Is that a USDM Renault Alliance?!? Looks like it with the rear side marker lights and perhaps US license plate holes going unused. How/why would that wind up over there? Were there not enough European ones to go around?

1. Know what your end point/bottom line figure is BEFORE you shop or drive onto the lot. Once you're there even experienced buyers get confused or wrapped up in the excitement. 2. Know what your credit score is if planning on financing. Know what your bank or credit union will finance you for (months and %) so you know whether the dealer is offering you competitive financing or trying to screw you with an overpriced loan they are getting kickbacks for putting you into. 3. You can always go up. Offer way less than where you want to end up. The worst they can say is no. A private seller will usually pretty quickly say "here's what I have to have for the car" and a dealer will of course try the dickering charade but just stand your ground. 4. If doing a trade, concentrate on the "trade difference", i.e. the amount financed. Getting $5K for your used car and $5K off a new $30K car is a better deal than getting $1K off the new car and $8K for your trade. 5. If you feel you aren't getting the service or terms you deserve, leave. There's plenty of other dealers. 6. Do your research online before you see the dealer. Walk on the lot saying "I want to talk numbers on this particular car you have and see if we can put a deal together". 7. A price is a price. If they say you have to do it by lunch, or by closing, don't fall for it. The price shouldn't be good forever, but expecting them to honor it a day or two later while you think or shop around is completely reasonable. 8. Don't ever sign anything until you are buying the car. They'll say "sign here that you will buy the car today and I'll show my manager you are serious" is complete BS.

I briefly had possession of an Aveo I needed to sell to settle an estate....positively the most miserable car to drive on an American interstate, bar none. A punishing ride, engine and wind noise galore, and maybe a sorry 34mpg was all you got in return. But it is simple and cheap to own. And around town, it felt pretty peppy and rode and handled fine as a runabout.