09.14.08
Posted in General, General Leasing, Articles, Car Leasing at 12:51 pm by LeasingRus
In a niche where excess always rules, manufacturers are outdoing each other in spectacular ways to develop the ultimate sports car. And it’s not just more power they’re after.If a few of the models on our latest hot list are any indication, your next sports car could very well plug into a wall outlet or run on recycled cooking oil.
But sports car purists can relax. It will be years before the piercing sound of high-revving engines fades from the streets. In the meantime, some of the biggest buzz belongs to Bugatti. Read the rest of this entry »
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07.27.08
Posted in General, Articles, Car Leasing at 4:00 pm by LeasingRus
The “adjustment” in the American economy we’ve heard the president mutter about will have plenty of people adjusting their way from houses into rental properties, from organic frisée to iceberg lettuce, and from mid-priced sedans into whatever box with four wheels and a warranty the dealer will put them in. The cheapest new cars money can buy are no longer only for people failing their drivers’ tests for lack of experience or lack of eyesight.
The good news is that the vehicles at the bottom of the new-car barrel are better, safer, and more reliable than ever. There are even a couple of remarkably good cars on this list, so good we’d drive them even if the balance in our checking accounts didn’t mime a change jar. Chevy gets the party started with the $13,270 Aveo; Mazda serves up the champagne with the Mazda 3 for $16,895. Read the rest of this entry »
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07.03.07
Posted in Articles, Get out of a car lease, Auto lease, Car lease swap at 4:41 pm by LeasingRus
7 ways dealers make you pay extra. Winning strategies for playing the car-buying game to win.
Your goal is to get the best car at the best price. The dealers’ goal should be to help you do this, but too often it’s simply to make as much profit as they can. As a smart shopper, you need to know the common strategies that dealerships use to pad their bottom line–from tricky negotiating tactics to trying to sell you unnecessary extras–and how to avoid playing their game. Consumer Reports’ auto-test staff, which buys more than 50 vehicles a year, has had hundreds of dealership experiences. Following are some of the most common things you could encounter and CR’s advice on how to avoid falling prey to them.
1. Mixing negotiations. Salespeople like to combine the vehicle price, trade-in, and/or financing negotiation, often asking you what you can afford to pay per month. This gives them more latitude to provide a favorable figure in one area while inflating figures in other areas. In the end, this could cost you more overall.
Avoid this trap by negotiating one thing at a time, starting with the price of the car. Approach this as if you were paying cash, with no trade-in. To get the best deal, you should go in with a starting price that’s based not on the vehicle’s sticker price but on how much the dealer paid for it. The dealer invoice price is commonly available on Web sites and in pricing guides, but that isn’t necessarily what the dealer paid. Read the rest of this entry »
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06.30.07
Posted in General, Articles, Auto lease at 3:37 pm by LeasingRus
“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” That’s all well and good on the playground, but it’s a different story in a car showroom.That’s because auto dealers have their own colorful slang that says something about how the car business operates; some pitfalls to watch out for; and Read the rest of this entry »
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08.02.06
Posted in General, General Leasing, Articles, Car Leasing at 4:25 pm by LeasingRus
Wallstreet Journal recently plublish a new article on auto leasing as a financing options.
Higher gas prices have curbed people’s appetite for gas-guzzling SUVs in general, says the manager of dealership Platinum Ford in Flushing, N.Y. Even for those still itching to drive big cars, they would rather lease new ones than buy those traded in or coming off leases, thanks to increased leasing promotions and lower maintenance costs of new cars. “I’ve stopped bidding for midsized and large-sized SUVs at auctions,” says the dealer.A growing number of car shoppers choose to lease rather than buy as rising interest rates have …Read more from the Wallstreet Journal.
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