buying a new versa please help

[cik2003ny]

i am in norwich CTwant to buy a new versado you guys think this price is huge?S asking about 15xxxSL asking 17xxxi mean, can i lower the price 2k?i doubt iti am taking about the 09 model still good there is a promotion going which will get 500 rebate(?) too bad it will end up at sep 2nd

[cik2003ny]

all before tax and everything

[frankoV]

seeing they start at 12,990, probably

nissanusa.com Versa

though it depends on the options. they probably aren't going to knock much more than the $800. off and will try some add-ons to boost the price.

[Offshore1]

Invoice on 2009 HB SL w/CVT, mud flaps, mats, Conv package is $17,093, less rebate would be $16,593.00. Dealer needs to make something.

[Versafied]

See if they have any new 08's. I got my SL for 15k new about a month ago.

[DejaWiz]

Be sure to arm yourself with as much data as possible.Edmunds is a great source, so is http://www.carbuyingtips.com.

2009 Versa SL CVT Prices (MSRP/INVOICE)

Base Price - $16,210 / $15,634Sport Pkg - $700 / $607Conv Pkg - $650 / $564Sunroof - $600 / $520Audio Pkg - $300 / $260Int Acc Light - $300 / $252iPod Intf - $270 / $230ABS Pkg - $250 / $217Spolier - $250 / $218Cargo Org - $160 / $129Floor Mats - $155 / $119XM Radio - $150 / $131Kick Plates - $130 / $105Auto Dim Mirror - $125 / $109Splash Guards - $110 / $81Destination - $695

Here's what you do:1. Figure out what options you want and add up the INVOICE prices. For my example, I'll select the SL CVT with ABS Pkg, Conv Pkg, Floor Mats, Rear Spoiler, and Kick Plates. Adds up to $16,857, not including the destination charge of $695.

2. Might be hard to do, but try and find out if there are any factory to dealer incentives (probably not much, if any, on a small economy class car right now). For my example, I'll say the factory is matching the $800 for the dealer as they are for the customer.

3. Now, take the invoice prices you've added up and subtract the $800 factory to dealer incentive. $16,857 - $800 = $16,057.

4. Add 5% (this will be the dealer's profit percentage). $16,057 + $803 = $16,860.

5. Add the Destination Charge. $16,860 + $695 = $17,555.

6. Subtract your customer incentives/rebates. $17,555 - $800 = $16,755.

There you go, your offer not figuring in any down payments, taxes, titles, licensing, etc etc etc, is $16,755.

Make them eat the cost of any dealer added fees, such as the documentation fee, credit application fee, prep fees, etc. They'll say they are required blah blah blah, so tell them to take them off the price of the car so it evens out.

Definitely go to local banks and get pre-approved! This way, you can be sure to have a fair fight for a low APR at the dealer if you choose to finance with them. NMAC was going to give my wife and I an unreasonably high APR on a used '07 Titan, so we had the finance guy tell NMAC we had already gotten pre-approved for waaaaay below that. As we figured would happen, Nissan didn't want to give up all that wonderful interest money, so they came back and matched it.

Information is your greatest ally and the dealers worst enemy when buying a vehicle. Arm yourself well.

[rafa2210]

Honestly, based on my experience with my 07 and nissan dealers (also the fact that Nissan North America care less about it) , all the recalls, and all the issues presented in this forum by versa owners, I truly believe that if you are considering to acquire a new car, you should invest your money in something else rather than a nissan! specially a versa!

[kc5f]

And to add an offsetting view, very few folks here have had to deal with "all the issues", and some of us love ours. I did have the passenger airbag replaced when I bought mine, and my daughter had her fuel pump regulator replaced, but neither of us thought it was a big deal, nor did we have any problems with the dealers. As for this forum, it allowed each of us to know right away what the issue was, and that needed to be done.

(And DejaWiz's post is right on the money. My only regret about buying mine right when they came out is that there was no price d!ck, since they had to bring one in from about 200 miles away for me...)

[cik2003ny]

i don't know why i saw the base price on sticker is 13,990

[cik2003ny]

so what happened for those guys saying that they got a versa like 11000-13000?

[DejaWiz]

so what happened for those guys saying that they got a versa like 11000-13000?

Incentives and what you can get a vehicle for are going to be based on region. Different areas will have different incentives than other parts of the country. Supply and demand for a given vehicle in a certain region will also dictate prices.

For example, Chevy and Ford trucks are the most popular here in the Midwest. The Nissan Titan...not so much. I used this to my advantage to get the Titan listed in my sig for under $18,000. In comparison, there are 2005-06 Chevy and GMC 1500 crew cab 4x4's with 30,00+ miles going for $22,000+. Fords are a bit cheaper since there are so many of them out there, but I won't ever buy one.
Modified by DejaWiz at 12:18 PM 8/28/2008

[cik2003ny]

understoodbut still don't want to believe just only this will make at least 2-3k differentsome people said they can lower down the striker price up to 2kbut my dealer said there is only 2 hundreds maybe i can lower down plus 500 rebate

[DejaWiz]

understoodbut still don't want to believe just only this will make at least 2-3k differentsome people said they can lower down the striker price up to 2kbut my dealer said there is only 2 hundreds maybe i can lower down plus 500 rebate

You have to factor in two things: the state of the economy and fuel prices.

Two years ago, it was still relatively easy to buy a small compact fuel miser for way under sticker price. Fast forward to today.... they are in much greater demand as people are trying to unload their gas-sucking big cars, SUV's, and trucks as fuel prices continue to soar. This can be seen by local businesses that deliver. My local NAPA stores are no longer using Chevy S-10's, Ford F-150's, or big panel vans. They are now using Toyota Yaris's.

Case in point: The '08 Titan has a $4,500-$5,000 rebate or 0% APR up to 60 months/1.9% up to 72 months while the '08 Versa has a mere $800 rebate or 2.9% APR up to 60 months. This is for model year end clearance, at that.