DealerNet also has some automobile reviews, reprinted from an annual consumer magazine, New Car Test Drive. I'm interested in. As you might expect from a dealer referral service, there is no on-line information available about dealer invoices. The graphics on the Edmund site are not nearly as slick as the others, but certainly as easily accessed. If my research were complete and I were ready to buy, I might consider a number of on-line car buying services that promise to sell cars at or slightly above the wholesale cost to the dealer.
Manufacturers periodically refund dealers money they've held back at the time of sale.
It never appears on the car's invoice, and the salesman doesn't share in it. There are no layers of expensive sales commissions and advertising fees. Once the form is sent through the Internet, a dealer will contact the customer by phone or e-mail within 48 hours to tell him or her how much the car costs. While the service is free to the car buyer, consumers are continually cautioned against using it as a pricing service. But that seems akin to getting in a checkout line at the store with an item whose price you're not sure of.