Gm Sales Way Down

pm26 · March 3, 2009

GM car and truck sales fell 52% in February '09 compared to their sales in February '08. Ford sales were down 48%.

Hopefully there will be good bargains out there this spring.

BuckFeverZ · March 3, 2009

There are great deals to be had right now

pm26 · March 3, 2009

There are great deals to be had right now

They do not have such great deals on the '09 trucks right now.

dansk · March 3, 2009

They don't?? I got over $7K off just two weeks ago. I think that was a pretty good deal on a truck with a $34K sticker.

mattgob86 · March 3, 2009

The new incentives are alright. A crew cab has either $4000 rebate or 0% financing

music · March 4, 2009

The new incentives are alright. A crew cab has either $4000 rebate or 0% financing

That's the same deal they had in March of last year, so not much different. That said, GM can't give away vehicles forever, they will continue to cut production to the point where they are more balanced with demand. BTW, what's the cutoff date for special orders?

pm26 · March 4, 2009

The new incentives are alright. A crew cab has either $4000 rebate or 0% financing

That's the same deal they had in March of last year, so not much different. That said, GM can't give away vehicles forever, they will continue to cut production to the point where they are more balanced with demand. BTW, what's the cutoff date for special orders?

Give them away? Hardly. If you have not noticed, they jacked up the prices of some of their more economical models to ridiculous levels. The HHR is a good example. What started out as a low priced competitor to the Chrysler's PT cruiser, is now an overpriced, underpowered small wagon, hardly worth another look. They have had several within- the- year price increases on it, and then they offer a $ 1000 rebate on it (only recently increased to $ 2500 due to lackluster sales)after having increased the sticker price by about $ 3k in just two years? I call BS on this one. The vehicle is made in Mexico BTW, so manufacturing costs are much lower than for the US made vehicles.

GM is playing some of us for fools. I was seriously interested either in Cobalt or HHR as my work car, but their pricing and piss poor deals on these made me look elsewhere.

And take a look at the prices of some large SUV, like Suburbans. $ 55k sticker for a 2009 Mexican made LT2 Suburban? With only about $ 5k in total discounts?

music · March 4, 2009

Give them away? Hardly...

You're right about the "jacked up sticker prices". I stopped by a dealer recently and noticed a '09 that looked about the same as my 08, and on first glance, in about the same price range. I looked it over and noticed that it had a couple more gizmos, maybe $1k worth or so. Good so far, but then I was shocked. It was 2wd and priced $2k "higher" than my 2008 4wd. Hmmm... However, the real question would be, what is "invoice" on the new price scheme.

My statement above was just an obvious "business" statement. They have to find the sweet spot for pricing vs production, as all other companies are doing, and can't resort to "giving them away" at or below actual cost. I've never liked the smoke and mirror pricing crap... and never will.

bigdogxx · March 4, 2009

They don't?? I got over $7K off just two weeks ago. I think that was a pretty good deal on a truck with a $34K sticker.

I got almost 10k of my sticker when i bought my 05, hell i would think these dealers dont have a pot to piss in right now, if this is the way they are pricing i can see why sales are off by over 50%!

robot225 · March 4, 2009

The new incentives are alright. A crew cab has either $4000 rebate or 0% financing

That's the same deal they had in March of last year, so not much different. That said, GM can't give away vehicles forever, they will continue to cut production to the point where they are more balanced with demand. BTW, what's the cutoff date for special orders?

I don't suppose you happen remember what the deals were in April last year too? My truck will either come in late this month or next.

music · March 4, 2009

The new incentives are alright. A crew cab has either $4000 rebate or 0% financing

That's the same deal they had in March of last year, so not much different. That said, GM can't give away vehicles forever, they will continue to cut production to the point where they are more balanced with demand. BTW, what's the cutoff date for special orders?

I don't suppose you happen remember what the deals were in April last year too? My truck will either come in late this month or next.

Yes, I remember because I was truck shopping Feb/Mar/Apr. Bought mine in April. The April incentives were identical to what they had in March.

dlstewart01 · March 4, 2009

GM car and truck sales fell 52% in February '09 compared to their sales in February '08. Ford sales were down 48%.

Hopefully there will be good bargains out there this spring.

You know... I'll bet the reason that sales are down is because there ain't nobody buying them

TXHNTR · March 5, 2009

Back in August 08 I got $10k off my truck and the dealer gave me the payoff amount on my last truck.

pm26 · March 5, 2009

Back in August 08 I got $10k off my truck and the dealer gave me the payoff amount on my last truck.

I remember that back in '04 they were discounting Z71 crew cabs by as much as $ 12k of the sticker. In '05 you could get about $ 10k off. And GM sales were in way better shape then than they are now.

pm26 · March 5, 2009

They don't?? I got over $7K off just two weeks ago. I think that was a pretty good deal on a truck with a $34K sticker.

Actually you got only about $ 5k off compared to the '08 prices, because they jacked up the prices by about $ 2k on the '09s. So nothing to write home about. You would have got $ 10k off last year.