Chrysler Car Deals: Just $58 a month

[Guest Josh]

Chrysler employee offers set the stage as automakers scramble for a strong finish to '05.

It's a good time to buy a new car if you didn't take advantage of the industry's employee-discounts-for all deals last summer.

Automakers are hiking rebates again and dealers are touting special year-end sales with an advertising blitz to ratchet up December sales and boost yearly results during the final days of 2005.

In Metro Detroit, select consumers can lease a sport utility vehicle for as low as $58 a month and about $1,000 down.

After blistering summer sales fueled by employee-style discounts for all comers, General Motors Corp. and other automakers tried to woo shoppers in the fall by lowering prices on many 2006 models. But demand fell in October and November, setting the stage for the year-end sales battle.

While the deals may be great, they eat into profits as GM and Ford are struggling to get out of the red.

And they are unlikely to go away. Analysts expect industry sales this month to fall from robust December 2004 levels, and the outlook for 2006 sales is cloudy.

"The consumer spending environment since midsummer has softened," Goldman Sachs analyst Robert Barry said in a recent report to investors. "Our initial estimate is for 2006 sales of 16.8 million units, but we expect aggressive pricing will be needed to achieve that given a weakening consumer."

Full: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/artic.../512280330/1148

[Flybrian]

You get, like, what...20 miles a year?

[Newbiewar]

You get, like, what...20 miles a year?

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SHH!!! you'll query the deal!

58$ a month!?

unless they are calling the pt cruser a SUV... i dont see how thats possible unless its a 10 year lease... :blink:

[Newbiewar]

ohh it says... "In detriot" & "Select customers" haha! haha if u know bob lutz, you can get a good deal... :P

[BrewSwillis]

I saw Pacifica leases for like $48.00 a month/48 months, about a year ago. With only like $1000.00 down. I think it was like 10K miles a year. I was thinking about getting one to have as a second car, as my lease mileage is way high.

[Angry Dad]

"Chrysler employees can lease a 2006 Liberty Sport 4X4 priced at $16,684 for $58.54 for 24 months, with $1,059 down. Employees who live in Michigan can pay a lump sum of $1,669 plus the sales tax. Eligible nonemployees can get a monthly payment as low as $246 with $2,000 down, or $280 with zero down." No DCX people in the family but with the wife having a 4 mile round trip commute, I wish I could weasel into this deal.