As soon as a car carrier drops off a load of new vehicles at a dealership, most of them remain on the lot for an average of sixty days or more before they are sold. However, the vehicles on JeffCars.com fastest-selling car list were as hot as fire crackers last month. They rolled off of lots within twenty days.

Most dealers won't be offering big discounts or rebates on JeffCars.com's fastest-selling vehicles. (To find the JeffCars.com Best Month-End Deals, click here.) The Jeep Patriot is the only vehicle on our list being sold this month with a $1,000 national rebate. In fact, being that African Americans spend over $28 billion purchasing new and pre-owned vehicles annually, according to Target Market News, this listing will help savvy car-buyers know how much they should expect to dole out. As opposed to the MSRP (Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price), this list reflects the average transaction price consumers paid to tool around town in a hot ride last month.

With the exception of the Toyota Prius, most of the models on our list are all-new or have recently been extensively updated. Until now, imports have dominated this list. This is the first time this year three domestic vehicles have appeared on the list: Saturn Sky, Jeep Patriot and GMC Arcadia. Moreover, although the average national gas price hovered around $3.00 a gallon last month, consumers were still buying a crop of redesigned high-dollar vehicles - Lexus LS, Mercedes-Benz CL, Audi TT and BMW 5-Series.

Since consumers may not be able to maximize their savings by negotiating the price alone, they should consider arranging their financing prior to heading into a dealership. Recent studies continue to reveal that African Americans may still receive higher interest rates if they don't do their homework. JeffCars.com car-payment calculator and online financing tools are available to help car shoppers figure out their monthly notes and secure financing prior to visiting a dealership.

Here's what consumers paid for JeffCars.com top ten fastest-selling vehicles in June: Model Category Avg. Transaction Price Status of Model

Honda CR-V Sports Utility $24,371 restyled in 2006

Honda Fit Compact $16,400 all-new model/4-cylinder

Mercedes-Benz CL Luxury Coupe $131,908 restyled in 2006

Scion xB Compact $17,841 restyled in 2007; no negotiation on price/4-cylinder

Lexus LS Luxury Sedan $70,409

Sources: Power Information Network and JeffCars.com

To access the complete listing of what consumers are paying for the top ten fastest-selling rides, click here.

Who's Willing to Make a Deal?
While GM and Ford took a big hit in sales last month, many of the imports (ie., Toyota, Honda and Nissan) continued to increase their sales when compared to June 2006. GM and Ford continued the sales incentives they begun during the Fouth of July holiday weekend to combat their lack luster sales. To view a complete listing of all of the automakers willing to make a deal to clear out their over-stocked inventory, click on JeffCars.com Best Deals List .

Who Offers the Best Customer Service Experience?
How important is your service experience to you? If it rates a twelve on a scale of ten, you may be interested in this latest report. According to J. D. Power and Associates 2007 Customer Satisfaction Study (CSI), which measures how consumers guage their in-dealership service experience of vehicles purchased during the 2004 thru 2006 model years, Lexus handed off its crown to Jaguar.

Seeing that Jaguar sales are down over a third for the first half of 2006, some critics believe they have no excuse but to take care of every service customer. Regarless of the critics opinions, Jaguar is still leading the pack. Other brands that made the top ten list for this year, in order: Buick, Cadillac, Lexus, Mercury, Saturn, Mini, Lincoln, Pontiac and Infiniti. And the brands that brought up the tail-end of the list, in order: Isuzu, Suzuki, Volkswagen, Land Rover and Jeep.

JeffCars.com Hits Three-Year Mark Next Month
Yes, next month we will hit our three-year mark. To celebrate this milestone, we'll announce our new auto blogging partnership with a major urban Web site. In the meantime, pick up the editor of JeffCars.com article in August's issue of Black Enterprise - "The New Trend in Auto Financing."

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