Lee's Don't Miss Deal Of The Week
This is the first installation of my weekly highlighting of deals and offers that I see as beneficial to you, the consumer. If I see a particularly large amount of cash incentives, a super low lease or finance rate or an incentives trend, I will make note of it here. Today I would like to highlight a deal on a crossover utility vehicle (CUV).
While it may not be at the top of anyone's shopping list, the Subaru Tribeca
is certainly worth a second look. The Tribeca offers some unique styling, good road manners, lots of features and amenities, better than average reliability and resale value and a flexible seating arrangement. In addition, and why it makes my list this week, is the fact that there is as much as $4000 dealer cash on MY08 models and $1000 on MY09 vehicles, along with a TMV price that is at or below invoice price. MY08 models also have 0% financing for as long as 63 months. I like the Tribeca, and these offers make it that much more attractive.
One thing to keep in mind that the cash available on the Tribeca is dealer cash, and not customer cash. This means that the dealer can use the cash in any manner they see fit, passing it along to the consumer at their discretion. However, my experience has been that most dealers will indeed pass the cash along to the customer as a way to lower the final selling price.
While most agree that you should buy the vehicle, and not the deal, sometimes the deal can make the vehicle that much more appealing. Tune in next Thursday for another highlighted deal of the week.
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- Lee Scott January 8, 2009, 12:00 AM
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How could you forget mentioning Subaru's symmetrical all-wheel drive?!
http://www.subaru-global.com/awd_top.html
For those with 20 minutes or so to kill, here are some good videos of Subaru's symmetrical AWD vs. others' attempts at AWD. Sadly, Audi is not included in the comparison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7dVFY5CxT0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t09ExAUgtyE
I've owned three Subarus and loved them all. My wife surprisingly liked the older style Tribeca better. It had some character. This new one, although nice, just blends in with everything else. I love the interior though.
A great thing about dealer cash is that you don't pay sales tax on it.
In tax happy blue states like Maryland, sales tax is assessed on the full price before rebates are applied - effectively a $4000 customer rebate is $3760 for you and $240 for the comptroller.