until Sept. 30. August sales to be released today.

 

Not shocking... Actually some of the rebate and or finance deals were better before they rolled out the "employee pricing for everyone"... Hopefully it helped move some inventory.

 

Yawn.

Every single car I've looked at with the GM EPP website has come out anywhere from a little bit to a whole lot more expensive than the promotions they've ran in the recent past - particularly if you assign a value to the alternative potential of money invested when doing 0% financing.

 

I spoke to the local Pontiac/Buick/GMC dealer about their 2009 G8. They're listed for $31,995 MSRP Canadian. With one option (forget which one, it basically includes sunroof and premium audio), the price goes up to $34,xxx. He said that there are no discounts on the G8, since it's a 2009 model, and even the zero interest rate does not apply. That was no more than 1 week ago.

Today I flip the newspaper, and the G8 WITH the sunroof/audio package is now going for $31,900. Basically, the extra $3000 in packages is already included.

We will be buying a new car before the year's end, I like the G8. We'll see where the discounts get us.

 

Up to $6000 in rebates are added to some of the employee pricing deals, mainly on large SUVs and trucks.