Get an a New Car Quote on a Acura
The first step in your search for a Acura is finding the right car quote. Getting a car quote does NOT require any obligation to you as a customer and can be done on-line in less than a minute.Of course you will want to look for multiple quotes from multiple potential sources, but it is most important to find at least one dealer quote that you can benchmark against. There are many places you can go to shop for your Acura Lease which we will explain throughout this site.
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Step 1: Learning about your vehicle
While we could list an endless directory of web sites that highlight Acuras, the most popular sites often cover the most important issues. While learning about your vehicle, be sure to not only read reviews, but also visit chat rooms and forums of actual customer experiences. Reviewers are not necessarily owners, so they might now be able to experience the same ownership issues that an actual owner would.
Popular Vehicle Review Sites
- Car and Driver (http://www.caranddriver.com/)
- Edmunds (http://www.edmunds.com/)
- Road and Track (http://www.roadandtrack.com/)
Step 2: Finding the true market price of a vehicle
You may have heard of the terms "blue book price", "dealer wholesale", or "trade-in value". All of these are different terms for determining what a vehicle is worth. Vehicle prices are probably one of the most contested values of any commodity, as everyone feels they could potentially pay less than advertised. In most cases, it is probably true!
When finding the true market price of a vehicle, you can now leverage some popular Web sites to get a good reference point. Here are some of our favorites:
Kelley's Blue Book
(http://www.kbb.com/)
Kelley's Blue Book (KBB) is a great resource because it is viewed by so many people and is widely accepted as a general benchmark for a vehicle's value. KBB's values of vehicles tend to run a little bit higher than you will find elsewhere, yet they are very conservative. As a general rule of thumb, you certainly do not want to pay any more than what your vehicle is listed for at Kelley's.
Edmunds
(http://www.edmunds.com/)
Edmunds has launched a more practical pricing guide by introducing their TMV - True Market Value of a vehicle. Their data is more reflective of what a vehicle is really selling for in the open market versus some dated statistics that are used in most general Blue Book sites. You will want to make sure you compare your vehicle to both Kelley's and Edmunds.
| Blue Book Prices are derived from broad statistics across many dealers, auctions and third party information. Thus, the "book price" is just a guideline, not an absolute value. You should only use "Book Pricing" to understand what ballpark you are in, not as a final determination of price or what you should pay. In most cases these values are about 6-12 months old, so changes in market value may not be reflected accurately. |
eBay Motors
(http://www.ebaymotors.com/)
The popular auction site is also a great way to research used vehicle pricing. But, it helps to know how eBay works. Understand that the prices that you may see for vehicles that are available may reflect the "current bid", not necessarily the final price. Therefore it is helpful to see what vehicles have already sold for by searching through recently closed listings. eBay represents one of the largest real-time marketplaces for used vehicle sales. Typically if a vehicle has recently increased or decreased in value you will see this reflected in the price on current vehicles.
Unlike Blue Book Pricing, eBay pricing only applies to the specific seller at that moment in time. You may see a vehicle that sells for $1,000 below what you have seen the value elsewhere, but it may have been a distressed sale or otherwise unusually low. What's important about eBay pricing is that it is current and actual.
Swapalease
(http://www.swapalease.com/)
Another way to determine what vehicles are currently leasing for is to search through a lease marketplace like Swapalease.com. Swapalease has thousands of vehicles listed that identify the exact payment, residual and mileage allowances for each vehicle, as well as the leasing company who offered these terms. This is the most accurate collection of what prices are being paid by actual consumers for actual vehicles at the time of lease.
What you do not know about each vehicle is whether or not the lessee put money down on their vehicle to reduce their monthly payment, had a trade-in that inflated their payment or had special circumstances surrounding their lease. So once again this is only a benchmark. You can ask these questions of the sellers directly using the Web site for more information.
Manufacturer's Sites
Each manufacturer will have an extensive collection of information on its most recent models as well as special financing programs that it may be running. One of the fastest ways for a manufacturer to sell more cars is to offer special financing programs to make them more attractive. Taking advantage of a great financing program could be very advantageous, so it is highly recommended to visit a manufacturer's site to determine if special financing is available.
| Visit Acura's manufacturer site for more information - http://www.acura.com |
Step 3: Locating the Vehicle
Once you have found the vehicle you want and have a general idea of what price you want to pay, your last step is to locate the vehicle itself. There are many places to find a vehicle, but generally speaking you will likely purchase it from either a dealer or an individual. Because there are so many sites that offer the same thing - new and used vehicle listings - we will focus on the largest directories that offer the most selection:
General Vehicle Classifieds, New and Used
- Autobytel (http://www.autobytel.com/)
- Yahoo! Motors (http://autos.yahoo.com/)
- Cars.com (http://www.cars.com/)
- iMotors (http://www.imotors.com/)
- Swapalease.com (http://www.swapalease.com/)
- eBay Motors (http://www.ebay.com/)
- DuPont Registry (http://www.dupontregistry.com/)