Costco has new promotion at
http://www.costcoauto.com/volvo/?&cm_re=1-_-Right_Nav-_-Volvo

If you take their referral and let participating dealer call you - you will get pretty good price on
Volvo S80 (top of the line Volvo): base model (with Sirius radio prep) is $30,500 after all dealer fees and Costco rebates. For this configuration
MSRP is $39,545 (including destination)
invoice is $37,210 (including destination)

Hidden discounts are $4000 marketing support cash to dealer plus probably some portion of holdback (which could be around $1200).
Generally on S80 with Costco referral you probably will get invoice (including invoice cost of all options) minus ~$5,500. Dealer normally charges $500 in dealer fees and Costco gives you back $500 Costco cash card.

Base model has very decent features in it. But you have to check ultimate safety options:

Collision Avoidance Package [must to have] $1,695 $1,458
Blind Spot Information System $695 $598
Personal Car Communicator (PCC)[keyless door open and engine start] $495 $426
Optionally: Front And Rear Park Assist $495 $426
With sirius radio prep it invoices at $40,118

You will get radar controlled cruise control, lane departure warning, blind spot warning - test drive and make sure you will be shown all those features how they work.

Try to get those safety features on any car for ~$34,500.
Also base model for $30,500 if to be re-sold next year with very low mileage will fetch $29,000 on private market (per Edmunds.com) $1,500 depreciation in first year is incredible low for top-of-the-line Volvo.
Be warned that mileage is not that great: 16/24
Check safety rating: they are one of the highest of any car on the market. Must to have car for working mom or dad, for anybody who is getting tired often and doze off when driving. Lane departure alert will hopefully wake you up and adaptive cruise control slow you down if car in front will start breaking.

With all due respect; people who participate in FatWallet forums usually seek to save hundred bucks or so on a consumer electronics product (and usually go out of their way to do so), not the people who shell out $30K on a vehicle

FatValet said:With all due respect; people who participate in FatWallet forums usually seek to save hundred bucks or so on a consumer electronics product (and usually go out of their way to do so), not the people who shell out $30K on a vehicle

Especially not on a rebadged Taurus. What a stinkburger of a Volvo this is--absolute mediocrity. The Volvo name means nothing anymore.

FatValet said:With all due respect; people who participate in FatWallet forums usually seek to save hundred bucks or so on a consumer electronics product (and usually go out of their way to do so), not the people who shell out $30K on a vehicle

Well, a recent thread on the Honda Odyssey had 213 replies. This is a very interesting deal. It takes a lot of small savings deals to equal this kind of savings!

FatValet said:With all due respect; people who participate in FatWallet forums usually seek to save hundred bucks or so on a consumer electronics product (and usually go out of their way to do so), not the people who shell out $30K on a vehicle

You will soon see deals for a return ticket to space. I think some one posted that in past....cannot recall. Some help fellow FWer's.

Very good deal for those in the market.

FatValet said:ashok37 said:andriys said:Must to have car for working mom or dad, for anybody who is getting tired often and doze off when driving. Lane departure alert will hopefully wake you up and adaptive cruise control slow you down if car in front will start breaking.

Hey - I have an idea. If "working mom or dad" is tired, why don't they TAKE A NAP before driving home or NOT DRIVE AT ALL so that the rest of us don't get killed by "working d!psh!t."

I always hated the SUV logic of "Hey, I'll just buy a huge SUV so that I'll be safe." Then someone else ups the ante and buys an International. Before you know it, some idiot is driving a tank down Market St. Why can't people just learn to be better drivers?

I partially agree, though in a less-aggravated tone... While those alert features can certainly be useful, the way I see manufacturers advertise them seems to send the wrong message "Hey! Buy our car/SUV/truck and you don't have to pay as much attention to the road anymore! Eat, drink, put on makeup... no matter - our safety features will take over once you pass out due to your own irresponsibility."

It is true that advertising crash test rating does not encourage people to crash their cars. However, for a vehicle manufacturer to overemphasize that the car can be driven will less attention from the driver strikes me as irresponsible, even lawsuit-inviting.

Why are you people complaining when a company is going out of its way to protect its customers? Volvo did not ever advertise their cars to be safe to encourage people to drive irresponsibly, they are doing it because the simple fact is that people drive when they shouldnt, nevermind what car they are driving. All Volvo is doing is protecting the driver when an accident happens, and it pretty much is bound to happen.

FYI I am in no way a Volvo fanboy, my family chose a Landrover over the Volvo XC90. But I just think its ridiculous when people are ignorant and bitch about things simply because they dont understand/appreciate it.

I think OP has a great deal here. Usually, these S80s come in at $40K.

I happen to like Volvos- no other car manufacturer makes bucket seats that are as comfortable and supportive for long distance driving.

OP: Any deals on S40s or other cars?

You could be proactive and get from costco.com name of participating dealership and name of Costco-certified or participated salesman (not all salesman in dealership are typically dealing with Costco program). Nevertheless Costco recommends you to let them contact you to make sure they will follow to protocol and give you correct Costco pricing. After you will get correct Costco pricing - on some you could negotiate down even little more and still get $500 cash card from Costco. Do request to disclose all invoices on particular car you are buying and all factory incentives. Salesman who was working with me - didn't disclose any factory incentives, which I could complain back to Costco and force him to disclose. Make sure you will visit Edmunds.com and print out all pricing from there.

Edmunds for South Florida:

3.2 4dr Sedan (3.2L 6cyl 6A)
MSRP | Invoice
Optional Equipment $95 | $82
000682 SIRIUS Satellite Radio Preparation

Destination Charge $745 | $745
Total with Options $39,545 | $37,210

Note $4000 marketing support cash to dealer (not to customer).

Only S80 and C70 are included in Costco promotion. BUT you could come with regular Costco pricing for any other vehicle - you might know the bottom line of all invoices and incentives (that dealer will have to disclose to you with Costco program). Then you could negotiate down. I think situation is pretty desperate for Volvo and they are selling new cars only $1500 more than its private party sale price will be one year from now (unless people will start hating Volvo even more and stop buying them, which is some possibility considering S80 mileage of approx. 16/24 ): I got base S80 2008 for 30500 and base S80 2007 is estimated by Edmunds as worth of 29000. It is excellent deal if you could live with Volvo.

volvo is goimg the way of isuzu

invoice is a stingy 6% off msrp.