As a recent car buyer, I am (as of this writing) fairly armed with a wealth of information and new tricks that would make for a PhD thesis in itself!

Confessions of a car salesman – http://www.edmunds.com/advice/buying/articles/42962/article.html

If you have not read the above mentioned article, then STOP EVERYTHING IMMEDIATELY! Its a lengthy article, but TRUST ME – its like going to be very very very rewarding if you read this and EDUCATE yourself. Its written in a storyboard narrative and I kid you not – you will see the narratives from this exhaustive article being played out in front of your eyes when you are sitting at the dealer. For me this article is the bible unless car dealers start changing their sales ops (which has NOT happened in the last 25+ years!).

Through my own use of these articles, I saved … drum rolls … more than $4,500 on the out-of-the-door-price of my brand new car (everything included)! For the more inquisitive readers, I was $600 under invoice. So now you know how many frills are attached to that new car price. Not to mention that peer-comparison sites  where I re-checked my final deal put me in the 95th percentile – that simply means 95% of car buyers in my region (i.e. tri-state region in USA) paid more than what I did, for the exact same model …

Additionally:

Real car buying tips – http://www.realcartips.com/articles/carbuying/how-to-buy-a-new-car.html