Shopping For A New Car - Things You'll Want To Know

Everone's got their things to watch our for when shopping for a new car.

To make it easier to shop, you'll want to divide your search up into different price categories. If you are looking for a new car for under $25000, from $25000 to $35000 or $35000 and over, it does make a difference in what you can get.

Go to your local financing resource befoer yuo go shopping and find out what you really can or want to pay in a monthly payment. When you are at the new car dealers show room is not the time or the place to start thinking about how much this car is really going to cost you.

Call you insurance agent and get an update on current rates and coverages.

You'll want to focus on whether you will want a convertible, coupe, a green car, sedan, sports car, SUV, truck, van or a wagon.

The most important thing to do is to compare prices online. You can go to a single online source and compare prices and features for a Acura, Aston Martin, Audi, Bentley, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Trucks, Chrysler, Dodge, Dodge Trucks, Ferrari, Ford, Ford Trucks, GMC, GMC Trucks, Honda, HUMMER, Hyundai, Infiniti, Isuzu, Jaguar, Jeep, Kia, Lamborghini, Land Rover, Lexus, Lincoln, Lotus, Maserati, Maybach, Mazda, Mazda Trucks, Mercedes-Benz, Mercury, MINI, Mitsubishi, Morgan, Nissan, Nissan Trucks, Panoz, Pontiac, Porsche, Rolls-Royce, Saab, Saleen, Saturn, Scion, smart, Subaru, Suzuki, Tesla, Toyota, Toyota Trucks, Volkswagen or a Volvo all in one place. Why would you even consider to start your search by "looking around town" for "whats out there"?

Did you know that some of the most popular new car comparisons are an Infiniti G37 Coupe Base versus a BMW 3 Series Coupe 328i, a Audi Q7 3.6 quattro versus a Mercedes-Benz M-Class ML350, a Ford Shelby GT500 Coupe versus a Dodge Challenger 2008.75 SRT8 and a BMW M5 Sedan versus an Audi RS4 Sedan Compare Cars.


Did you also know that the top sports cars viewed on Yahoo Autos was a 2006 Saleen S7 with a MSRP of $555000, a 2008 Lamborghini Gallardo, a 2008 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, a 2009 Lamborghini Gallardo and a 2009 Audi R8.

You can easily find out all of this information and more, online.

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What Is A True Dealer Invoice Price

A dealer invoice is the invoice that the manufacture sends to the car dealer to pay for the vehicle. Each car, truck etc has a unique vehicle ID number which will be listed on the dealer invoice. The invoice will also show the MSRP price. This Manufactures Suggested Retail Price is the marked up price. A typical markup from the dealer invoice may be 12%. However, luxury cars usually have a higher markup and therfore a bigger profit for the dealer.

The invoice price is only a starting point for the dealers true cost of that car. Sure, the dealer has overhead like salaries, commissions, depreciation and utilities. But, the dealer also receives "factory to dealer incentives" and "holdbacks" from the manufacturer. These added amounts decreases the true dealers cost of the car.

The dealer hold back is about 1.75% of the invoice price and gets credited to amount that the dealer has to pay for future cars. Rebates vary by time of year, manufactures and incentives periods.

If you add extras to your car purchase like mats and rust proofing, those addons will also have a substantial profit margin built into them.