Massachusetts Subaru Car Dealers

Congrats, Andy. CVT or manual?

Nice purchase, Andy! Good luck with your new Legacy. I like the Premium level, but would prefer leather upholstery. Yesterday, I did a double take at my dealer when I saw an Outback Premium with leather. It turns out the dealer installed Katzkin (a good brand of aftermarket leather upholstery) covers and added $1,499 to the cost of the car. While that's not cheap, I was really impressed with the fit and finish of the leather. It seems to be slightly superior to the factory leather seats and posters on the Legacy forum say they wear like iron. I have no connection to Katzkin, but was impressed enough to pass on the information here. At least there's now an option for leather without having to upgrade to the Limited.

Have gotten good info from the fourm & wanted to give back. Here are the details of my recent purchase - 5/1/11 2011 Legacy Sedan 2.5i Premium All weather package Moonroof Auto-dim mirror (dealer install) Remote start (dealer install) $24500, $25600 w/tax, registration and destination fees Village Subaru - Acton MA Thanks Andy

Here's what we just put a deposit down on: 2011 2.5i premium sedan with power moonroof value package. Auto. Armrest, side moldings, splash guards, spoiler. White. $19,600 out the door. Subaru of Manchester (NH). I have a purchase and sale that spells out that documentation, destination, dealer prep., full tank of gas, absolutely everything is in that price. All I have to pay is the state for plates, excise and sales tax, insurance to my insurer and my wife takes her princess home Consumer reports said cost including holdback on this car was $19837. MSRP was 21549. Dealers don't lose money, so there's something CR doesn't know. Cash, no trade. That is the only way to get the actual price. People who claim to get these cars for $16800 but had the dealer do the financing? So much can be hidden there. Why not use home equity and get the mortgage interest tax deduction? Salesperson said holdback was $800, CR said it ws $535. That would put his cost at $19572, still not sufficient profit. He said that those pricing services like Consumer Reports are inexact. $1949 off list. Quirk in MA says it does $1885, but I bet when you get there they tack on doc fees, etc.. We had quotes from 5 dealers. This one was the best and no games. Yet. The car is in transit. The accessories are installed at the port, so we could get just what we wanted in the color we wanted, no more, no less. They had inventory not just in rows but filling the driving space between the rows. Some cars they'd have to move 10 other cars just to get out. I think they're motivated. They're close to having to rent out an extra lot, and that can't be free. Still, I wonder if with the model changeover later this year they'll be better deals with leftovers. Something to consider if you aren't in dire need.

For those who are thinking about a new Outback, the incentives are pretty good right now. I just purchased the following: 2011 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium with auto/cvt (PZEV version mandatory in MA) packages: all-weather with power moon roof package MSRP: 28,465 Invoice: 26,979 negotiated price: 25,517 Doc fee of 300 total: 25,817 plus the non-negotiable MA state items were extra: Title fee, Registry fees, Sales tax extra Since we were both smiling after the negotiations, I got the feeling that there was even more on the table, but I'm happy with this deal. Negotiate! Negotiate! Negotiate!