I am getting ready to order an 07 and am looking for a dealership in the SoCal area that doesn't slap on a markup. Brecht MINI here in Escondido is marking up by 15% for 07.

Anyone ?

 

Call Baron MINI in KC...they should be able to order it in and ship it to you for much less than a 15% markup...

Liz is whom I worked with...she's cool

good luck!

 

South Bay MINI and Long Beach do not.

If you have done business with Crevier it is possible to have the mark up waved (well at least they offered that when I was shopping).

 

Call Motoring Advisor Robert Mathews at East Bay Mini in Pleasanton CA. They sell straight MSRP and have excellent customer service. 925 251-7063 is his direct line.
Tom

 

I agree. Except I worked with Gabe (who owns 2 MINI's).

 

Gabe is a great guy as well...he's got that cherry GP they keep parked in there!

 

South Bay MINI in Torrance, CA

NO Markup, and great to work with.

Best of all -> located in SoCal as original poster requested.

Long Beach likewise, but I bought mine from South Bay.

_Dave_

 

South bay MINI or East Bay MINI are both good

 

Oh wow, a 15% markup on a base 2007 MINI Cooper S would mean you have to pay additional $3,277. That's just insane.

 

Great experience and Long Beach Mini, no mark up.

 

Anyone have any experience with Irvine Mini?
They are the furthest south other than Brecht.....

 

Well, a request through the the MINIUSA website for Irvine's selling price was quickly answered. (Good cust service?)

2006 - MSRP
2007 - $1500 markup

I guess I wont be going there....

 

The markup is just taking advantage of the situation, total and complete greed. Hopefully Long Beach & South Bay won't change their approach to selling the cars at M.S.R.P.

 

I'd have a choice of buying through Baron or Schomp here in Denver. Is Baron that much better?

Also, I'm new to buying MINIs. I've had two Mazdas that I bought for about $5k under MSRP. Should I expect that the new MINI will go for MSRP for the forseeable future?

 

As long as demand stays the way it is, yes. Can't imagine it being any other way truthfully.

 

That's not insane.................. that's just stupid! Tell them (the gouger dealers) to 'pound sand' and then tell everyone what JA's they are.

JohnG

 

Welcome to NAM, gary442. Check out Dave's sticky in the Southern California forum for local info on clubs, independent shops, and dealerships.

 

I say go with Long Beach. They are great!

 

I went through the same thing as you. I live in San Diego and I ended up getting my Mini from Irvine. Call Irvine (Lizandro) he was great. No mark up. They had a "Dealer Package" that they offered and since some of my chosen options for my mini was in this package, they worked around it. Brecht just straight out said $4000.00 mark up for nothing because it was the only Mini dealer in the county. It was worth the drive and time, especially the long drive home in my new Mini!

 

I went to Schomp during MITM. They gave us great personal service when we went in for
service. Being your local dealer it should be a benifit to purchase from them if they treat you right. However Baron has been excellent for us.

 

I got my 2006 MC from South Bay. Talk to Jennifer or Amanda.






As an MSRP dealership we value our customer’s opinions and concerns. This is what had kept us among the largest and fastest growing MINI dealerships in the country.

 

Bob Smith Mini in Calabasas still mark up Cooper's at 2k and S's at 3k. This is non negotiable and guess what, people still buy them there!


To answer your question. I bought mine at Mini of Universal City. I was generally pleased with them, nothing bad to say, I used Jay in the Internet Sales department. I paid MSRP.

 

Dont go to south bay... they have the worst customer service. They don't call back at all. My MA was a guy named Chris Yuseco or something. I would leave him messages, never called back. I wanted to add some more options before the deadline, but never called back. I spoke with managers from different departments and then I received 1 call back. During our conversation, he was supposed to find out some more information and call me back, but never got a call back. Therefore, after all that waiting for my car to arrive, I got so ****'d off that I went there and cancelled my order. I ended up getting another car all together. South Bay is nice when there selling you the car... but once you put in your deposit... its bye bye... no call backs or anything. Go to Long Beach

 

I went to Assael and paid $500 over MSRP. I don't recomend them. The service dept. is awefull.

 

That's not much. When Brecht first opened (several months after most MINI dealers), they were demanding (and getting) $ 6,000 over list for a MINI Cooper S. They didn't get it from me. I went to Long Beach Mini and got it for list - but I had to wait a year...