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Old Jul 9, 2015 | 06:23 AM
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Sound advice from the other posts. I was thinking that auto sales in Europe were much different than in the states. Specifically, that in Europe the price on the vehicle includes ALL costs and is the same at each dealer in that country. Is that not the case?

As far as buying in the states, everything is negotiable. To include service plans, extended warranties, percentage rate, etc. If you get a "deal" on the price of the vehicle, then you can bet the dealer has raised the price on on everything left on the sale. And in most cases they've raised it enough to make a larger profit than they would have made if not giving a "deal" on the vehicle.
 
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Originally Posted by YammyDrummer
Sound advice from the other posts. I was thinking that auto sales in Europe were much different than in the states. Specifically, that in Europe the price on the vehicle includes ALL costs and is the same at each dealer in that country. Is that not the case?

As far as buying in the states, everything is negotiable. To include service plans, extended warranties, percentage rate, etc. If you get a "deal" on the price of the vehicle, then you can bet the dealer has raised the price on on everything left on the sale. And in most cases they've raised it enough to make a larger profit than they would have made if not giving a "deal" on the vehicle.

Honestly, I have no idea if sales are different in England. That's why I asked here.


Thanks for your help everyone. I think I'm going to wait until the 2016 line is announced just in case something awesome is coming, if not I can use that to buy a 2015
 
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