Timing Your Purchase

Everyone has a theory about the best time to buy a new car to get the lowest prices. As it turns out, however, there really are certain times of the year when you can get extraordinary deals:

• December—it's the end of the year and the dealers are worrying about making end of year quotas
• July through October—dealers are trying to make room for the new model year cars

Very often there are unadvertised factory to dealer incentives during these periods. Even if the dealer splits the incentive down the middle, you still get a great deal.