Texas Mazda Car Dealers

Hi guys, wanted to comment on ElDorado Mazda in McKinney, TX. Great dealership. Great prices. Paid 34600 with 0% for 2011 grand touring with nav, moon roof, towing prep in crystal white. Felt like I was taken care of. Highly recommended.

The deal is done. Bizarre by far. I had to return to my Toyota Dealer and resign paperwork reflecting the sales tax added on to the Mazda5 trade in. I was then driven 20 miles to the Mazda dealer. A Toyota dealer rep drove me. He had a cashiers check FROM ME to the Mazda dealer for the deal. I then "bought" my Mazda from the dealer. The Mazda dealer said there are several customers and dealers who are surprised by the loopholes. I am glad this is done. If I lease another Mazda it will NOT be through Mazda American Credit.

I'm on my second lease. My first was a 2005 Acura TSX from US Bank. It was a 3yr 45K mile lease. At 32 months in I traded it in (with just 33K miles) to lease a 2008 Mazda5 from Mazda American Credit. There were no issues as I was $800 positive in the Acura at trade in. I'm 33 months into the Mazda5 lease. Last week I bought a Toyota Prius (couldn't pass up the deal at $2500 off MSRP + 0% interest!). Traded in my Mazda 5 I thought all was fine. Rewind just a tad. I got an offer for the Mazda from Carmax for even money. Carmax backed out when they heard it was a lease from Mazda American Credit. Carmax stated they got burned when they had a car for a YEAR because Mazda would not accept payment. My dealer said they could handle it so I traded my Mazda5 in with them. Today I get a call from the Toyota dealer. Mazda won't let them payoff my car! My dealer stated that I will have to meet them at my Mazda dealer and they will supply CASH (Mazda won't take a check from the dealer) for me to buy my old Mazda5. I will then retrade in my Mazda5 for my Prius. Has anyone heard of this before ? There were zero issues trading in my TSX lease. I (nor my Toyota dealer) have ever heard of these loopholes.

Following are the quotes that I got from a couple of dealers in Austin, Tx: Dealer A GT (2011) $32,400.00 Touring (2011) $30900 Dealer B Touring (2010) $30,292.00 Touring (2011) $31,111.00 GT (2011) $32,879.00 All vehicles have the Bose+moonroof package, Liquid Silver + Black. Looks to me like the 2010s are vanishing and the 2011s are being marked-down to get business moving. Looking to make a purchase tomorrow. Would the following be a good target to shoot for? Touring (2010) $28500 Touring (2011) $29500 GT (2011) $31000 I was open to buying the corporate program vehicles, but it looks like with the year-end discounts, it just doesn't cut it compared to the new vehicles. Thanks.

In the middle of texas. My only recommendation to anyone about to buy this car is to use amex/zag to figure out the best possible price in order to negotiate with the dealer. In texas, amex/zag does not give the exact price so use a similar city elsewhere to figure out texas prices. I used Raleigh, NC to figure out Austin, TX prices. If you were in Houston, you'd probably use Los Angeles, CA prices. Edmunds TMV and truecar are useless prices these days. And after a couple of months/years, probably zag/amex would be useless too but for now, the prices quoted by amex/zag are correct. Lower than costco without the costco hassle. My first impression of the car: A minivan which looks like an SUV but without the minivan conveniences :( Hopefully the suspension is somewhat tough like an suv. ps: total research time from thought to purchase was 1 month. If I had known about the zag site from the beginning, this would have been much faster. pps: I got a rate of 3.59% from the dealer/capital one. I probably would have gotten a better rate if I shopped around but I was lazy and did not have the patience or the guts to argue with the financing person at the dealership!