I got one great deal last week when I was out shopping for a new car. Not only did I get a new car for thousands off the sticker price, but I was offered several extremely low interest rates on auto loans.
I have a really great credit rating, so getting financing was not my biggest concern. But I never dreamed I would be able to pick and choose from several different auto loans while I was shopping.
The dealer told me that the dealership needed to sell some cars fast, because they had to make room on the lot for dozens of cars that had been sitting on a storage lot for months. The finance department at the dealership worked over time to get me the best deal possible, just so I would not leave without a new car.
At first I was just going to shop around and go to my bank to see what type of auto loans they could give me. But during my time at the dealership I called my bank for a quick quote and was told that my interest rate was going to be around six percent. At the time I thought six percent was not bad, until I talked to the finance department.
The finance department at the dealership offered me two different auto loans with interest rates under four percent. One of the auto loans was for 48 months and the other was for 36 months.
I am a bit confused because all of the news lately has been saying that getting auto loans for new and used cars is getting harder because of the state of the economy. But if that was the case, why was it so easy to find so many great auto loans in just a short time period?
I’m not sure why people are saying that good auto loans are hard to come by, but getting the best loan for me was easier than it had ever been before.
If you are looking of auto loans to buy a new car you should have very little trouble getting one, as long as you have good credit or better. For that matter, the guy at the dealership told me that they could even get someone with poor credit into a new car, mostly because the car makers are offering fantastic incentives.