I guess my quest for a cheap fast car will have to bypass this $43,000 anomaly. Even the non-STi WRX models were marked up $3,000. I think not.
205 WRX STi's at the dealer: $10,000 dealer markup.
Went shopping...
Jul 12, 2004
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E-Gads! I bought my '02 WRX wagon in New Hampshire right after the WRX was introduced to the US and named to Car&Driver's 10Best list. I paid ~US$22000 including the 100,000mi extended warranty (~2k under sticker). I just wanted the car, if I had waited longer or bargained harder, I may have improved on that. New Hampshire and Vermont is one of the parts of the country where Subaru is very popular, so they didn't have to advertise an extra-low price just to get people to visit the dealership. Do the '05 models have many changes compared to the '04s? I was under the impression that they did not. What country (or part of the country) are you in? Maybe Subaru dealers, after seeing the prices of the new Legacy/Outback, are now thinking that their Impreza based cars are grossly underpriced. I think my car is worth what I paid, but if the sticker was 3 grand higher, I think I'd head to my local Saab dealer and get a new WRX clone
9-2x Aero for the same $$$.
The 2005 WRX (non-STi) actually has an attractive spoiler for once. I don't know how negotiable the stupid markup is (since I'm not ready to buy yet).
By the way, I'm in the San Jose, California area.
-FPtM
I'm getting my WRX at invoice. No bargaining, just sent the guy an e-mail and told him what I want.
Just make sure you gave him an "off the lot" price. If you said you want a car "at invoice", they'll gladly do that, and laugh all the way to the bank with how much extra green they took from ya.
RLTW
Yes, I'm soooooooo stupid I didn't have the price already . . . . not.
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| > > I'm getting my WRX at invoice. No bargaining, just sent the guy an | e-mail | > > and told him what I want. | > >
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| > Just make sure you gave him an "off the lot" | > price. If you said you want a car "at invoice", | > they'll gladly do that, and laugh all the way to | > the bank with how much extra green they took from | > ya. | | Yes, I'm soooooooo stupid I didn't have the price already . . . . not. |
Pretty sure CompUser was just trying to be helpful. If you have a bit of free time ( a minute will do) I highly recommend you read this page or browse the site even.
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It might be stuff you already know, but I imagine that you might learnsomething from it.
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