Cheap new car can be a disappointment zone.

If you go looking for a 2014 Nissan Versa $ 12,780 sedan that went on sale Tuesday for a new car with the lowest price, good luck. Dealers almost never stock the lowest-priced models.
They say no one is buying down version, and buyers say that because they are not available. Car said the so-called "take rate" for the lowest priced version of any model lasted from 2% to 5%.

Using that new Versa for example, a bottom-priced models have a manual transmission. Some can or will drive a stick-shift today. Moving up to a conventional four-speed automatic adds $ 1,000.

And you still do not have a high-mileage versions you may see advertised.
That's the one with CVT (continuously variable-ratio automatic transmission), which is rated an attractive 40 mpg on the highway. Lowest price is S Plus CVT models, ranging from $ 14,580, including shipping.
Suddenly, instead of flesh-licking, less than the estimated $ 13,000 new car, you are getting close to $ 15,000.
Where buyers often start thinking about the point well equipped, lightly used car instead of a new one.
It's not just Nissan. Most cars such as the price of their vehicles.
Of course, there are more profit-priced models even slightly higher, so that's what the car companies want to make and dealers want to keep a lot and in the showroom.
In addition to being difficult to find, bare-bones car is not only desirable, even among people who swear they "just want basic transportation." Often the "basic" means sans air conditioning, power windows and radio.
Power windows sound like a luxury until you envision yourself reaching from the driver's seat in the car to hand-crank the passenger side window.
Using Versa again, the average transaction price is $ 16,092, according to the research and shopping website TrueCar.com. Three cars have an average price lower transaction: SmartForTwo ($ 14,264), Chevrolet Spark ($ 14,707) and the Mazda2 ($ 15,528).
The transaction price is all-inclusive, out the door, so include taxes and licensing fees as well as factory rebates, delivery and dealer discounts.
And low-to-buy is often not cheap to own. A low-priced vehicles often depreciate faster than a car that is more expensive, so that the trade-in time, the gap between the value of what you have and what you want is big enough. Depreciation is the single biggest cost of owning a car, but is often overlooked because it does not hit until years after you buy the car.

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Nissan Versa S Sedan, $12,780