Double_B

Starting prices

Coupe = 17,000
Sedan = 16,800
Hybrid = 28,500

boogie

Chances are you will not be able to talk any dealers down much in price. The civic is brand new and selling really well. There's no reason for the dealer to sell to you at a discounted price.

kwikb16a2

hybrid to me is a waste of money.......changing batteries every 5 years and that costs atleast a few G's

imported_alwaysoverkill

this basically says battery packs can be changed at a cost of $138ea an that most have an 8 year warranty, so not sure where you got the 5 year figure from, but yeah, there does seem to be maintenance with batteries, so unless your driving a ****load of miles, maybe gas would still be better.

this is from google, and there are lots more, some cars have 10 year battery warranties.

Hybrid cars and what you should know:
http://cars.about.com/cs/familysedan...id_explain.htm


Those same critics have insisted that if you replace the batteries after the warranty expires, it will most likely cost several thousand dollars. Toyota claims prices will drop as hybrids become more popular; battery packs currently run around $4900. However the pack contains 38 modules that can be replaced individually for $138.00 each. Honda's Insight and Civic hybrids have an 8-yr./80,000-mi. warranty on most of the powertrain, including batteries, and a three-year/36,000-mile warranty on the rest of the car. The Prius has an 8-yr./100,000-mi. warranty on the battery and hybrid systems, plus a three-year/36,000-mile warranty on everything else. The electric motors and batteries don't require maintenance over the life of the vehicle.

lordg

Does anyone know what is a reasonable amount of profit a car dealer should make on a car they sell.

Double_B

Call APA (automotive protection agency) and they will be able to help you. For a price, they will give you the fair mark up over cost on a new car. But I can tell you that it won't be much diff with a Honda or most imports. Domestics seem to have a bigger mark up. This is based on me using APA for my purchases, new and used.

imported_alwaysoverkill

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story....e&aff=national

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story....e&aff=national

http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story....e&aff=national

And there are more tips on the left under buying advice
this may help give ya some tips

Double_B

Nice find!!

imported_JookSingKid

100% sure, Honda released 2006 Civic Hybrid MSRP last week

Brian, 28,500 is the pricing for the 05 model. 25, 800 is for the 06!

Compare a 06 automatic EX sedan has a MSRP of 23,000
the $2,800 gap is not a big leap to a Hybrid.

http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/...tid=51603&pg=7

http://www.carpages.ca/go/roadtest/2...road_test.aspx

Double_B

Damn Sam, you are right! I missed the 05 at the end of it.


Thanks

Younes Si

I say go for paying it straight up cash, you wont have no payments...but if you want somthing better put down like 20G's and pay off the rest

imported_JookSingKid

No worries Brian, I was pretty surprised to see a 3K drop in the price of the Hybrid myself.

imported_LockedUp

The new 06 civic is a nice car, especially the coupe, but the new csx is amazing i would love to own that car...
Congrats on your new car, hope you enjoy it...

oncogene

<-- new here!

woh 3k drop in price for the hybrid?!?! With the extra $1000 government tax rebate... it may actually be worth it... oh well I ordered a LX sedan already

oncogene

I just signed for a LX sedan MT, I got, sort of, $1000 off FINAL price... which translated to ~$860 off MSPR. But I have my old car as trade-in as well, so I'm sure that will give them a bigger margin (of possible profit) to work with. Probably could have bargin for abit more, but oh well... it's done and it's done, forget it.... waiting for new car now

97SiR

Indeed, 3K drop in the Hybrid is not bad at all. I am actually looking at maybe trading the old EK Hatch in for a newer car. I might just look into the Hybrid after all.

On a different note, congrats oncogene on the purchase of your new car.

oncogene

Thanks !

Too bad the hybrid colors are all, well, kinda ugly. And the rims... pizza pan wheels grhh

lordg

Hey oncogene, how long do you have to wait to pick up your car?

imported_MY SiR

06 Civic just became Motor Trend's Car Of The Year. I also heard that Civics are (or about to be) on 'back-order' and dealers can't get enough to meet demand. With the announcement of it being Car Of The Year, American Honda might demand more Civics from the factories which leaves less for Canada....

If demand exceeds supply, don't expect any discounts...

oncogene

Hey I just called the dealer today, and my car is READY on the lot Got VIN# as well so it's real heh. I guess I'm lucky, that's hardy any wait at all, 4 days. I think they did a dealer-swap to get the car. When I called the salesman's cell, he's actually driving my car back to the dealership. I order a manual tranny and it's much easier to find than an auto tranny one with Toronto area, said the salesman.

But I'll actually wait til next weekend to pick it up. No time this week... and with this snow on right now, I dont want to put the new car out yet. Hoping I can have at least couple days of dry roads to get use to the car first... coz i'm used to driving a 4WD