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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
On those kind of deals I always figured the "free interest" portion was factored into the price of the vehicle.
It may be a different situation with a going-out-of-business sale though.
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A lot of the time the dealer would use the manufacturer offered financing as a tool to tell the buyer "Ya you can get the 0%, but you have to pay full price for the car" or something to that effect. And sometimes the price of the car was higher, to do exactly what you said, get the interest back. But with them closing their doors, it's hard to say what you might find, it's not like the salesperson or sales manager is going to care, they are going to be looking for a new job. They probably just want to get as much commission as they can before the doors close, and on new cars that is usually a fixed rate per car, so you might find you can beat them up on the price, and get 0%. Of course this is all speculation, your mileage may vary, and you need to do your research on pricing, etc etc, but there can be a good opportunity in a weird situation like a manufacturer closing their doors. Just don't ever expect to get good resale value for your new Suzuki! Orphaned brands are a hard sell, and worth less, for the same reasons that selling a new one is hard right now, except you won't be able to offer $0 down and 0% in order to convince someone to buy yours lol
