vidma

I know there is already price thread, but mostly prices there are for USA market. In Canadian market RDX has slightly different trims/packages and very different pricing. So I am starting this thread hoping that other users will post here how much they were able to negotiate of their 2019 Acura RDX here in Canada.
I was ready to buy Black 2019 RDX with Tech package this week, but after reading in this forum about so many problems, I decided to wait for a few months untill manufacturing/QA "bugs" are addressed. At the same time if I would see very good deal, I would take a risk and buy it.
So here is my calculations:

MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price)
Base: 46,490 CA$
Options (black color): 500$
Mandatory fees: 2185 CA$ ( Freight 2045, Air Condition Tax: 100, Tire tax: 30, Regulatory Fee: 10)
Sales tax (Ontario, 13%): 6393 CA$
Cash Incentives after tax by Acura Canada: -1000CA$
On the Road (OTR): 54,568CA$

Dealers invoice as reported by unhaggle:
Base: 42,771 CA$
Options (black color): 350$
Mandatory fees: 2185 CA$
Sales tax (Ontario, 13%): 5890 CA$
Cash Incentives after tax by Acura Canada: -1000CA$
On the Road (OTR): 50,196 CA$

Note - Cash incentives by Acura Canada are provided just if you pay cash. If you finance or lease, there is no incentives in November 2018.

So OTR price should be between 50,196 CA$ and 54,568 CA$

In Toronto area I was offered:
Dealer 1: 52,760$
Dealer 2: 53,200$

As this point I stopped shopping.

So if you bought recently RDX or got a quote, please share it here. Please include provice and sales tax % as it is different between provinces.

Thanks!

Coffee123

On the same boat, been following the price/offers accepted thread since AUGUST but in the market for the plat elite in gunmetal in BC. ​​Test drove the car several times and shopped at few local dealers. Best price I could get is 1500 off MSRP and no doc fees. We have a luxury car tax here for everything over 55k (iirc) so I'm paying 15% tax on top. This was in October and I've stopped shopping since. I'm demotivated by the lack of discounts in Canada when our US counterparts are getting 3k off waiting to see if better deals could be had come December.

My lease is up next March and will likely be leasing the RDX given the problems reported here. The MF sucks though and with 0 down, the monthly payments are on par with the x3. Might end up getting that instead if Acura isn't moving on MSRP.


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ssacuraho

Check the "Prices Paid" thread. There are some Canadian sales on there.

I asked for and got Invoice + 2% without much difficulty at two Toronto Acura dealerships, but I was dealing with a trade-in, which may have clouded the issue. I couldn't get a decent trade-in value from the dealer around the corner, so I ended up buying from one 30 minutes away. PM if you would like any more details.

vidma

For reference I am adding Canadian prices I found that were posted in "Prices Paid" thread:

2018-07-26: Just finalized a deal last night in Toronto, Ontario. Platinum Elite with pearl paint, $55,490 MSRP, with $4,407 discount plus Customer Cash Rebate of $1,000. Link
2018-10-11: We are picking up our majestic platinum elite on espresso interior today. OTD price is $60,500, roughly 7% off msrp. We are up here in western Canada. Link

On other websites I found:

2018-09-29: I just bought a 2019 Lunar Silver RDX with Tech Package in Vancouver for my sister and got $1,770 off MSRP with no other extra documentation fees or any other dealer fees. There was also an additional $1,000 after tax Acura incentive so the final cash on the road price was $51,500.
Another user replied: This is a pretty good number too, I was able to get a bit better than this (in Toronto) with the Black colour (+500 MSRP) on the road pricing. It seems that you just have to know what you want and ask, some dealers are willing to entertain offers and those who don't....well...I guess they don't want MY business, which you have to earn.

DHood

Vidma, sometimes the price is reflective of how "hungry" the dealer is for a sale. The manufactures price does not vary too much for what the Dealers pay, so it amounts to how much profit the dealer wants. I would shop as many dealers as you can in your area. If you are not leasing consider financing from the Bank and therefore you get the cash incentive which I got on my deal. I was also offered a generous Trade In Value on my 2015 Honda CRV with low mileage.

Good Luck
DavidH

Tanzeeb

You shouldn't have too much trouble getting very close to Unhaggle's price.

