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chowland · 06-18-2012, 03:43 PM

Hello, long time reader first time poster. I've had my eye on the new Camaro since it came out in 2010 and I'm finally getting close to a purchase. I received this offer yesterday from a dealer in MA:

2012 Camaro 1LT
-Manual transmission
-Imperial Blue Metallic
-RS Package
-Rear Vision Package

I was able to get him down to $27,500, but he would not budge after that. He said it was ~300 below the invoice price. I told him I had to take a day to think about it. It seems to be a good price, but I wanted to see what everyone else thought. I was hoping to spend closer to $25k, and I honestly don't care about the RS package so I would rather not have that and save the money (as well as save on future tire purchases), but I've had trouble finding a 1LT without it.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks!

P.S.
I have been trying to get the $1k private offer on the Chevy website for the last few hours with no luck, so if anyone has one they're trying to get rid of, please pass it along!

JoshuaGuit · 06-18-2012, 04:18 PM

I got a dealer down to 28k on a 2012 2lt rs on a trade-in, so I'd say this probably isn't a "great" deal

GearheadSS · 06-18-2012, 05:17 PM

Is that for an automatic or manual? If that's for an auto, it's a really good deal. Invoice on that car would be about $28,500.

chowland · 06-18-2012, 06:43 PM

The quote is for a manual transmission. Sorry, meant to specify that.

GearheadSS · 06-18-2012, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chowland

The quote is for a manual transmission. Sorry, meant to specify that.

Then the dealer is right, that's about $300 under invoice. Still a decent deal. You'll have a hard time finding a better deal on that car because there aren't a lot of manual tranny 1LTs in Imperial Blue out there.

chowland · 06-18-2012, 07:30 PM

GearheadSS -- you are very correct in saying there are not many Manuals 1LTs out there. I went to another dealer tonight and they couldn't locate any without the RS package. The salesman said I was honestly better off getting a 2013, and he gave me a price quote as follows:

2013 Camaro 1LT
-Manual transmission
-any base color
-Rear Vision package (this is the one add-on I would like, as the rearward visibility seems pretty awful and I wouldn't want to risk getting any dings while parallel parking etc.)

quoted price:$26573 (with supplier discount from my company)

he said I probably wouldn't get it for 6-8 weeks, but I'm okay with that. He also said they wouldn't know what incentives they have for July until the first of the month, so I will probably wait until then to order. In the mean time I'll keep trying to get the $1000 private offer on chevy.com. That, combined with my trade in, which I'm hoping to be $2000-$3000, should get me close to $23,000.

Thoughts?

06-18-2012, 03:43 PM	#1
chowland Drives: 2012 Camaro 1LT RS, IBM Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Nashua, NH Posts: 34	Price check: 2012 1LT RS w/Rear Vision pkg Hello, long time reader first time poster. I've had my eye on the new Camaro since it came out in 2010 and I'm finally getting close to a purchase. I received this offer yesterday from a dealer in MA: 2012 Camaro 1LT -Manual transmission -Imperial Blue Metallic -RS Package -Rear Vision Package I was able to get him down to $27,500, but he would not budge after that. He said it was ~300 below the invoice price. I told him I had to take a day to think about it. It seems to be a good price, but I wanted to see what everyone else thought. I was hoping to spend closer to $25k, and I honestly don't care about the RS package so I would rather not have that and save the money (as well as save on future tire purchases), but I've had trouble finding a 1LT without it. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks! P.S. I have been trying to get the $1k private offer on the Chevy website for the last few hours with no luck, so if anyone has one they're trying to get rid of, please pass it along! Last edited by chowland; 06-18-2012 at 06:44 PM. Reason: Additional info

06-18-2012, 04:18 PM	#2
JoshuaGuit Drives: Volvo =[ Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NY Posts: 26	I got a dealer down to 28k on a 2012 2lt rs on a trade-in, so I'd say this probably isn't a "great" deal

06-18-2012, 05:17 PM	#3
GearheadSS Drives: 23 LT1/86 IROC-Z Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Greenville, Tx Posts: 5,050 View My Garage	Is that for an automatic or manual? If that's for an auto, it's a really good deal. Invoice on that car would be about $28,500.

06-18-2012, 06:43 PM	#4
chowland Drives: 2012 Camaro 1LT RS, IBM Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Nashua, NH Posts: 34	The quote is for a manual transmission. Sorry, meant to specify that.

06-18-2012, 07:30 PM	#6
chowland Drives: 2012 Camaro 1LT RS, IBM Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Nashua, NH Posts: 34	GearheadSS -- you are very correct in saying there are not many Manuals 1LTs out there. I went to another dealer tonight and they couldn't locate any without the RS package. The salesman said I was honestly better off getting a 2013, and he gave me a price quote as follows: 2013 Camaro 1LT -Manual transmission -any base color -Rear Vision package (this is the one add-on I would like, as the rearward visibility seems pretty awful and I wouldn't want to risk getting any dings while parallel parking etc.) quoted price:$26573 (with supplier discount from my company) he said I probably wouldn't get it for 6-8 weeks, but I'm okay with that. He also said they wouldn't know what incentives they have for July until the first of the month, so I will probably wait until then to order. In the mean time I'll keep trying to get the $1000 private offer on chevy.com. That, combined with my trade in, which I'm hoping to be $2000-$3000, should get me close to $23,000. Thoughts?