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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #60 on: March 04, 2011, 03:51:51 pm »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on March 04, 2011, 02:30:23 pm
Not much for current deals on the Regal right now. $1k cash back and 0.9% lease rate, with a $10k buyout at the end of 4 years.

$498 compared to $294? Another case of where Canadians are getting skinned compared to the US? Thought usually GM was pretty close with Can/US prices.

http://www.buick.com/tools/currentoffers/results.do
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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #61 on: March 04, 2011, 04:13:49 pm »
That's right across the board.  The difference in incentives between Toyota/Nissan USA and Canada is nuts.  If as a dealer your brand is offering 0%/60 you're laughing.

IMO, what you're gonna see in the US is a battle of incentives and the company with the biggest wallet will win.

Because you folks on this board know something about cars you are unable to conceive that the majority of buyers don't, so the financing incentives carry the day.  In the end it's all about the payment not so much the car.
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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #62 on: March 04, 2011, 04:20:31 pm »
Quote from: carcrazy on March 04, 2011, 03:02:10 pm
Quote from: articsteve on March 04, 2011, 02:18:18 pm

I travel to the USA once a year and usually rent from National - Enterprise and I have never seen a Lexus on the lots.


Check out Hertz in the US. They have Lexus - I've seen RX350s at various aeroport locations.
How many? I don't know, but there are.



Why do you make me check?  :)

There are no Lexus at Hertz.  :P

Here is there Prestige Collection: https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/productservice/index.jsp?targetPage=PrestigeCollectionUS.jsp&leftNavUserSelection=globNav_3_5_1&selectedRegion=United States


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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #63 on: March 04, 2011, 04:25:17 pm »
Quote from: articsteve on March 04, 2011, 04:20:31 pm
Quote from: carcrazy on March 04, 2011, 03:02:10 pm
Quote from: articsteve on March 04, 2011, 02:18:18 pm

I travel to the USA once a year and usually rent from National - Enterprise and I have never seen a Lexus on the lots.


Check out Hertz in the US. They have Lexus - I've seen RX350s at various aeroport locations.
How many? I don't know, but there are.



Why do you make me check?  :)

There are no Lexus at Hertz.  :P

Here is there Prestige Collection: https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/productservice/index.jsp?targetPage=PrestigeCollectionUS.jsp&leftNavUserSelection=globNav_3_5_1&selectedRegion=United States




OK if you say so. Usually the models you see on the web are not representative for all locations.
But whatever floats your boat.
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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #64 on: March 04, 2011, 04:48:00 pm »
Hertz lists MB, Infinity, Volvo, Lincoln and Caddilac 1/2 ton SUVs.  No Lexus.

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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #65 on: March 04, 2011, 04:51:16 pm »
Quote from: PJungnitsch on March 04, 2011, 03:51:51 pm
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on March 04, 2011, 02:30:23 pm
Not much for current deals on the Regal right now. $1k cash back and 0.9% lease rate, with a $10k buyout at the end of 4 years.

$498 compared to $294? Another case of where Canadians are getting skinned compared to the US? Thought usually GM was pretty close with Can/US prices.

http://www.buick.com/tools/currentoffers/results.do

It's not really that cut and dried. In the US there is more "latitude" when it comes to advertising. I think the Canadian payment I listed includes tax.
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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #66 on: March 04, 2011, 04:52:05 pm »
Quote from: articsteve on March 04, 2011, 04:48:00 pm
Hertz lists MB, Infinity, Volvo, Lincoln and Caddilac 1/2 ton SUVs.  No Lexus.


Maybe not anymore, but in my days of frequent business travel to the US, I'm 100% I've seen them in more than one airport (Reagan Intl could be one of them).
I don't have pictures or a link to back this up so I'll give it to you.  ;)
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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #67 on: March 04, 2011, 05:49:03 pm »
Quote from: carcrazy on March 04, 2011, 04:52:05 pm
I don't have pictures or a link to back this up so I'll give it to you.  ;)


Oh, that's no fun.
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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #68 on: March 04, 2011, 05:50:04 pm »
Quote from: PJungnitsch on March 04, 2011, 03:51:51 pm
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on March 04, 2011, 02:30:23 pm
Not much for current deals on the Regal right now. $1k cash back and 0.9% lease rate, with a $10k buyout at the end of 4 years.

$498 compared to $294? Another case of where Canadians are getting skinned compared to the US? Thought usually GM was pretty close with Can/US prices.

http://www.buick.com/tools/currentoffers/results.do

Are all those zero's GM's profit?
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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #69 on: March 04, 2011, 06:04:20 pm »
Quote from: articsteve on March 04, 2011, 04:13:49 pm
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IMO, what you're gonna see in the US is a battle of incentives and the company with the biggest wallet will win.

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Are they looking to gain or maintain marketshare Steve?

A Canadian resident wouldn't qualify for these incentives would my guess - is this correct?  When I went to look at the Mustang in the US, the price changed substantially because the incentives they had originally offered didn't apply as I was not a US resident.
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Re: Buick Soars Past Lexus in Sales
« Reply #70 on: March 04, 2011, 10:04:09 pm »
A Canadian resident wouldn't qualify for these incentives would my guess - is this correct?  When I went to look at the Mustang in the US, the price changed substantially because the incentives they had originally offered didn't apply as I was not a US resident.

The USA is a real mish mash of regional distribution zones all with their own incentives plus odd sales tax regulations.  So correct in that Canadians can't access finance incentives.

Are they looking to gain or maintain market share Steve?

I dunno.  They seem to be obsessed with volume at any cost like before bankruptcy.

Like the past, their bread and butter is in pickups and SUVs.  However on the passenger car side of things they are in trouble.

They only have one econobox and the jury is still out on it.

The Chevy car line up is in trouble.  Both Malibu and Impala, 50% which are fleet, don't quite equal Camry sales.

The Buick car line up isn't as bad, but again still an unknown.

Cadillac has essentially one model in the CTS.
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