[quote=gzz]I purchased a mazda cx30 crossover at MSRP in September. They did a 3 year 0% loan too.
They basically would sell them within 2 days of arrival at the dealer. I just waited for one to pop up on their website, test drove it, bought it, made the salesman’s life easy as possible. He did try to charge an extra 2k market adjustment at first, but I moved on and called him back a week later and he changed his mind.
There’s no point in buying used now IMO if you can afford a new one.
I adore the car. Zero problems, and the best drive and interior out of the 6 I did test drives of and 15 I sat in. If you want a small CUV with awd, full leather, and drives like a car not an SUV, try it out.[/quote]
Ouch … MSRP? Mazdas use to sell below invoice. I had a cx5 priced $2k below invoice at the beginning of 2021, which was even been than S-plan friends and family pricing that you can get near ar invoice or a few hundred above. S-plan pricing is pretty easy to get. You just have to join Mazda Motorsports for free and you get parts at dealer cost and S-plan pricing on new cars. It’s not that hard to qualify for mazda motorsports membership. You just need to participate in one timed/result posted autocross/hpde event every two years and submit your proof you attended the event and finished. You don’t even need to drive a Mazda,it literally can be a beater car that barely crosses the finish line in a timed event. A simple autocross is like $80 but saves you hundreds if not thousand off a new car purchase because you can S-plan pricing and gets you parts at dealership cost.
I bought a brand new spare transmission from Mazda Motorsports for $1200, much less than any rebuild. $1200 for a new transmission is ridiculously cheap. That’s how much it costs just to replace a plastic valve cover on a BMW N55 engine, lol.
I’ve pretty much decided not to get a new car unless it’s electric. No point in getting an ICE car now. Plus I got a few to drive into the ground before I have from for another car, lol.
Hopefully, you shopped around with LA dealers too over the internet. Galpin Mazda sells cars well below other dealers because they are one of the largest dealers in SoCal. They are the ones that were going to give me way below invoice on the CX-5.
They have over 30 cx-30’s so they wheel and deal. Unlike miata’s where there’s no inventory and marked up.
