Warning - Broken control arm bolt!

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

We've gotten deals on almost all of our cars. We've always paid under MSRP for them.

If it weren't an aftermarket dealer option on my car (power windows/locks, that was crap), they would have made $0 on my car. lol. Actually, I don't think they get any money from the third party, do they?

Yeah, they would have marked it up from their cost, but it doesn't sound like it stands out to you as a large amount....so they probably didn't make that much. However, you didn't mention anything re a holdback, so Toyota may have paid the dealer an incentive that would be invisible to you. The dealer might make money from that, but it would come out of Toyota USA's pocket, not yours.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Yeah, they would have marked it up from their cost, but it doesn't sound like it stands out to you as a large amount....so they probably didn't make that much. However, you didn't mention anything re a holdback, so Toyota may have paid the dealer an incentive that would be invisible to you. The dealer might make money from that, but it would come out of Toyota USA's pocket, not yours.

No clue. I got my car for $15,060, but $1,400 of that was that lousy Autohaus "power package."