Go in ready to buy, knowing exactly what what model and add-ons you want and be firm about the price you want to pay. Be ready to walk away and come back next week. If the salesman doesn't bring out the manager to talk to you at least three times, you didn't get the best deal.

Unhaggle reports the dealer invoice for all trims to be approximately $4000 off, but in actuality it's $4500. No matter what you negotiate, the dealership is making a minimum $500 above the unhaggle price, and they are getting at least another $1000 if you're leasing/financing.

supafamous

When you say the "Unhaggle price" do you mean 3-4% above invoice? Looks like in my neck of the woods people are paying around 7% so far (early days of course). Curious about the Vancouver folks who are buying and which dealer they're finding success with.

Tanzeeb

No, I mean the invoice price given by Unhaggle. It's $500 above the true invoice price. The key thing to remember is that the dealer will make money on any discount less than $4500.

You'll have to negotiate hard to come anywhere close to that number -- the first offer I got was $2000 *above* MSRP. Be ready to buy that day, do your research on options/colours/accessories ahead of time, promise to give them perfect ratings in the post-sales surveys, be prepared to walk away if you don't get the number you want.

If you make it easy for them, they'd be stupid not to sell to you.

cekash

Has anyone else finalized a deal in Toronto area recently? Just curious as to what you got? I am wanting to pull the trigger but I need some info before heading into the shark tank

Thanks!

supafamous

I'm interested in Vancouver pricing as I'll be buying in the next few months - looking at an A-Spec and will be asking the dealer to swap out the tires for Michelin Pilot Sport A/S 3+ as part of the deal. Would appreciate any intel on that front.

ssacuraho

cekash - as a new user, you need to delete Private Messages after you have read them - or you can't receive any more. (You might even have to delete items from your Sent box - not sure...)

supafamous

https://acurazine.com/forums/third-g.../#post16398736

Someone from Markham posted their price paid - 1.75% above invoice for an A-Spec.

PAPI007

Sales Tax 13% Also you guys say OTR and we say OTD!

supafamous

Bumping this old thread to see if any Canadians have pricing data to offer as I'm about to roll out an offer for an A-Spec here in Vancouver. Reposting what I said over in the other pricing thread:

blexann

^ I'd like to know as well, close to pulling the trigger on an elite. Got the below but I don't have an unhaggle account so can't see the "what do most Canadians pay" price

2020 Acura RDX Elite Package
Base MSRP: $50,490
Invoice Price: $46,451

catalytic_ca

I got about 7% off MSRP on a 2019 Platinum Elite and added the 7 yr AcuraCare extended warranty for ~30% off.

catalytic_ca

Try the globe and mail unhaggle portal. I think you can still see the average discount without an account.

supafamous

Are you referring to the pricing that the "Average Joe" pays? For the A-Spec it shows only about a $600 discount from MSRP in my area which sounds puny. For the Elite it shows about a $300 discount.

blexann

No, there's a 3rd option that only shows if you sign up "What Should I Pay?" However the Average Joe Pays is not bad - that's over 2K off so there's probably more room or it could be Unhaggle showing that price to get you to sign-up in the hopes of seeing further discounts. Actually I don't doubt that is the case.

1. Dealers Want
$50,490
Full price / MSRP


2. Average Joe Pays
$48,267

supafamous

So after a day of negotiations with a number of dealers I've landed on two options and wouldn't mind your opinions on it:

1) 2020 A-Spec, Red with the protection package (all weather mats and cargo tray) and cargo cover for $56K (this is about 2.25% above invoice)
2) 2019 A-Spec, Red with the protection package and cargo cover with 3,600km (a courtesy car at the dealer) for $50,700.

The latter looks mostly pristine and is out of town. Travel to get it will run me the better part of the day and cost about $300 so it's a $5K savings in total. Our use of the car will be light - I expect to put only 10,000kms on it a year at best and will keep it for 8-12 years. In both cases these are the rock bottom prices the dealers are willing to go with.

