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Best February Deals

Posted: Feb, 04 2010
by: Gary Hoffman | AOL Autos
 

The great “fire sale” of 2009 is over, but consumers are still finding great deals on dealership lots these days. Overall, the sizes of rebates and other incentives have been trending downward in recent months as the U.S. economy recovers and automakers continue to restructure their operations. U.S., Asian and European automakers are all trying to sell cars, trucks and SUVs totally on their merits – and not merely based on the available incentives.

Fortunately for consumers, they haven’t reached that point yet. Models like Kia’s Forte feature fairly substantial incentives to assure a nice reception in the market. This month, Ford has a number of deals associated with local auto shows that can boost your total take by as much as $1,500. Mazda is postponing the initial monthly payment by as much as three months on some of its models. General Motors has added a $500 cash rebate to an already sweet 0% deal on its 2010 Malibu. (And it features a whopping $2,500 rebate option that is a throwback to gloomier times). There are also plenty of 2009s still on dealer lots. In many cases, their rebates are even bigger than those for 2010, even if the vehicle has hardly changed in the new model year. All things being equal, however, the resale value on the 2010 will be higher -- perhaps as much as $500 to $1,000.

Select The Vehicles Below And View The Incentive:

Compact Cars Midsize Cars Retro Cars SUVs Pickups
Mazda3 Volkswagen CC MINI Cooper Honda Pilot Chevrolet Avalanche
Chevrolet Cobalt Mazda6 Chevrolet HHR Ford Explorer GMC Canyon
Volkswagen Rabbit Chevrolet Malibu Chrysler PT Cruiser Mazda Tribute Ford Ranger
Kia Forte Ford Fusion Jeep Wrangler Dodge Nitro Dodge Ram 1500

Editor's Pick: 2010 Mazda3

The From a marketing standpoint, Mazda has pulled out the stops for its Mazda3. It’s true the model has been a perky, fun-to-drive vehicle since it was introduced in 2004. But now its designers and engineers have totally redone its interior and exterior. That alone ought to have been enough to generate some decent sales for the automaker. But Mazda is evidently leaving nothing to chance. It has come up with an approach that is absolutely tailored to the slow U.S. economy (and perhaps intended to terrorize the competition in the process.) The payment schedule doesn’t kick in for 90 days, meaning that buyers can postpone their first payment until late spring. And if that were not enough, the company is offering 0% financing over five years -- with an extra $500 rebate on top of that. And we won’t even go into its 33 mpg highway fuel economy. The 2010 Mazda3 comes with a choice of four trim levels, loads of high-tech options, and a 148-hp 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine or a 167-hp 2.5-liter four-cylinder.

Please Note: These deals only apply to the month listed above.

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dolphinluvv67 Jan 13, 2010 7:10 PM
hey sgent, the big 3 still employ between 3 and 3.5 million jobs here directly and indirectly!! ALL foreign nameplates combined- less than 300K American jobs, so congrats, you're ALMOST 1/10th of an American ya MF'in FOOL!!
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dolphinluvv67 Jan 13, 2010 7:07 PM
you're a freakin IDIOT, grey!! you know NOTHING about what you're talking about!1 you have a serious case of foot-in-mouth head-up-a*s disease!! The Chevy Silverado/GMC Sierra and the Ford F-150 are the 2 MOST American made VEHICLES by content at 90%!! Thy're also the 2 BEST selling VEHICLES on the fce of the PLANET for 23 years running!! only 2 vehicles on the top 10 most American by content are japanese, the toyota camry and the toyota sienna!! the other 8 are American nameplate you MORON!!
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sgentilejr Jan 12, 2010 5:25 PM
handhcleaning111 Jan 12, 2010 3:45 PM I called my insurance agent to get a quote on car insurance for my kids he said Colbalt's has a very high rate so what you save on a car you will pay for in insurance. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Sir, the same is true about many other small vehicles also. People are safer in larger vehicles and the insurance companies suffer less medical loss costs when a larger vehicle has an accident. Get you kids a Gran Marquis and the insurance costs will be far lower and more even more important___you kids will be far safer.The larger vehicles have "More room to Live" inside them in a serious accident.
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greyawd2006 Jan 12, 2010 4:26 PM
I love the ignorance of Americans (I'm American). Just because a car is made by an American company doesn't mean it's made here. I'm willing to bet most people don't realize their cars are made almost entirely in Mexico or Canada. That's right your beloved American companies are giving jobs to those countries and not ours. Toyota and Honda have created many jobs in America by opening plants here. And sorry but Ford is the only company that offers attractive cars across their lineup. GM is made like crap for the most part and Dodge.....well they are just horrible. The only thing they have is the Ram and Viper. Otherwise Dodge is one of the most bland companies on the market and it has pretty much ZERO direction. Pretty neat when an SRT-8 Charger which retailed for over $40k new was only worth $21k as a trade in less than 2 years later (car was in perfect condition and only had 17k miles. My friends lost a lot of dough on that one). And my poor Japanese Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution was purchased for $34k new and 3 years later (almost 3 years to the day) it was sold for $30k. Man it SUCKED to love the car like I did and actually make money when I sold it. But go ahead and buy American. I know that in a couple years when my Honda doesn't have me upside down by $5k or more I won't be the one bitching about the economy because I chose to go with a car that actually holds it's value. Also...Cobalts suck. They drive like crap. Their interior is assembled on the cheapest budget you can imagine. I've driven one for a few days and it was one of the worst new cars I've ever had the displeasure of occupying. They offer incentives because they HAVE to. I'm all for helping the American economy, but bitching about another person's car choice isn't going to help anyone. We need to focus our attention in a few other places before we even start referring to what buying foreign cars does to this country.
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