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Originally Posted by vixapphire
doesn't a lot of the amount of available discount depend on factors like how the particular model is selling, how many are in any given dealer's inventory, how long the car you're considering has been on the lot, and how much the dealer wishes to improve his next-year's allocation by moving units?
if a car's been on the lot for 6-8 mos., aren't they going to be more likely to wish to move it? and likewise, if the dealer's anticipating a hot year next year b/c of the new 911, wouldn't their allocation amount/position improve if they sell more cars now? i always thought this stuff had something to do with it, but apparently it's just a factor of waiting until next february when the new caymans start showing up, is it?  |
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Originally Posted by asendoh7
Totally agree with you on this one.
They are still not budging but man does he sound sincere.
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I think all these are definitely factors, but there's even more going on behind the scenes. For instance, what are the dealer's costs to keep the doors open - payments on their location perhaps, how's business doing in the service department, what's the pricing like at their competing dealers in the same area, etc. Most of these dealers have been doing this a long time, and have a history to look back to to determine how much can they make and still have a viable business - price the cars too high, no sales... price too low, you don't make enough money... my guess is you've reached the price where it all works for this particular dealer... as said before, it's still fairly early in the model year to expect dealers to be blowing '08s out the door at just above invoice... and we're hearing rumors that the MY '09s are not going to arrive until the Spring of '09 instead of this Fall as usual, and there's no dealer incentives from PCNA on the '08 cars. Many of the great deals you've read about here are for '07 cars that were left over from last year.
brad