meestursparkle

So I am in the market for new car and the S3 sounds like the perfect vehicle to me.

I haven't bought a new car in the USA in a long, long time and thought I best do my due diligence.

I understand that on really high demand cars it is hard to get below MSRP but figured I would ask and also figured this might be a good reference for others.

So how much are people paying out the door on, say, a Prestige?

Kind of unrelated but I have been pricing the CLA45 AMG as well and so far have gotten quoted the 51k with TT&L included. That is a 6% tax rolled in there so that is definitely under MSRP on a similarly "high demand" vehicle.

If I could do 47k out the door I would probably go for the Prestige S3 but can I do better?

thanks for your thoughts!!

DennisMitchell

You can read other threads about the deals people are able to make. If a dealer had an S3 in stock right now (very rare) I would expect they would want MSRP. Those of us that placed recent orders are unsure of delivery dates. I did receive a 6% discount due to ACNA supplier affiliation program.

If there are many Audi dealers in your area and they want to compete with each other and MB, you could get some discount. You would have to be willing to play the dealers off of each other.

Others will give their opinions.

meestursparkle

Thanks,

So far it has been difficult to get a straight answer from any dealer on any model/brand. So far the only real success was Benz offering to eat the TTL on the CLA45 which is over 6% so that gives me hope for the S3. Honestly not sure if demand is as high as they try to make it out to be as it seems every dealer has a couple of S3s right now.

Anxious to get more input.

BTW I was having trouble finding any other threads where price was discussed and found similar threads to mine very helpful on other forums so I started one.

flk

No doubt demand is high. No Audi dealer around me (NY) has a demo car, or had their launch cars sold/rerouted to be sold somewhere else. Best I got was 3% off MSRP without ACNA.

D-Nice

3% off to paying sticker seems to be most dealers. From the dealer point of view why do they want to discount a car that they have no inventory in. You can actually do pretty good negotiating on an s4 though. Where it is almost the same price as or little less than sticker for an s3. Made me really debate which car I wanted to go with

meestursparkle

The S4 is a fine machine as well. I would have to think about that hard as well.

So you were looking at Prestige S4 at about 48k or what?

salvadorik

I think the best deal that we can get is 6% off of MSRP with ACNA membership and $750 Audi Loyalty owner rebate (if financed with Audi Financial). Combined they can save $3,750 off $50,000 S3.

meestursparkle

I guess I will shoot for 6%.

Rospa

Now that there have been a few more purchases, I'm curious what prices people have been paying.

My S3 is scheduled to arrive in about 5 days. The best the dealer is willing to do is 4% off MSRP. I joined ACNA about 3 months ago, so I can't get the 6% deal yet. I'm pondering telling them to refund my deposit, and that I will just order another one right away from the nearby competing dealer. By the time that one arrives, I'll have my ACNA certificate.

Has anyone been able to get better than 4% off without ACNA discount?

arU4ic

Whatever you do, do NOT pay a mark-up… and if you are planning on buying any extras (Maintenance, tires and wheels warranty or lease protection plans) definitely haggle on the sticker price and/or the extras… they are pretty high margin for the dealer.