Ford in Allentown, PA. Feels good to be back in a Ford...

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