With the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the IRS has provided buyers of hybrid vehicles with a tax credit to encourage the purchase of fuel-efficient hybrid-electric vehicles, which can help to reduce air pollution. The amount of the tax credit is based on the number of hybrids a manufacturer has sold within a specified period. […]

Chrysler has reportedly launched new incentives to help jump start sales of its 2007 model year pickups and SUVs, according to The Detroit Free Press. The automaker is offering between $500 and $2,500 on all vans, Dodge Ram and Dakota, Jeep Grand Cherokee (except the SRT8) and Commander, and Chrysler Pacifica. The automaker will also […]

The Chrysler Group has extended its zero-percent financing program to sub-prime candidates. Following the lead of Ford, Chrysler is offering its no-interest deals to customers that have less-than-perfect credit scores. Chrysler started the zero-percent financing for up to 72 months on Sept 1, but added the relaxed credit standards this past weekend. The promotion runs […]

The Chrysler Group will end its employee discount program on Friday and replace it with a six-year zero-percent financing offer, according to the Detroit News. The special financing offer will be available on all 2006 models.
Chrysler’s offer follows the lead of Ford Motor, which launched a similar zero percent program last week on most of […]

General Motors announced today it will offer $500 to $1,500 in bonus cash, until Sept. 5, on many of its 2006 and 2007 models. The offer is in addition to the automaker’s previously announced low-interest loan and customer cash offers, but does not apply to its hottest selling models, including the Pontiac Solstice; Saturn […]

Today, Nissan launched a new incentive program with hopes of kick starting the automaker’s sales. The program allows customers to buy a car now and not make a payment for 130 days. The offer runs through October 2nd, and is good on all 2006 and 2007 Nissan models.
If you bought a Nissan today you wouldn’t […]

Ford will launch an month-end sales blitz, offering zero percent financing for up to 72 months for Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury buyers. The special interest rates will also be available to those with subprime credit ratings, not just customers in the top two tiers, as in past programs.
Ford’s offer begins on Thursday, Aug. 24, and […]

After the Nihon Keizai business daily reported that Mazda was planning to scrap “margin-eroding sales incentives” for its new models in the United States, Mazda Motor announced that the report is false and that the automaker is not planning to end all incentives.
“There is no truth to it,” said Mazda spokesman Jeremy Barnes. “Our intention […]

Mazda will cut sales incentive spending in the U.S. in an effort to raise vehicle average transaction prices and profit margins for each vehicle it sells, according to the Nihon Keizai. Automakers have been trying to move away from profit-eroding incentives, pricing cars closer to the actual transaction price and using incentives on a limited […]

Given Chrysler Group’s dismal July sales numbers, this shouldn’t come as a shock, but the company announced that it has extended its Employee Pricing Plus discount program for another month, to August 31. The program was set to expire Monday, July 31.
The program continues unchanged, with customer offered the same price on almost any 2006 […]