December's TrueTrends by TrueCar report includes the following highlights:
• The most negotiable new cars include the 2009 Chrysler Aspen and the 2010 Mini Cooper
• The 2009 Mazda6 has the best incentive offer this month – $5,250 in total. In addition, it is averaging 290 days in inventory which could add up to more savings for consumers
• The top 2010 brands with the biggest discounts are Ford, Lincoln, Chrysler, Mercury and Volvo – all selling 9% or more below MSRP
• If there is a Saturn dealership in your area, VUE’s and Auras are selling 20% or more off MSRP on the remaining stock
• The two best remaining days to buy a car in 2009 are Christmas Eve (Dec. 24th) and New Years Eve (Dec. 31st)
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TrueTrends by TrueCar - December 2009
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Automotive intelligence covering new car prices, best car deals and more.
December 15th, 2009
The Truth Will Prevail
During the last month, TrueCar acquired actual sales We obtain our data directly from car dealers, respected
transaction data for more than 43% of all new vehicles sold dealer management system (DMS) providers, and
within the United States. We continue to work to grow this well-known data aggregators within the automotive space.
number aggressively. As of November 2009, this We also acquire vehicle configuration data, customer and
represents more than 320,000 vehicles sold nationally in dealer incentives data, financing and loan data, vehicle
November and 4 million year-to-date. registration an insurance data, and much, much more.
TrueCar is insatiable about data with our goal to find 100% TrueCar believes the greater our informational accuracy, the
of all purchase transactions, even if that means finding the greater benefit we provide to both dealers and consumers.
same transaction multiple times from multiple sources
within the car-buying ecosystem.