I was between a 2018 CX-5, CRV and Forester. It took around 3 months tracking deals and I liked the CR-V ex-l the best from the beginning but it was way too much back in November (high 400s i think? I actually threw it away thinking its not going to be a Honda). Subaru did not budge and then all the 2018s were gone. People seem to like the CX-5 but i personally like the CR-V EX-L interior better and its bigger.
tax, title, reg, and doc fees were around 1400 and they are all included in the 315 per month. i wrote a check for 315 at signing and that was also the first month payment.
this makes me really happy to hear. I started car shopping mid november (2 months ago) and the first quote i got for cr-v ex-l was 497/month 36 months with 2000 down. wtf. i then pursued mazda and subaru. cr-v was my first choice so really happy with the deal.
salesperson said they have 18 ex-l left to move. color choices are getting limited though.
Very interesting, when I offered 320 per month (zero down) in the last week of Dec 2018 for the same car, the sales manager literally insulted me and said I am looking at the wrong car and I would not even get EX trim with that money. He went on saying that only American Car companies can do crazy deals like this and said I must have that experience. I realized I hurt his ego by not taking his deal blindly and came up with true value of the car.
