It is a volume dealership thing. One of the largest Chevy dealerships on the country. As of this morning, they were down to 120 Equinox EVs showing. Good progress, but more work to do. If you are willing to drive, there is a smaller dealership around that has some cars left and I’m pretty sure would get you a similar deal to what t got. PM me and I’ll make the contact for you to help.

 

Sticker for me for a base LT with portable charger and delivery was 35,300 Dealer was not offering much of a dealer based discount for that, and in fact gouged me for doc fees and a few strips of paint protectant.

35,300
-7500 fed tax
-2000 GM cash
-1250 Costco
-1250 GM "conquest" or whatever its called when you don't own a GM vehicle currently
- 500 educator discount

22,800

• 599 bull crap doc fee
• 899 totally over charge for paint protection

24,298 OTD

We pay sales tax in MO when we tag it which will add 6% or so. I prefer to always factor those out of the deal as it varies region to region.

I think the other poster with an LT with lots of nice stuff for $28000 got a better deal than I, but I got a very nice car for the $$$. I don't think there are any LT out there now that don't have money down already. I had put money down weeks ahead of time, while the vehicle was still in transit.

Buy from a non-local dealer.

YEP> that's why there's this 'internet' thingy.

 

I searched Chevy inventory out to 500 miles from me, went to dealers websites that had the vehicle I wanted, called every dealer that had one listed.

They were ALL already purchased in transit. I was bottom feeding, looking for a base LT in a couple colors my wife liked. Avoiding the other stuff, except heated steering and seats. That I would have paid a fair penny for. (once you have heated steering in an EV, I think it will be hard to go back)

You may be right that in a few days dealers will compromise on higher trims if they have several on their lot. But in a radius around Kansas City I did not see any thing close to that many EQEVs on a single dealers lot. 166 on lot is crazy and must be a coastal thing.......

 

Dealers are misnamed. Their actual reason to exist is as a warranty repair facility, which has nothing to do with making deals.

When a dealer talks about "Internet sales", to the dealer this actually means "Internet-based collection of sales leads". The dealer then immediately attempts to convert the sales lead into a non-Internet (in person) customer, which is the very opposite of e-commerce. Actual e-commerce is what happens at places like Amazon.com - point, click, purchase, receive delivery - all with zero personal contact involved.

 

Blazer EV Deals are also easy to score
46960 msrp
27125 otd in NC

 

Sticker for me for a base LT with portable charger and delivery was 35,300 Dealer was not offering much of a dealer based discount for that, and in fact gouged me for doc fees and a few strips of paint protectant.

35,300
-7500 fed tax
-2000 GM cash
-1250 Costco
-1250 GM "conquest" or whatever its called when you don't own a GM vehicle currently
- 500 educator discount

22,800

• 599 bull crap doc fee
• 899 totally over charge for paint protection

24,298 OTD

We pay sales tax in MO when we tag it which will add 6% or so. I prefer to always factor those out of the deal as it varies region to region.

I think the other poster with an LT with lots of nice stuff for $28000 got a better deal than I, but I got a very nice car for the $$$. I don't think there are any LT out there now that don't have money down already. I had put money down weeks ahead of time, while the vehicle was still in transit.

 

Sticker for me for a base LT with portable charger and delivery was 35,300 Dealer was not offering much of a dealer based discount for that, and in fact gouged me for doc fees and a few strips of paint protectant.

35,300
-7500 fed tax
-2000 GM cash
-1250 Costco
-1250 GM "conquest" or whatever its called when you don't own a GM vehicle currently
- 500 educator discount

22,800

• 599 bull crap doc fee
• 899 totally over charge for paint protection

24,298 OTD

We pay sales tax in MO when we tag it which will add 6% or so. I prefer to always factor those out of the deal as it varies region to region.

I think the other poster with an LT with lots of nice stuff for $28000 got a better deal than I, but I got a very nice car for the $$$. I don't think there are any LT out there now that don't have money down already. I had put money down weeks ahead of time, while the vehicle was still in transit.

That’s exactly what I got mine for back in January
Then got the wife a sweet $118 a month lease deal on hers

 

What does the math look like from your MSRP to your OTD?

 

MSRP 43885 LT w/ Convenience pkg, Dual level EVSE, mudflaps
Dealer Discount -2000
8% Sales Tax 3350
License/fees 425
Rebates -15145
NYSERDA -2000
28515

Dealer also threw in a $699 GM Power up 2 EVSE, as noted above. I have not decided to keep this or sell it, but if I sell it, I'm thinking $400-500. There are a bunch on ebay for a lot more. (And if you look at later window stickers, this same EVSE shows a price of $899!)

Rebates include FTC $7500, GM Card $ and GM Points of @$1000, GM $3000 customer cash, GM $1000 EV incentive, GM Barclays credit card Offer $500, and who knows what else. Some things, I don't ask....

