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Archive for Июнь, 2009

In case you didn’t know it, this is a fantastic time to purchase a new vehicle. With programs like “Cash for Guzzlers” kicking in, you can get a super deal for your old beater, and financing deals have never been better. The government will give you a rebate if you buy certain hybrids and will take the car back if you can’t make payments, in some cases.

I never imagined that I would be so inundated by car salesmen once I announced to the world that I was in the market for a new vehicle. It’s been an avalanche of phone calls, e-mails, postcards –literally hundreds of them—all offering unprecedented deals. I feel like a high school football star being recruited by all the top colleges!

With car dealerships closing at an alarming rate, and government bailout money flying around like confetti, this is THE time to purchase a car, because car dealers are hungry for CASH right now.

The deals that I am hearing are literally unfathomable. I don’t think I’m going to truly believe these prices until the day I decide on what car I want to buy and sign on the dotted line. I keep thinking I’m in a car buyers’ fantasy land and that I’ll eventually wake up to find out it was all just a dream.

But it’s all true. Huge rebates. 72-months zero percent financing. As much as 30% off sticker. Tax breaks. Every dealer I am talking to is falling over itself trying to capture my business. In the end, I am going to get an incredible deal and the possibility of saving a lot of money obviously really appeals to me, especially now.

I am currently considering five nameplates: Nissan, VW, Chevy, Ford and Mazda, because they seem to be the ones that are most willing to wheel and deal. Some of the other car dealers, like Honda, Subaru or any of your luxury brands, are seemingly not willing to slash prices big-time. They’re holding steady on pricing hoping that their quality of product and service will get them through this economic storm.

I can’t wait for the bidding to begin, because in this case, competition IS very healthy – for me. It’s a Gold Rush for new car buyers and I’ve got my pan and shovel and I’m mining for the best deal I can find!

To see just how normal the tiny Smart car has become in America, look no further than the news that the company is now offering purchase incentives to buyers of the cute little urban transport critters.

Not that the Smart ForTwo needs much help in the sales department. Word comes from the Penske Automotive Group, U.S. distributors of the Smart set an impressive 24,622 total sales of the diminutive city car in 2008. And yes, that’s the same Penske that basically owns the Borg Warner trophy, as well as recently buying Saturn from GM. Smart dealers are happy, saying they could have sold even more had they been available.

But that was 2008, and now it’s 2009, and sales have dropped. Sales are down nearly 16-percent from the first five months of 2008 and sales in the month of May sales, though, were down a disturbing 56.6 percent.

Ergo, time for some good old-fashioned deal making. Penske has will offer its first-ever incentives on the ForTwo from now until the end of July. Buyers may qualify for 4.2-percent financing through Daimler Financial Services for the purchase of a new 2009

If this financial carrot works, expect it to be extended a bit longer. Penske is also looking in to allowing dealerships to order new cars and forego the mandatory $99 reservation fee paid by the customer. The upshot of that would be to place more new vehicles on dealer lots for buyers to choose from.

Look at the first official photos of the high-performance ‘R’ version of the VW’s Scirocco. The new VW Scirocco R is powered by a new version of the Golf GTI V’s 2.0-liter engine boasting a higher pressure turbocharger, that boost output to 265HP.

The 265HP 2.0 TSI is mated to a standard six-speed manual gearbox and optionally, to a twin-clutch DSG semi-automatic transmission.

The Scirocco R is not equipped with an all-wheel drive system as VW preferred to retain the coupe’s front wheel drive layout. It helps drop the Scirocco’s weight to 1,330 kg.

The Scirocco R starts up to 100km/h in 6.5 seconds and reaches an electronically limited top speed of 250km/h or 155mph.

The bodykit consists of a chunkier front bumper that houses larger air vents as well as LED daytime running lights, side skirts, new grille, roof spoiler, restyled rear bumper and smoked tail lights. The VW Scirocco R runs on all-new 18-inch five-spoke rims.

The new VW Scirocco R will arrive to European showrooms in fall 2009. Volkswagen has no plans to import the sports coupe in the country.

As we all know that the Automakers around the world have been in the news quite a lot recently. The future of the car industry is very much in doubt for sure. And since the economy is hitting most of us quite hardly in these days, I thought it’s about the right time to take a look at sites/online searching that help us find decent and quality used cars.

Many of the sites in this alphabetical roundup will provide the research and information you require before you buy a car. Others will allow you to find cars in your area or buy them right on the site. In Either way, they’re really worth a look.

Peter Vardy is one of them that provide useful information on every car they are selling, and cover almost the favourite cars we want, like used vauxhall, used BMW, used Mini. We can easily get a price from the website or even get a test drive. It is a nicely designed and user friendly site that might be useful. If you want to research vehicles, it boasts some useful information. In the current economy climate, it provide 0% interest rate on the car purchase which help us get rid of most of the concern. If you haven’t used the site before, you’ll want to try it out. The site features great information on used cars from a variety of automakers. Its research review page is a great resource on cars, one of the best elements of the site, makes it even more informative and useful. It’s well worth checking out when you perform your research used cars. For example, if you search USED BMW M3 07, you will instantly get a view of the car, any information you need will show to you.
Overall, Peter Vardy is the right place for you to find used cars or dealers that sell used cars anywhere in the uk.

Audi unveiled a first photo and detailes of the upcoming A5 Sportback. The information includes details on the entry prices and the engine range. The Audi A5 Sportback is a sleek five-door coupe with a low-slung roofline and a large hatchback. The new Sportback will be available with an range of turbocharged and naturally aspirated gasoline engines as well as diesel units.

The A5 Sportback is 36 mm or 1.42 inches lower than the A4 Sedan while it also features shorter overhangs at the front and rear as well as a 2mm longer wheelbase of 2,810 mm.

The two gasoline units, the 2.0-liter TFSI with an output of 211HP and the 3.2-liter V6 generating 265HP will be combined with Audi’s all-wheel drive quattro system.

The diesel lineup will include a 2.0 TDI with 170HP, a 6-speed manual gearbox, the 2.7-liter TDI with 190HP, and the three-liter V6 TDI with 240HP and quattro all-wheel drive.

The A5 Sportback will arrive to European dealerships in September with an start price of €36,050 in Germany ($50,000) for the 2.0 TDI version. Later, Audi will add a cheaper model.