Oregon Isuzu Car Dealers

Paisan, $4,000 on 2001 4wd, 3500 on 2WD. One dealer just called with drive off quote on 2001 LS w/roof at $27,995 with o% OR 4,000 off and I finance. He said $27,995 was invoice.

18 months ago when I was considering a new 1999 Trooper purchase, I wanted to find out "for sure" whether the dealers were truthful when they said you could get either the manufacturer-sponsored low APR financing OR the manufacturer-sponsored rebate incentives, but not both. The folks at Isuzu's 800#, like most manufacturers, will not provide this sort of information. It's hard to believe why manufacturers don't feel that should be a part of their obligation to inform the customer, but they always refer you to the dealers. Well dealers are often clueless and/or unscrupulous, so getting an answer from a dealer does not make me feel informed. I was able to get ahold of the manager of Isuzu's midwest operations, a nice guy in Chicago. He confirmed with me over the phone (he returned my message, actually) that you cannot have both. I'm sure that this is still the case with Isuzus; no reason to think it would have changed since then.

Forgot to deduct any incentives, just be sure that you realize most of the cash back OR 0% financing but not both. -mike

Darionlow...check out the numbers with the 0.0% financing. I looked at the figures last year when I bought a '00 LS, 2wd. A $2500 rebate was within a $1 a month of the 3.9% they had for 60 months. I just did a quick run on my credit unions loan calculator. 0.0 is better than 2500 rebate: 25000 -2500 rebate 60 mo @ 7.9 = 455.14 27,308 25000 -0 rebate 60 mo @ 0.0 = 416.67 25,000 Hum... 25000 -4400 rebate 60 mo @ 7.9 = 416.71 So, 0.0% for 60 months is equal to about $4400 in rebates! I doubt it will get any better until the 2002 models come out... You should be able to get down somewhere around 400-600 above invoice, then either the rebate OR financing..not both. I would be interested to hear if anyone out there has actually tried to deal on a Trooper or Rodeo since this came out?

Look under regional rebates, incentives, leases. Looks to be $1750 on 2WD or $2000 on 4WD in DEALER CASH Incentives. Or it shows 0.0% up to 60 months "Subvened APR" through IMAC. Doubt you can get both. The 0.0% would probably be the better way to go. I did a quick calc... $20,000 for 60 months at 7.99% (my credit union rate) is $405.43. $22,000 for 60 months at 0.0% is 366.67. Almost $40/mo ...hum.. $2400 over the life of the loan. Seems they had $2500 OR 3.9% for 60 months last June when I bought mine '00 LS 2WD... That worked out to within $1/month. BTW, this is listed as being from 3/1 - 4/30.