I do NOT have Conquest, Employee Discount, Costco, Educator, Military, or other. I wish I did!!!!

When I do a deal, I present my offer as OTD. Fees, how they write the deal and such, that is up to them. I know my all in bottom line and they can get there or not. I suspect they did some internal maneuvering to get to my price, but they did what every they did. As far as I'm concerned, that car cost me under $25k + tax and reasonable fees. That is on the order of 43% off MSRP. I call that a screaming deal. We already have one and are very happy with that (with the exception of the windshield glare that I've fixed with the DashPads that I make, and the windshield wipers that don't wipe the whole windshield.) It isn't a rocket ship, but it gets the job done very well, range and charging is great for the price, it drives well, and holds what I need. I call it an honest car. It doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is. And it does its job well. For that price, I'm a buyer.

A final note- We LOVED our Volts, had plenty of them over the years. A stunningly good car, a technological breakthrough that was probably 10 years ahead of its time. Certainty had a couple of warts, but all cars do. Sad to say it, but GM was right to move on from them for several reasons. (Cost to manufacture, lack of understanding by dealers and the public, complexity, technology changes, politics...) But GM has another winner here. As long as they can keep the price right.
Steve

 

$43885 is the MSRP of the one that I just bought. I'm OTD for $28500 plus they threw in a GM Powerup 2 wall charger. (I think GM gave a bunch of these to dealers to sweeten deals if needed, and/or to go with a batch of cars that were ordered with them. It wasn't hard to get that tossed into the deal, a good deal, but I doubt they cost the dealer much.)

You are right, battery tech will continue to improve, and it is looking like a swing back to the left might well happen sooner rather than later. And they would likely bring us back to the world of incentives. Until then, happy driving!

Steve

 

Nice job! Picked one of these up for $29k OTD 2 months ago, without the mud flaps or wall charger. Tax credit, $4k dealer discount, $3k financing incentive (paid off before the first bill), $1250 Costco, $1250 conquest, $500 educator... $17500 under MSRP. Or you can skip the $3k and finance for 0 APR 60 months if that's more up your alley! Didn't think it'd get much better than that, and I wasn't willing to risk missing my chance if the inventory got bought up. No regrets, and i've been very pleased with it so far after 3k miles.

 

Yep, same situation in my area. $43,885 is the price of two base LT1s (after $7,500 tax credit & dealer discounts). I’m not paying double. I’ll wait for better battery technology and Democratic control of the US Government.

 

LT FWD with the $8300 convenience package. (I would call it an LT2, but that's not what is on the sticker.) $43885 with the dual level EVSE and Mudflaps. A bunch of those are around, at least around here. And a bunch of these with the AWD option are here as well. Some RSs with similar equipment around here, too. NO base level LTs left. Only a few higher level trims out there with Supercruise/HUD/Sunroof stuff. Dealers say the base LTs went really fast. Folks know a good deal when they see it.

Shoot me a PM if you are interested. I turned several deals down, but if they sound good to you, I'm pretty sure I can make a phone call and slip your name onto one of them if you want. Pretty easy way to do a deal.

 

@Scarlett At what trim level? I’ve been searching for a 2nd base LT1, but nobody has any. Only the high trim levels have availability. What’s your OTD price?

 

NICE!

 

Yeah, I've kind of been waiting for the big crash. But this is more than good enough to get me to make the deal. I'll take the bird in the hand now for 43% off. If it gets substantially better that than in the near future, I'll be prepared with my next move.

 

Not that folks can't figure this out for themselves, but if anyone is wondering, there are screaming deals out there on Equinox EVs (and a lot of other EVs.) If you are aren't sure, this is your confirmation. We bought our 2nd one yesterday. I spent a couple of days calling dealerships earlier in the week. By Thursday, they were all calling me, and the price was falling by a $1k per call... The dealerships were eager to get into a battle with each other, and not shy about it. I named my price and they got there without hesitation. And GM tossed in another $1000 discount a couple of days ago.

I've only seen this kind of market once before, and that was when the economy locked up completely in 2008 or 9, when the dealerships were dumping everything they could for what every they could get just to keep the doors open.

I did get to speak to a couple of the places' GSMs and one owner. One of them freely admitted that EVs are now a problem and need to get sold NOW. All of them have hope that GM will come though with something to make up for the lost FTC (Like what they did for the Blazer EV when they lost it the first time around.) or Adjusted MSRPs. Some Volt owners remember that sting!!) I think they will have to do something, but I'm not sure the deals will get better than now.

Anyways, if you are in the market, or even close to it, this week is a great time to deal. I had to turn down 3 different deals that were all excellent because one dealership REALLY wanted my business.

And, in the words of my old man, "Kid, you ain't seen nothing yet". Wait till about...April....YIKES.

 

(Again, probably not news but…)
The end of the month is always the best time to buy a vehicle. I also got an additional $1,200 off on my lease with my Costco membership