I started shopping for a Tucson HEV SEL-C in mid-February. In the metro Phoenix market we have no less than ten Hyundai dealers within a 100 miles plus another half dozen throughout the rest of the state, so after checking out each of the locals online, I called the ones that seemed like the most transparent and who didn't have (or advertise) market adjustments. I narrowed the list down to about five dealers and put my name on their list to call when they got their next allotment notices. I also went through Costco Auto Buying service, but that dealer was several thousand more than some of the other dealers.
On April 7 I got a call from one dealer that they had a car in the trim and color I wanted coming in their next allotment. NO market adjustment and were willing to negotiate a bit on dealer adds. I gave them a $1,000 refundable deposit to lock in the car, and looks to be delivered around May 31. Since then, I think every dealer in Phoenix has added market adjustments from $2,000 to $5,000, so consider myself lucky to get out with $1,600 in dealer adds.
The key takeaway here is that I didn't ORDER a car, I scoured the dealers until I found one with the car I wanted on their allotment list that hadn't already been pre-sold. Literally everything on dealer's web inventory is already sold. It's definitely a dog-fight out there and not the best time to be buying a car, but my 15 year-old Mazda was going to need new shoes and some other work and I needed a bigger vehicle anyway. I think I caught the tail end of the 2022 dealer allotments, and two months start to finish seems pretty decent given some of the stories I've read on these forums.
My biggest concern is that they try to add a market adjustment when I go to sign the papers. Fingers crossed. But that's what lawyers are for.
On April 7 I got a call from one dealer that they had a car in the trim and color I wanted coming in their next allotment. NO market adjustment and were willing to negotiate a bit on dealer adds. I gave them a $1,000 refundable deposit to lock in the car, and looks to be delivered around May 31. Since then, I think every dealer in Phoenix has added market adjustments from $2,000 to $5,000, so consider myself lucky to get out with $1,600 in dealer adds.
The key takeaway here is that I didn't ORDER a car, I scoured the dealers until I found one with the car I wanted on their allotment list that hadn't already been pre-sold. Literally everything on dealer's web inventory is already sold. It's definitely a dog-fight out there and not the best time to be buying a car, but my 15 year-old Mazda was going to need new shoes and some other work and I needed a bigger vehicle anyway. I think I caught the tail end of the 2022 dealer allotments, and two months start to finish seems pretty decent given some of the stories I've read on these forums.
My biggest concern is that they try to add a market adjustment when I go to sign the papers. Fingers crossed. But that's what lawyers are for.
