mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (03/02/85)
In article <2140@drutx.UUCP> rkp@drutx.UUCP (Russ Pierce) writes: >(Fujitsu), the price was about $11,900.00. (It did not cost us >$1,000.00 over list price. One person on the net wrote that >many Japanese cars are being marked up $1,000.00 at the dealer.) Only $1000? In Columbus, Datsuns, Toyotas, and Hondas are marked up $2000-$3000 over list price. Since we're in the market for one of these cars in the next few months, I'm wondering if there's a significant variation from one part of the country to another. If you've shopped around for such cars recently, please mail me a note telling me what the typical markup is (and give a few example prices if you remember them.) For example, our local Datsun dealer was marking the Sentra wagon up by about $2000 from $8500 to $10,500. They had a used 1084 wagon, with only about 200 miles on it, but it needed body work and only half of the warantee was left, and they were asking $10,000 for it (and were not flexible.) I especially wonder if places like Detroit, Cleveland, or Pittsburgh have lower markups, due to the prevailing "buy American" sentiment. I am aware that prices may go down soon as the import quotas are lifted. However, I have no idea how fast they will go down or whether it's worthwhile to wait. Mark