The right price for a VPP purchased Nismo?
 

Howdy,
I'm looking to purchase a silver 2010 Nismo. The dealership I'm working with gave me a 41,350 MSRP figure for the "fully loaded" Nismo (perf brakes, kick plate, floor matts, trunk matt) and take home price of $39786 + tax + plates + $105 doc/title. Is this in line with VPP pricing? Looks like it is $1300 over invoice.

Edit: Humm... based on the VPP sticky thread I think they're either not using the VPP pricing or the program has changed drastically :) The thread talks about a 2.87% discount on invoice plus 2.5% dealer delivery plus destination which would give a $37,576.55 purchase price not including tax, plates, doc/title (37000-1062+898+740=37,576). At the very end of the thread someone mentions that in June the D program changed to a flat $150 discount off of invoice which would yield... $37,000-150+2.5% delivery($921)+740 destination = $38,511. Either way it would seem that I need to talk calculation details with the dealer as the math just doesn't work out.

Edit #2: Actually, the new program is explained very clearly at insidenissan.com you get a flat $150 below invoice with no 2.5% delivery fee, so I should be seeing a purchase price of 37000-150+740=$37590. Waiting on a call back from my dealer...

Edit #3 I forgot the invoice cost of the options which adds $741. So, actually it's 37741-150+740=$ 38331
They shot me a price of $39,786, so still a $1455 difference. My dealer's explanation? There's a cost to get the car here as it's not on their lot (dealer swap) plus they need to make some money on the deal. Thoughts?

I've pulled the trigger. I found a dealership in IL willing to do full VPP pricing. However, the taxes are 1.25% higher in IL than Iowa so I simply countered the offer I received in Iowa to be equal with the price I would have got in IL minus the additional tax. Now I just have to wait for my baby to arrive :)

I'm pretty sure you always pay sales tax in the state you register the car.
Either way, congrats!

doh! A quick google search confirms it. I had no idea. I've only purchased cars in Iowa. Don't I feel silly? Funny that the dealership was good with my counter given my faulty logic. Makes me think I left cash on the table, but oh well... at some point you gotta move forward :)

I think you got a good deal, however...

I just purchased my Nismo last month and was eligible for VPP. I was able to negotiate almost another $800 off the VPP Nismo price from the dealer (for a car they did not have in stock!).

FYI.. If you go to TrueCar: 2010 Nissan 370Z 2dr Coupe Man NISMO - New Car Price Report, this report gives you the real value of the vehicle.

The Nismo is a great car and you still got a good deal!

Congrats on your purchase, good luck, and enjoy!

Jim

That is correct

Also you can get a cheaper price by not doing vpp

I will usually take the VPP claim number, as Nissan will give us a little extra money, but sell the car for a few hundred less than the VPP price!

@Rigormortis
I would contact another dealer if at all possible. May be worth it to have one of our supporting dealers ship you a car. Both dealers above have already said they can do better than VPP. Numbers at your current dealership look like shenanigans to me.