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Mazda CX-5 Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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#46 of 122 CX-5 purchase experience in Seattle by booyah30

Jul 02, 2012 (9:49 am)

Got the CX5 GT AWD with tech package, rear bumper guard and wheel locks for invoice at $29,578 with S-plan pricing. E-plan pricing is about another $1300-1400 below the S-plan. Got an additional $500 off since I am a Mazda owner.
 
Three Seattle area dealers were willing to take the S-plan, although all of them stated in the beginning that they would sell the car to me at $32,578 at a substantial mark-up over the MSRP of $30,500 gradually making their way to S-plan pricing.
 
Total price paid with taxes = $29,078 + $595 (lease initiation fee) + $2022 (tax, tag, title and doc fees)
 
Leased the vehicle with $1K down for a 36 month term/12K miles for $464/month. Money factor = 0.00123 and residual value = 53%
 
Overall, decent car buying experience. Took me a day to research, call and negotiate with an initial set of 7 area dealerships. Shout out to Tim Hack at Lee Johnson Mazda for getting me in and out of the dealership in 2 hours; super easy going guy and no pressure tactics.
 
Only downsides were that I should have asked for a residual value of 55% as reported on this forum and the car had ~400 miles on it. However, the vehicle had the exact options I was looking for and I needed a car rightaway.
 
Advice to folks buying in the area would be to do their homework before walking into the dealership since I can imagine dealers pulling a fast one if you dont have all your numbers down.
 
I am on the market for another car, trying to decide between another CX5 or something else... Will wait a few weeks before getting the next vehicle.
 
Open to suggestions and feedback from the pros on how I did on this car and pointers for the next one. Thanks!

#47 of 122 Lease numbers by sentient

Jul 12, 2012 (5:28 am)

Hey Car man,
 
I'm wondering if you can help me out with what the residual and MF look like for a CX-5 GT FWD w/tech. I'm in the Houston area.
 
Btw, has anyone else noticed that the MSRP jumped 200 bucks (at least on the GT FWDs) on Mazda's website? Edmunds as well as their existing inventory still reflect the old price, but the new cars being added seem to all have the bump in MSRP.

#48 of 122 Re: dealer markup [fastgst] by maryb4

Jul 16, 2012 (10:57 am)

Replying to: fastgst (Jun 16, 2012 4:39 pm)
Hello,
I am a salesperson at a mazda dealership. The cx-5 is in short supply--that's not salesman talk,,,it's a fact. My dealership does not mark up from msrp but we are asking for msrp on them right now. I wouldn't wait to see if the price drops, because mazda is marking up the car as we speak. It's a great car and beats the pants off the CRV which is outdated and ugly as sin.
Mazda kept the markup from Invoice only about $600 to pass the lower pricing to the customers. The dealer does not have any incentives when they sell a car so selling the car at or below invoice would just be stupid. Yes, we will wait until a customer sees the benefits of the mazda cx-5 and buys the car for more than invoice to sell one.

#49 of 122 Re: visited a local dealer in jersey here yesterday [tonystarks22] by maryb4

Jul 16, 2012 (11:04 am)

Replying to: tonystarks22 (Jun 02, 2012 8:34 am)
I would not wait to buy a grand touring. They are in short supply and will be for a very long time. Plus, mazda is marking up the cars as we speak. Paying MSRP for the car is a deal because most dealers are marking up from MSRP. The cx-5 will not be "blown out at invoice" for a very long time.

#50 of 122 Re: dealer markup [maryb4] by godeacs

Jul 16, 2012 (10:41 pm)

Replying to: maryb4 (Jul 16, 2012 10:57 am)
"It's a great car and beats the pants off the CRV which is outdated and ugly as sin".
 
Spoken like a loyal Mazda sales person! Re: your comment vs the new CR-V, you are aware that CR rates the CR-V higher in a head to head comparison and I suspect its sales volume will far exceed the CX-5s!.... A shame that Mazda can't keep up with the demand. I'd consider the CX-5 (if I could actually find one... ) but will never pay sticker when there are so many other good choices out there (CR-V, RAV-4, Mitsu Outlander, Nissan Rogue, Chevy Equinox, Kia Sorento, Subie Forester, etc).

#51 of 122 Re: dealer markup [godeacs] by aviboy97

Jul 17, 2012 (7:12 am)

Replying to: godeacs (Jul 16, 2012 10:41 pm)
A shame that Mazda can't keep up with the demand. I'd consider the CX-5 (if I could actually find one..
 
Us dealers have come to learn is was not that they could not keep up with demand but actually demand was underestimated. Mazda recently announced an increased production of CX-5's as well as doubling the production of SKYACTIV engines and transmissions.
 
Since these cars are built in Japan, it will take 3 to 4 months before the supply v demand balances out.

#52 of 122 Re: dealer markup [aviboy97] by vivekastic

Jul 17, 2012 (8:20 am)

Replying to: aviboy97 (Jul 17, 2012 7:12 am)
I have been into the market very recently. Drove crv, rav4,cx5,rogue. I refuse to believe that cx5 white washes crv. Though I didn't buy the crv, I don't think cx5 was worth 24.6k before ttl. If I had only these 2 options, I would go for crv ex FWD instead of cx5 touring. Crv offers too many features for that price and cx5 feels powerless on the ramp IMO.
 
And MSRP is BS. At lease in North California I could at least take out 500 off 24.6k. Don't forget to haggle more in case of add ons.

#53 of 122 Does the CX5 Touring Model haveAuto On/Off Headlights? by firstcar12

Jul 17, 2012 (6:56 pm)

It's unclear on most descriptions. Looks like some dealers list it as auto on/off headlights and others say delay-off headlights.

#54 of 122 2013 CX-5 Touring by godeacs

Jul 20, 2012 (7:39 pm)

Local dealer has offered a "base" (no options) Touring CX-5 at invoice. Sounds pretty good to me - will check out tomorrow. Don't need all the fancy "techie" stuff, moon roof, etc. Had already told them I would not buy at MSRP......

#55 of 122 Re: Does the CX5 Touring Model haveAuto On/Off Headlights? [firstcar12] by danangme

Jul 22, 2012 (8:56 pm)

Replying to: firstcar12 (Jul 17, 2012 6:56 pm)
No,you have to buy the tech package to get auto on and off headlights but you also get HID with adaptive control.

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