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2121 messages, Last post on Nov 30, 2009 at 5:03 AM
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Replying to: captain2 (Aug 26, 2008 12:40 pm) why don't you buy a 2003 3.0L V6 Mazda6s and a 2009 Mazda6s 3.7L V6 and tear down the engine YOURSELF? that will satisfy you.  The new 3.5L is not part of the Duratec family, but rather an all new design. It was engineered from the beginning, however, to have the same height and width dimensions as the current 3.0L Duratec. http://www.autoblog.com/2005/11/09/breaking-news-ford-announces-new-3-5l-v6-and-- six-speed/
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Replying to: qddave (Aug 27, 2008 12:29 pm) And you're right - I'm crazy, but not that crazy...... The current Taurus is a great car, in a sad suit of clothes..... |
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Replying to: chikoo (Aug 28, 2008 10:30 am) Please let's move on now.
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Replying to: pat (Aug 28, 2008 11:18 am) I couldn't care less. I care how reliable it is...how much power (refinement comes into here too), and the gas it uses...pretty simple. |
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Replying to: webwarmiller (Aug 27, 2008 5:33 pm) I'm getting intrigued by this S-Plan business you're telling us about and the Karting Association, having visited their website and seen the offer. They say Mazda has partnered with them to provide this benefit for their members. It still seems a little uncertain, since one of the dealers we're talking with here has said they don't have to honor it. But, I'm thinking it's worth a try. I'll post any experiences I have here with the S-Plan. But it may be too early, as someone else said, to get any discount on an 09 Mazda6. I wonder how long the Karting Association will have this up on their website? |
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Simply said, it is up to the discretion of the dealership. In general, the more S-Plan business they do, the better you're treated. At my dealership, easily 50% of our business on the new car side is S-plan as we are located in close proximity to many Mazda and Ford suppliers. Plus, the list of companies that get Ford Partner Pricing (P-Plan, basically X Plan) which ends up being S Plan is quite large. UPS, Fed Ex, Chase, etc. The only instances of S-Plan not being honored in general are on Mazdaspeed3's and Power Hard Top Miata's. The reason for this is these two vehicles don't count in the same manner as normal vehicles and are limited in production. A dealership just risks too much by turning away S-plan business. Unless they're in an area where they don't see S-plan often and either don't need it, or don't understand it, or unless they're the only Mazda dealership around (Hawaiian islands for instance. One Mazda dealership per island). And to clear up what S-Plan pricing is, it is a top line of invoice, plus the states allowable documentation fee (and any other taxable extras like dealer installed options, which are NOT subject to it. Only factory options are), and then, once you have your out the door price, you (in most cases) receive an S-plan rebate in addition to all other availible rebates and incentives. This rebate is 500 dollars in most cases (including the new 6). As of right now, only the Mazda5 and Mazda3 don't receive the 500, getting 250 instead. The invoice can also very slightly depending on if the area is subject to an assessment fee. This is a fee Mazda charges the dealership on each car and is part of the invoice. No, it's not negotiable. S-plan is the best price you can get unless the dealership is literally willing to lose money on a deal. Those cases are few and far between however and hinge completely on coming to a dealership at the exact moment when a single car will make them hit their store quota and it pretty much means you have to take something on the lot, because they're not going to be able to dealer trade for a car in a single day. I've only ever done one deal like that, on a CX-7 and it ended up not being required for us to hit our quota, but we lost 1000 dollars on the deal. The difference in the price between S-plan and what we did was a whole 500 dollars. For those looking for the crazy deal, that's the difference. Is it worth 500 dollars to spend days looking for that certain dealership and hope they have the right car? Right now, an S-Plan customer coming out of a Mazda lease basically get's a new 6 at $1500 behind invoice. If you are leasing the new 6, it's $2000. If you purchased your current mazda, you lose 500 of those bonuses. As for the question of the lease earlier when someone said the residual wasn't high enough to be a good lease, well, all I know is that if I had the choice between a high residual, high money factor (interest) lease (I.E. Toyota and Honda) or a realistic residual, low money factor lease, give me that any day. You can actually build equity in that. As a point of reference, a normal customer with 3000 total due at signing can lease a V6 GT with Moon and nav (32690) for about 380 a month. That's pretty good for a car they haven't even started advertising yet!
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Replying to: webwarmiller (Aug 27, 2008 10:00 am) I bought a 09 6 iGT auto with moonroof 2 weeks ago. The MSRP is 28,240 and I got it for 26,240 from the dealership. They were able to give it less 2,000. Do you think this is a good buy?
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Replying to: albeesanchez (Aug 28, 2008 8:21 pm) Of course I'm basing this purely on the sales price of the new car. If you had a trade then the dealer might have gotten you there, or perhaps in financing, or in doc/advertising fees, etc...... |
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Replying to: kapaaian (Aug 28, 2008 6:43 pm) Giants v Redskins on Thursday Sept 4th we will see the first Mazda6 commercial! |
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Has anyone else received the special offer from Mazda North America that just arrived in my email? It's offering a $199 lease on an i sport, a $1,000 cash bonus for the purchase of any new Mazda 6, and a $500 cash bonus on other selected Mazda models. The offer certificate you take into the dealer is personalized with my name and address, due no doubt to the fact that I signed up early on Mazda's website as a very interested buyer. I'm wondering if this is targeted only at those of us who did this, or if it's being offered to everyone who walks in the front door? I'm guessing this means sales for the (nearly) first full month have not met expectations. I'm also wondering if this would work for a special order, in that the offer runs out Oct. 31 and my car might not arrive at my dealer by that date. Would either of our salespeople have a take on this technicality? Maybe a signed contract and a deposit would make it good no matter when the car arrives? It looks like a special order may be the only way I'll get an s sport to my liking anytime soon, since no dealers in my area have any of this model, or seem to have any prospects of getting one in the near future.
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