DC 3 Pricing

[03RCode]

Talking to a dealer about an 04 DC 3-with the manual gretag transmission (rare car with rarer transmission -seems hard to find DC3's with manual transmissions). His best price so far (before rebate) is $28115. "Invoice" is $27,428 and MSRP is $29,495.

Anyone seen a dealer do better-here in California?

Thanks,

[TomCat]

Carmax in Norcross, Ga still has a 5-spd Dreamer for $23089 (rebate included).
The net price from your dealer would be $25615 ($28115 less $2500 rebate) which is $2526 higher than Carmax.
Wonder what it would cost to have it shipped from Ga to Ca?

[JOEM]

Your dealer is trying to stiff you. As Tomcat indicated, check with Carmax and other car sellers. Good luck.

[PTRobert]

Originally Posted by 03RCode

Talking to a dealer about an 04 DC 3-with the manual gretag transmission (rare car with rarer transmission -seems hard to find DC3's with manual transmissions). His best price so far (before rebate) is $28115. "Invoice" is $27,428 and MSRP is $29,495.

Anyone seen a dealer do better-here in California?

Thanks,

That's the same price I saw last week at a local dealership (down in Riverside, CA), but for an Automatic. Don't think they had any DC3's with a manual tranny.

[KR8Z4BULEEPT]

Originally Posted by JOEM

Your dealer is trying to stiff you. As Tomcat indicated, check with Carmax and other car sellers. Good luck.

Too bad I couldn't get "stiffed" like that on a new convertible!
Technically getting $1300 off MSRP, particularly on a harder to find 5-speed GT ain't that bad.....

[03RCode]

Thanks for the Carmax info but tryig to bring a "new" car into California from another State is a massive headache for smog pruposes. Thus I'm stuck looking for California only cars--and California Dream Cruiser 3's with MANUAAL transmisions seem rare--but I'll put the Carmax data to use in pricing...maybe a bluff will work!

[Johnny D]

The Dream Cruiser Series III qualifies for the current $ 2,500.00 DaimlerChrysler rebate. Additionally, a dealer discount of another
$ 2,000.00 is reasonable.

This would then be, the MSRP of around $ 29,400.00, less the
above two discounts, for a net price of $ 24,900.00.

Dealers in the New York Hudson Valley are currently discounting
all PT Cruisers a minimum of $ 4,000.00, including the $ 2,500.00
rebate - - with the base PT Cruiser advertised under $ 13,000.00.

[TomCat]

Originally Posted by 03RCode

Thanks for the Carmax info but tryig to bring a "new" car into California from another State is a massive headache for smog pruposes. Thus I'm stuck looking for California only cars--and California Dream Cruiser 3's with MANUAAL transmisions seem rare--but I'll put the Carmax data to use in pricing...maybe a bluff will work!

I forgot about the "smog situation". But at least you have a bargaining tool. Good luck!

[TexasPT]

David, hope this link works.
http://www.carmax.com/dyn/factsheet/factsheet.asp
Carmax in Atlanta has one for $23,089 with manual. Print out and deal. Don't let those crooks have a penny more than someone else sells it for. I guess you have some amount to add for Cal. emissions stuff.

[03RCode]

Thanks-checked the link and the car is listed as not found-no longer available. Anyway I went to the carmax site and did a west coast search-limited to LAX (los angeles). No Dream 3's but the prices are shockingly low--I don't get it. Found a red GT-04. After rebate price of 19,990. List is over 26 thou. Take away the rebate and they are still selling for almost 4 thousand under retail. I ran kelly blue book on 'invoice' and their price is almost 1500 under invoice (ignoring rebate reduction)--now I know dealers get a thing called holdback and thus can still make a $750-1000 profit even selling at invoice but geezzz these prices seem even well below that level...what kind of a deal does Carmax have with Chrysler??????

has anyone tired to a trade in with them--if their new car prices are that far below retail, how low must they go on buying used cars???