Getting a Good Deal On a Car: How to set the opening offer, how to haggle and how to save on your second-biggest purchase

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Sat May 30 2015, 09:17PM

Americans buy more used cars than they do new ones and that number has only gone up during this tricky economy as people try to save money. But could you still be paying too much? That's the nagging doubt in every car buyer's mind.

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Thu May 21 2015, 04:04AM

In our story ‘The Art of the Deal: How to Haggle For a Used Car” [please link to main text article here] we gave you ten strategies for suavely, serenely negotiating a good price on a used vehicle, but we didn’t explain how to set your opening figure. We left it out on purpose. It’s such a critical step that it deserves its own article.