Dealer Invoice Websites
For dealer invoice pricing, we recommend these sites:
- Cars Direct
- Invoice Dealers
- Ford Direct - Obviously only if you’re buying a Ford
Cars Direct
This site is the only one that will actually sell you a car online
and have it delivered to your house.
Provides great prices in a very quick fashion. You’ll be getting prices that
are below the “dealer invoice” figures quoted on the other car buying websites.
Factory-to-consumer rebates are plugged directly into the Cars Direct price, so
be sure to factor that in when you’re comparing prices with your quotes from the
other sites.
Get a written trade-in quote for your file folder while you’re here. That will
give you a good idea of what to expect.
Be sure to print out your specific rebates list. Place them in your file folder.
Their general Rebates & Incentives page uses the phrase “save money” to indicate
when a factory-to-dealer incentive exists. On a specific model page, it will say
“yes” if there’s an incentive.
Also lists when “bonus cash” (second rebate) or financing incentives are
available.
* Make sure you print out your rebates.
Invoice Dealers
This is the best overall site for generating online quote
responses. Their dealers are also the most aggressive on their email price quotes.
You won’t get itemized option pricing here, but you will get a very
comprehensive printable page listing everything that’s included in the total
price.
Using this site only takes a minute. You’ll get a whole set of very aggressive
price dealers engaged for Step 6.
Ford Direct - (Obviously only use this site if you are buying a Ford)
This is Ford’s “buy it direct from the factory” site. As a manufacturer, they
don’t want to undercut their dealers, but they also want your business. The
participating dealers through whom the cars are delivered are very aggressive in their pricing.
A price quote from Ford Direct will make any other Ford dealer sharpen their
pencil. They know it’s a legitimate source and their response to your Fax Buying
Campaign will be even more aggressive pricing. That works real well on models
with big dealer incentives.
How to Use These Quotes
Chose your lowest quote from the sites you just visited. We’ll be taking the
best pricing from these quote responses and using those as the starting point in your
Fax Buying Campaign.
These numbers for your specific configuration will get entered on your quote
sheet, so make sure everything is accurate and complete.
As always when comparing quotes, make sure you have the same base model and trim
packages selected. Just check the MSRP number. If that’s different, then you’ve made a change. Go
back and adjust your configuration to match.
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