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> car MSRPs are essentially never advertised (outside of Tesla) I just went to websites of Honda, Toyota and Mazda and every car prominently shows the MSRP.
by jjav 3y ago
> car MSRPs are essentially never advertised (outside of Tesla)
I just went to websites of Honda, Toyota and Mazda and every car prominently shows the MSRP.
- mholm 3y agoAdvertised, as in TV/web/radio. Always cost per month, by dealers. The MSRPs are published in easy to find places, but that's not how the average buyer approaches the transaction
- jjav 3y agoI don't watch ads so I don't know if they show MSRP or not, but it is 2023, approximately everyone uses the internet as their first (possibly only) source of information.
- grecy 3y agoSure, but when 99% of buyers walk into a dealer to actually buy a vehicle, they're told, and they're negotiating, and their budget is all entirely based on monthly payments. To a degree it doesn't even matter what the MSRP actually is... because of interest and financing and all the rest virtually nobody winds up paying that amount. (excluding cash buyers of course, which I'm assuming is a very, very low percentage of buyers). The car could be $40k or $80k, it simply doesn't matter and the buyer doesn't even care. If they can't afford the monthlies, they won't buy. If they can, they will.