Come On Down: Deals Of The Month
Once a month, TrueCar publishes what they think are the best deals of the month. They also give you the best day to get those deals: TrueCar “is forecasting that Saturday, January 28 will be the best day of the month to purchase a vehicle with an average discount of 8.19 percent.”
Wouldn’t it be just awful if the best day would be, say, Friday the 20th, and now they tell us? Anyway, here is the list of the best cash, finance and lease deals.
If you like that service, please tell us. If you don’t please tell us as well – saves me the reformatting of the tables.
Cash DealsModelMSRPEst. NetDiscount2012 Ram 1500$22,815$18,95916.90%2012 Jeep Liberty$24,155$20,67814.40%2012 Nissan Frontier$22,870$20,00914.10%2012 Ford Escape$22,265$19,14514.00%2012 Kia Sedona$25,700$22,72711.60%Finance Deals2012 Chevrolet Malibu0% financing for up to 60 months (Expires: 2/29/2012)2012 Ford Fusion0% financing for up to 60 months $500 cash back (Exp: 1/31/2012)2012 Honda Accord1.9% financing for up to 60 months (Expires: 2/29/2012)2012 Nissan Maxima0% financing for 60 months (Expires: 1/31/2012)2012 Subaru Forrester1.9% financing (Expires: 1/31/2012)Lease Deals2012 Acura RDX$369 /month 36 months $2499 down 10000 miles p.a. (Exp: 2/29/12)2011 BMW 328i$349 /month 33 months $2500 down 10000 miles p.a. (Exp: 01/31/12)2012 Ford Fiesta$159 /month 24 months $2533 down 10500 miles p.a. (Exp 1/31/12)2012 Kia Optima$189 /month 39 months $2499 down 12000 miles p.a. (Exp: 2/29/12)2012 Volkswagen CC$289 /month 36 months $2999 down 10000 miles p.a. (Exp: 1/31/12)
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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I've gotten my best deals on Saint Patrick's day or the day after. Everybody's home drunk or hung over and the salesmen are desperate.
I don't know what their standard is with lease deals, but no lease deal that includes fewer than 12k miles per year can be honestly classified as "good"
I have never understood why anyone would put money down on a lease.
My daughter showed me up just this weekend. I was expecting to have to haggle, haggle, haggle to get a good price. She just showed the salesman the True Car sheet, and he just went onto his computer and changed the price to what True Car said. Saved us a whole lot of time, and made the buying experience much simpler. Do I think I could have negotiated the price to where she bought the car? Maybe, maybe not. But I thought she got a pretty good deal on the car, and we sure were a lot less stressed.