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Seeking Advice Buying aNnew Outback

For the first time in over ten years, I'm in the market for a new car. I've settled on the Outback 2.5i Ltd, for which the Subaru website reports a suggested base price of $28,295.

For my previous purchase, a Toyota Camry, I used a program run by the AAA, which got me a fixed no-negotiation price substantially below MSRP. I don't think AAA does this any longer

So, in the automotive world as it is at this moment, how should I go about getting the lowest cash price for the car? What's an achievable discount?

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PT
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An acquaintance bought a new Forester a few months back for 3% under invoice plus another $100 off. I was told that the Subaru VIP program can even beat this. Forget MSRP. Have the dealer bring out his invoice and start from there.

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Frank

The best deal I ever got was by writing to three local dealers saying that I am soliciting offers to sell me a 1999 OBW, winter options, lowest bid by mm/dd/yy being accepted without further ado.

Uncle Ben

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Uncle Ben

I recently bought an Outback 2.5 XT and got the Consumer Reports data on the exact invoice prices for the car and all options, manufacturer rebates, dealer incentives, and the dealer "holdback" which is an invisible margin granted to them by the factory. The overall margin for my vehicle was more than $3,000 -- $33,490 MSRP vs. $30,147 rock-bottom cost for the dealership. Of course they have to make some money but it's in their interest to hide the scale of that margin by any means possible. Asymmetry of information writ large, to your detriment.

It's definitely worth a year's membership ($30?) and the price of the report ($14) to get that data before any trip to the dealer.

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chocolatemalt

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