Invoice on a 2010 5?

[johnboyg]

All,

I'm looking to buy a new 2010 Mazda5 but got some surprises at my local dealer. I'm just looking at the Sport, manual transmission. CR says invoice is $16865, but that's what they said for 2009 also. Dealer showed me the s-plan cost of $17773 and claimed it was invoice. (E-plan was $170xx, fwiw.) If the MSRP is $17995, the invoice can't be so high, right? The dealer wants a few percent off MSRP + destination, but wouldn't negotiate lower. Seems like invoice and my price should be lower. What think?

thanks

P.S. Nice car!

 

[starlightmica]

carsdirect.com gave me an invoice of $17815 for the Sport/5MT in my zip code. PEP adds $490.

FWIW the local dealer here is selling their Tourings at $1400 below invoice.

 

[P5w3kids]

All,

I'm looking to buy a new 2010 Mazda5 but got some surprises at my local dealer. I'm just looking at the Sport, manual transmission. CR says invoice is $16865, but that's what they said for 2009 also. Dealer showed me the s-plan cost of $17773 and claimed it was invoice. (E-plan was $170xx, fwiw.) If the MSRP is $17995, the invoice can't be so high, right? The dealer wants a few percent off MSRP + destination, but wouldn't negotiate lower. Seems like invoice and my price should be lower. What think?

thanks

P.S. Nice car!

$16,865 is the correct invoice BEFORE the $750 for destination, 100% of which goes to the manufacturer. S-Plan is about 1% above invoice, so that number sounds right if it includes destination, which it should.

The 2010 Mazda5 can be configured and compared to other cars here:

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[KBrian]

E-Plan, S-Plan? What's the deal?

 

[mpvue]

all those #s are funny money anyway; dealer will deal better on a car the longer its been on the lot, 90 days IIRC they want it out of there.
FWIW, I'm looking right now at a new '09 sport manual, for just over $16K. waiting to see what the real OTD price will be.