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Originally Posted by LinPark

If you guys go here, it shows how Plan A/B works - the 4.3% is off the Base Invoice price then they add in all other discounts (this is great, you get the full 4.3% off the top level price maximizing your deduction). Then all options (i.e. Sports Package, Carpets, Kick Plates, 40th Anniv Package, etc.) are added back in - I assume you can still haggle with them over the option prices so check the Pricing thread here so you are up to speed on MSRP vs Invoice on those options. I posted this earlier to give you an idea of what I thought the deal was with this offer:

Here is what I came up with for 2010 Coupes:

Model	Base MSRP	Base Invoice	Plan A/B (-4.3%)	MSRP Savings	Invoice Savings
Base MT	$29,990.00	$28,099.00	$26,890.74	$3,099.26	$1,208.26
Base AT	$31,460.00	$29,474.00	$28,206.62	$3,253.38	$1,267.38
Touring MT	$34,660.00	$32,104.00	$30,723.53	$3,936.47	$1,380.47
Touring AT	$36,130.00	$33,464.00	$32,025.05	$4,104.95	$1,438.95

The Plan A/B column shows your starting price with NO options yet (almost $4k off MSRP on the Touring model seems like a great deal to me considering you haven't even started to haggle yet on the options). I would think you can use this on any vehicle - as long as you close the sale by 3/31 it should be valid. The best thing to do is approach the dealer and look closely at all the paperwork they supply you with comparing it to the information you have in this thread.

I'll try working up a spreadsheet but your best bet is to go to New Cars Pricing and Comparisons Local, Regional and National Car Price Reports at TrueCar - great site for figuring out true cost and then you can take the numbers you find there to calculate your VPP savings.

Good Luck!

Originally Posted by labk888

Wow, thanks for posting that New Cars Pricing and Comparisons Local, Regional and National Car Price Reports at TrueCar link! That website is great!

Yes, I saw the table you created a few posts ago. When we bought my wife's altima a few years ago, this was the equation used to compute her out the door price.

* Dealer invoice
* Minus VPP discount (2.87%)
* Plus dealer added options, Security Plus, etc.
* Plus 2.5% delivery fee of dealer invoice after VPP discount has been subtracted
* Plus destination and handling charge
* Plus marketing assessment as applicable
* Minus applicable incentives
* Equals paticipant's purchase price

It looks like the only difference to that equation with Robert's plan would be the increased discount of 4.3% rather than the 2.87%. If I remember correctly, they added the dealer added options at invoice pricing.