[RobbJK88]

In my experience with honda... they rarely deal... you walk off the lot after turning down their offer, they won't call you back (unlike other automakers)... plus brand new all better civic... plus the fact the civic always sells well. Good luck getting anything off MSRP unless you wait a year and go for their clearance event next summer. Or even better, wait 3 years and go for a clearance event before the 10th gen mid model update happens.

Honda is pretty inflexible with their pricing, because they don't need to cut prices to sell cars. Even when i was looking at the slow selling CRZ they were unwilling to come down in price.

 

[RobbJK88]

Ive never used it, maybe some people here have, but you could always wait a few months and use true car pricing and a true car dealer. That could potentially net you a few hundred bucks off the msrp of the car.

 

[RobbJK88]

I haven't used True Car but I hear great things about it. It is definitely a tool that you could use. The good news is, I don't think you'll have to spend over MSRP for sure. The Civic is such a popular vehicle, if one place is charging too much for it, you can always head to another dealer and get it for a cheaper price.

Ive said it before in another thread. Starting a bidding war between 2 or more local dealers will always net you the best price.

 

[RobbJK88]

That and you have to keep in mind, this is their paycheck. These guys work on commission. Sales = paycheck. So you have to imagine being in their shoes, would you be so willing to cut your own pay to help someone else get a new car (especially if said paycheck was your ticket to a new car that month)? I try and be understanding of their unwillingness to make drastic price cuts (outside of clearance events etc) as long as they seem like they know what they're talking about (i can talk circles around most dealers in terms of specs, features, trims and options on a car im interested in) and they don't seem like the shady type purposely trying to take advantage of people.

 

[RobbJK88]

Civic sales are doing pretty good for the segment. Here's the month by month breakdown:

http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2011/01/honda-civic-sales-figures.html

Yes, the Accord and the CR-V outsell it, but not by much. In the compact class, only the Corolla outsells it and that's including the Matrix in the numbers. Now look at the competition in the segment:

http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2015/09/usa-august-2015-ytd-vehicle-sales-by-model.html

Oh, and here's the HR-V numbers:

http://www.goodcarbadcar.net/2014/12/honda-hrv-sales-figures-usa-canada.html

You also can't really compare the current civics sales to what the new car will be. The new civic is better in every way possible. The current civic, even after the refreshes, has gotten constant hate from people for falling behind in the segment, and yet it still pulls good numbers. That says alot about how the new civic will sell. Honda won't be offering any significant deals on the civic until it hits it's first summer clearance even to make room for new model years.