premiums paid at dealership for "market adjust"?

[PassionforPassionCT]

Originally Posted by MicroNut

I had not paid attention to this before, but the official press release from smart USA on pricing does use the term MSRP:

http://www.smartusa.com/smart-media-...ouncement.aspx

That has to be a good thing. It its "suggested" its the price. Plain and simple.

[spdickey]

Originally Posted by PassionforPassionCT

That has to be a good thing. It its "suggested" its the price. Plain and simple.

The term "MSRP" is used four times in the press release at http://www.smartusa.com/smart-media-...ouncement.aspx

What that does not mean is that the smarts, while in high demand to supply, will sell for LESS than MSRP, which is typical for almost every other car out there.

We, of course, don't want to pay MORE than MSRP (other than the taxes, destination and doc fees). Roger Penske has said on many occasions that the smart dealers (owned by Penske or not) will not be allowed (somehow) to sell above MRSP. No Additional Markup, no Demand Pricing, no added dealer profit.

We've seen that with the gray G+K/ZAP 450 cars selling for upwards of $27,000, with about $5000 going to the greedy dealers. It happened in the past with the PT Cruiser, the Miata and even the Pontiac Fiero. Penske is going to make things different this time. Thank you Roger.