Fearless Forecast: Prices of Cars in 2009

**Gen. Miting** · November 20th, 2008 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by redorange

Too bad cars in the Philippines are sold at MSRP, in the US getting a car below dealer invoice is almost the norm if you know how to negotiate. The slow sales are forcing dealers and makers to sell below invoice and add a discount on top of it. Great time to be a buyer if you have the money or credit to buy a new car.

actually, hindi naman farfetched na mangyari ito dito. the mazda tributes and the ford escapes are way below the SRP price na. you dont even have to deal directly with the supplier.

the thing is pag humina ang benta ng dealer, the natural tendency is to offer it lower pero out of the radar of course.

ngaun na naging dealer-based na ang mga CASA, with Hyundai, Kia, Suzuki, Nissan offering other car brands in their dealerships. mas malaki ang opportunity ng mga CASA na ito to survive kasi dami nila possible sources of income.

**4wrider** · December 10th, 2008 06:18 PM

If producers and sellers can jack up the price of the their products by agreeing among themselves to maintain availability of the products in the market (a form of hoarding), the buyers if there are enough of them can also agree to defer or postpone their purchases to bring down the price.

Of course, this is just all hypothetical considering the number of buyers compared to the number of producers and dealers and besides agreement to manipulate the market is illegal.

Just wishful thinking that if maybe, just maybe, a critical mass of ready, willing and able buyers will simultaneously just defer their purchases by a month or so then the big boys might think about a little downward price adjustments and/or additional freebies to stimulate the market.

**CVT** · December 10th, 2008 06:25 PM

Hehehe.... That would be a scenario....

7101:hooray:

**actor21** · December 10th, 2008 07:00 PM

Originally Posted by 4wrider

If producers and sellers can jack up the price of the their products by agreeing among themselves to maintain availability of the products in the market (a form of hoarding), the buyers if there are enough of them can also agree to defer or postpone their purchases to bring down the price.

Of course, this is just all hypothetical considering the number of buyers compared to the number of producers and dealers and besides agreement to manipulate the market is illegal.

Just wishful thinking that if maybe, just maybe, a critical mass of ready, willing and able buyers will simultaneously just defer their purchases by a month or so then the big boys might think about a little downward price adjustments and/or additional freebies to stimulate the market.

i love this to happen so that those arrogant SA of toyota's and honda's would feel and would know that they are not number 1.