Thoughts?

blexann

wow 5K savings for the 2019. Maybe check the manufactured date on it to make sure it hasn't been sitting on the lot for a long time -that would be my only concern. Also check the odometer. Those are OTR prices I'm assuming

Nozdormu

I'd be interested to hear OTR prices for an RDX A-Spec Apex Blue in Edmonton or Calgary. I'm thinking about getting one sometime in the next couple of months so I would love to hear the prices that nearby dealers are accepting.

supafamous

Thanks for the tip on manufacture date - will ask for that. Correct on OTR pricing and have gotten photo confirmation of the odometer. Sounds like they actually have two identical demo cars available at about this price so if you're in BC and looking for a red A-Spec I can connect you with the sales guy.

dmski

Just keep pushing for a better deal. You are spending a lot of money. I would never buy a "courtesy car". Maybe the car was used lightly but there's also a chance that the car was absolutely beat the crap out of. Your intent is to keep it for a long time. Spread this over a 10-12 years and it's really not much more. Why take a chance.

catalytic_ca

My only concern with demo cars is that they could have been in an accident and you would never know about it. Since the dealership groups have their own autobody shops, they can fix the car themselves without claiming insurance and generating a record on the CarProof report. Sound far fetched? Yeah, it probably never happens... but then again, how many people thought the Raptors would win the NBA championship?

supafamous

I've generally have been of the "avoid demos/courtesy car" brigade - in this case the car is from an area with the lowest insurance rates in BC (Victoria) because of how slow and safe people drive and having lived there for 5.5 year I'd bet the car was largely babied for a car of that nature. There's only so much abuse one can heap on a car with 3,600km with the type of performance available in a RDX on simple, slow roads - the interior looks fresh, the wheels have no curbing on them, no visible marks on the exterior from the high res photos provided. I had told the wife I wanted the 2020 instead until I saw the photos where it looks every bit as good as a new car.

That said, if I opt for it (and I'm leaning towards that), I don't have to commit till I see the car in person and I intend on being pretty thorough in reviewing its records.

blexann

so the $50K is for a demo? If you heart is really set on it then I would ask for way more off than that - I would start in the low 40's. Don't let the "only 3600km's" fool you. That's probably two to 300 hundred test drives over a long period of time also probably including sales reps taking the vehicle out for runs or using it as their daily driver. There's a reason dealers push demos. Personally I would stay away especially since your plan is to keep for 8+ years.

kebel87

Sorry guys English is not my mother language. What do you mean by “above invoice”? To me it sounds like you’re willingly paying more than MSRP, which doesn’t make sense so I guess it’s not what it means...

blexann

Invoice price is what the dealer pays for the car, MSRP is the dealers advertised price. You want to pay as close to invoice as possible

Ragir

I bought mine pearl white Acura RDX 2020 Elite cash for $56000 including taxes from Kitchener, Schlueter Acura, Ontario Canada

blexann

Not bad...I think that works out to be 3K off invoice. Any extras?

Ragir

Nothing extra...Total $56k included everything.

Blu2

$57.5K All-in Alberta. 2020 Platinum Elite White w/ high wall mat, block heater and wheel locks. 2-yr key fob replacement and 1-yr wheel protection.

sauga

Just picked up a black A-Spec today in the GTA for just over 1% above invoice. I had a slightly better deal on the weekend ($300 above invoice) at a different dealer but walked away stupidly.

Compared with the Lexus RX350 which we were also looking it, it was much easier to negotiate for the RDX.

blexann

2019 or 2020? and is this for a new RDX or a demo?

JacPac

Payout: $4,000 Tech, A-Spec, Elite models and $5,000 Platinum Elite models.

Tony Pac

I was at my dealer this past weekend for a demo. A-Spec, 13,000 KM.

I found it too expensive for a demo ($51,000). Thé dealer didn’t want to negotiate. I know them well and the guy told me to wait. He said currently RDX is too hot in the market and his director doesn’t give any major discounts to make me happy.

He said get an mdx and he will get me a good discount but I am not interested lol

MIT007

I'd love to know where and how to get this discount. I'm shopping for a Elite in Mississauga.

Tony Pac

Good luck! In Montreal, it sucks. No discounts or very little that I won't care. $51K for 13,000 KM A-SPEC. It's insane.

JacPac

The offer is available in Quebec
Cash Purchase Incentive for 2019 models:
Payout: $4,000 Tech, A-Spec, Elite models and $5,000 Platinum Elite models.
Ends September 3, 2019.