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I compared very carefully four makes and models of similar sizes & capacities etc. I have a soft spot for Subaru but one problem is the nearest dealer is an hour away. Pricing and incentives played a significant role as did items such as wheel size (better overall ride),some other cars had ''nice to have'' features but they in turn added cost. It was a close ''horse race'' Honda CRV was a hot contender. Hyundai won in large part because of the local dealership and the easy manner in which negotiations went - no hard stress. The wholesale pricing information and updates played a most important role and allowed me to develop my strategy, which was to give the dealer adequate margin but also to let them know this negotiation is a one time opportunity. I had a trade in vehicle and had determined a price range I wished to receive, which was successful. Overall the experience was good. Delivery was not quite so good, we had an appointment time set but wound up having to kick our heels for quite a while, so speed matters up I asked to at least get the insurance issues out of the way and plates moved over. This helped but was an irritant.

The Car Cost report helped with price negotiations on new car. However, Dealer did not give fair value for trade-in.

This was not the dealer/salesman recommended to me,but he did not have the colour I wanted and wasn't sure when he could get one in so I checked with Hyundai dealers on Vancouver Island where I live. The Duncan dealership almost matched the CarCost Dealer invoice Price Report and they were awesome to deal with. So thank you for your service. Saved me a lot of hard-earned money! Ryan was also great to deal with at CarCostCanada.

Used the report to get a fair price on the new car.