Happy Holidays to Me

All of the gifts have been unwrapped, the food has beeneaten, and your family and friends are slowly heading back to the parts of thecountry they all visited from. But in all of the holiday chaos you may have forgottento treat someone important with a gift this year: yourself. Don’t worry if you’rehaving trouble with your turbocharger or fuel pump. It’s the end of the yearand every car dealership has some great deals to land you behind thewheel of a new car.

Almost every manufacturer is offering financing as low as 0%on new purchases as well as cash back options. Chevy and Ford particularly are offeringup to $5,000 cash back on many of their new models if you buy before the NewYear. If you have your eyes set on a car that’s a little out of your pricerange for purchase, there is probably a leasing option available to get you inthat driver’s seat. Just to name a few, the new 2012 Lexus IS can be yours forlease at $329/month, or you can drive away in a new Nissan Maxima for$279/month. If your new year’s resolution is to go green you might want to takea Prius for a test drive, which are leasing as low as $219/month.

These prices are just deals stated on company websites. Onceyou’re at the dealership there is always wiggle room to get those payments to better fit your price range. If your car’s on its last leg, it’s a greattime to take advantage of these deals. I know many people who have driven offthe lot in a new car at a fraction of its price, especially those 2011 modelsleft behind. And hey, after all the shopping and preparing you’ve done forevery one else in the past few weeks, you deserve it.