Real Car Prices from
a Real Car Dealer

This is our 162nd AutoBrag Deal Of The Day.  What we’ve done is searched through www.autobrag.com and discovered certain vehicles being sold for considerably less than market prices. Usually, the dealerships are using these “loss leaders” as a way to gain more business.

We found a 2009 Toyota Sienna XLE 7-Passenger 4dr Minivan (3.5L 6cyl 5A) from Westboro Toyota

The lowest Internet Price: $29,767.00
MSRP: $35,080.00
ePrice: $29,767.00
Savings: $5,313.00
% OFF MSRP: 15.15 %

Why Is This The AutoBrag Deal Of The Day:

The average wholesale price for a used 2008 Toyota Sienna XLE with 12,032 miles (average) is $26,900.00. If you were to buy this new car at sticker price of $35,080.00, after one year, your depreciation would be roughly 23.32% of the vehicle’s value or $8,180.00 over the 12 months or $681.67 per month. That does not even include the money you lose on sales tax and registration!

If you were to buy this specific 2009 Toyota Sienna XLE for $29,767.00, you would be able to drive it for one year and trade it in or sell it at wholesale market for $26,900.00. That means that you would drive a new car for one year and pay $2,867.00 or $238.92 per month (not including taxes and fees). The depreciation for the period of one year would be 9.63%.

If the car was sold via private party the price would be about 5%-10% higher than wholesale. That means that you probably would sell this car for about $28,245.00 (5% over wholesale) to $29,590.00 (10% over wholesale). That means that you would drive a new car for one year and pay $1,522.00 to $177.00 or per month that would be $126.83 to $14.75 (not including taxes and fees).

Using AutoBrag’s Deal Of The Day, the Dealer eats 64.95% of year one’s depreciation based on wholesale market for the same vehicle.

For disclosure purposes WE DO NOT receive compensation from Westboro Toyota; we are just trying to save car consumers time and money.

Crash Test and Rollover Ratings for the 2009 Toyota Sienna.

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