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Deal of the Week: BMW Alpina B7

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:15:00 EDT

What costs six figures, produces 516 lb-ft of torque and looks like something Chris Bangle once scribbled on a cocktail napkin? Exactly, it's the BMW 7-Series in Alpina B7 trim. And for a limited time, you can own one at an interest figure lower than that introductory, adjustable-rate number you got from the shady mortgage broker behind the train station. Of course, with your house now going on the forclosure block, you'll need a place to stay. May we recommend the Alpina B7, which for a limited time you can get at up to 60 months at 3.9 percent. And if you had any equity left in that pressboard Mc Mansion the bank now owns, you could cut your living expenses in half. If you already own a 6- or 7-Series BMW, you can opt for $3500 in cash back in lieu of the financing deal. That way, you can load the trunk with Top Ramen and hot sauce. [Edmunds]

Deal of the Week: Saab 9-3 SportCombi

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 11:00:00 EDT

Another Saab up on the Jalopnik DotW? Look at it this way, Saab's sales woes are your purchase gains. This week we're intrigued by a $4,000 rebate on the 9-3 SportCombi (among other models). Granted, GM's tenure as steward of the company birthed by aircraft engineers hasn't been the most fecund period in its history. And while things have been looking up for the 9-3, sales numbers haven't budged. The car's still hampered by cliff-face depreciation and GM's front-drive Epsilon platform, which puts it out of the running among RWD-only enthusiasts. But the poky base four — in the previously cryptic "Arc" and "Linear" models — is long gone, replaced in 2006 with a 2.0-liter turbo four producing 210 hp. The 2.8-liter V6 in the Aero model gets 250. Sure the transmission offerings are one cog light, and power numbers...

...won't win any stoplight wars — oh, and the interior is still behind the best in class — but it still can handle a b-road without flinching. And look at what you get for a pre-incentive MSRP of between $27,495 and $33,700: standard ABS, traction control, stability control and front, side and head airbags, a five-year/100,000 mile warranty, including a transferrable powertrain component, 24/7 roadside assistance and courtesy transportation. And if you choose the Aero, there's a free two-day performance-driving program at Road Atlanta. Of course, the SportCombi paradoxically has 0.2 cubic feet of cargo space less than the sedan. But that's just fine; we're huge MC Escher fans. (NOTE: Better-looking 2008 model shown.) [Saab via MSN Autos]

Deal of the Week: 2007 Saab 9-7x

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:00:40 EDT

Forget for a minute the Saab truck's humble midwestern upbringing. Pretend there's no such thing as a Chevy Trailblazer that gave its hide so a Swedish SUV may live. Sure, a luxury SUV without a luxury platform underpinning it is at best a sophisticated pimp job and at worst a job for the Better Business Bureau. But before we give the open hand to Saab's largest, let's remember Lexus RX buyers rest their oh-so-elite posteriors astride the same architecture born for the plebes' own Camry. The main problem with the 9-7x is its distance from Saab's original brand message. But perhaps up to $7000 off the $40,000 sticker price will make you forget there ever was a 900 Turbo. How about zero-percent financing out to five years? You'll have to pick just one of those deals, but if you can find an unloved specimen at the back of a dealer's lot in New Jersey, you might just get one for the same nut as you would a lowly blazer of trails. Don't thank us, thank flawed decision-making. [MSN Autos]

Deal of the Week: 2007 Mitsubishi Endeavor

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:45:40 EDT

Care for an aging, large-ish SUV from a company fighting for its very existence in the US market? You've come to the proper venue. It's the 2007 Mitsubishi Endeavor, and while it never did get its just props due to its five-seat configuration and off-kilter price-to-value ratio, the Endeavor is a relatively nimble box with a torquey 3.8-liter V6 and decent off-road capability. Sure it only has a four-speed autobox in a field of fives and sixes, but its once-radical styling has already made a quick plunge to dated and come out on the "they still make those?" side of the prestige curve. With a $4,000 rebate on the LS model, and with some fancy footwork against a beleaguered Mitsubishi salesperson looking to move anything but the rented furniture, you could come out ahead. That is, as long as you don't sweat the catastrophic depreciation. [via MSN Autos]

Deal of the Week: 2007 Lincoln Town Car

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:00:01 EDT

Stop snickering. You know you want one, or maybe you don't. Either way, the 2007 Lincoln Town Car could be an ironist's wet dream (don't bother asking Alanis Morissette what that is). It's the kind of car in which you can both cruise to the Hamptons and sell cured sausages door to door. You can strap a surfboard to the roof and look like you've just come from a Citibank commercial, or pull up to out-of-towners at the airport and make a few bucks on the side. Until October 1, Lincoln's offering a $7000 rebate or no-interest financing all the way to 60 months. And just think, with all the airport money you'll make, you'll only be upside-down for three years or so. Of course, by then it'll be worth about ten grand. [Lincoln via MSN Autos]

Deal of the Week: 2006 Pontiac GTO

Mike Spinelli — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:40:00 EDT

Despite its elongated jelly bean looks and decade-old Australian underpinnings, the current Pontiac GTO is a fun, rather unsung muscle car. At least it's got both a V8 and rear drive, which is rarer these days than a news cycle without a bleary-eyed Lindsay Lohan mug shot. As the model winds down, however, there are deals aplenty. Right now, Pontiac's offering an incentive of zero percent financing for 72 months on all remaining 2006 Pontiac GTO models. GM Inside News says there are around 1,000 in stock. Have at 'em, but don't get upside down on the loan, and avoid the automatics and their dang ol' gas-guzzler tax. [via GM Inside News]