Connecticut Car Shopping Tips with NBC CT LIVE!: Barberino Nissan: Executive Manager Brittany Barberino and General Manager Hugo Loureiro shared more.

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Hugo and Brittany sat down with NBC CT Live to dish about deals and steals in the Connecticut Auto Market, if you are in the market for a new "Whip." They spoke about the new manufacturer lease deals, finance offers, and Rebates on sedans, Trucks, SUVs and EV's. Barberino Nissan has over 400 New and Used Vehicles to choose from.

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Our main advice for buyers in this tricky Connecticut Auto market, is to act quickly and negotiate from an informed perspective. That can make the difference between getting a fair deal and getting no deal.

Prearrange financing. Figure out your budget and get financing based on what you can afford to pay monthly and as a down payment. It’s always a good idea to get financing set up through your bank or credit union before going to a dealership to look at cars. That gives you a baseline against which you can compare the terms of dealer financing, which may or may not be a good deal. Sometimes dealer financing benefits from manufacturer subsidies that allow the dealer to offer a lower interest rate than you can get from your bank. Having financing ready to go will also give you a leg up if you’re looking at a sought-after car that isn’t likely to remain on the dealership lot for long.

Don’t borrow too much. If you paid 16 percent over MSRP for a Nissan Armada, for example, consider what it will be worth when you trade it in. For example, if you buy an SUV that depreciates $15,000 off the sticker price in three years, but you paid $10,000 over MSRP this year for it, that means it cost you $33,000 to own it for that short period. Cars are depreciating assets; overpaying for a new car is likely to compound your long-term losses. (See the worst car deals right now.)

The same goes for a used car that costs almost as much at 2 years old as it did when it was new. You don’t want to get a loan on a car that’s going to lose a lot of value over the next couple of years, or you may end up underwater on the loan, where you owe more than the car is worth for an extended period. We have No Credit, First Credit and Bad credit options.

See what’s available. If you’re shopping for a new car, dealers near you may not have exactly what you’re looking for. Instead of going to the dealership to see what it has, look on its website or call first. You may need to search at several dealers to find something that’s close to what you’re looking for. Or you can call the Barberino Car Finder service: 203-265-1611

Consider an EV. When gasoline prices spiked in 2022, demand for EVs spiked. Now that prices are lower again, and there are more models coming to market, EV availability has become more robust, and Manufacturers are offering Rebates, which means that it could be easier to score a deal on one. The Nissan Ariya has rebates, 0% APR offers and an over 300 mile range battery charge.

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 2/7/2024