Chrysler to Offer Special Car Discounts
In effort to ousell and outperform rivals Ford and GM, both domestic car manufacturers, Chrysler is said to be offering special discounts and incentives to car buyers soon. So, if you’re in the market for a car now, check out Chrysler cars (although I’m a Honda girl myself).
Set for July, Daimler Chrysler is planning to roll out a new set of discounted car prices to attract new customers, and also to roll out a new employee discount program that will be offered to any employee purchasing a Chrysler vehicle.
The exact discounts have not been disclosed yet, but they may take the form of a car rebate, where you get money back AFTER purchasing the car, and you usually get varying rebates back depending on the model vehicle you choose.
This could potentially save a car shopping customer hundreds or thousands of dollars depending on the deals offered, and will definitely cause a price war once the competitors get a load of the new offers. What good for the consumer is good for the economy, right?
Buying a new car is rarely a good thing. The reason for this is that it devalues so fast. I have a comparison for you. My brother buys a new car every 4 years @ 40k (30k 8 years ago).
When he dumped that first new car it was worth 12k. During that same time I’ve driven my paid off 16 year old car. I’ve spent only $2k in repairs over 8 and bought my car used for 12k. My car today is worth 2k…my brothers is worth 20k. I’ve spent 14k total +gas, he has spent 38k (depreciation) in the same time. We both earn about the same yet I have more in savings because of things like this.
Just something to think about.
Comment by Rick — June 29, 2006 @ 10:38 pm