--- title: "Want a New Car With No Markup? Try These Facebook Groups" description: "New Facebook groups let dealerships post listings of cars without markups, which makes them look like the good guys." date: "2023-05-27" modified: "2023-05-27" authors: - name: "Nico DeMattia" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/nico-demattia" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/want-a-new-car-with-no-markup-try-these-facebook-groups" categories: - "Car Buying" - "News" tags: - "Ford" - "Maverick" - "pickup" --- # Want a New Car With No Markup? Try These Facebook Groups ![]() Dealer markups are getting so out of control that it seems we can't go a week without a new story of [markup lunacy](). It's reached the point where finding any sort of mildly interesting car for MSRP is almost impossible. However, some dealers see this as an opportunity to not only snag sales from customers they otherwise wouldn't get but also look like the good guys in the process. In some new Facebook groups, dealers and salespeople are fulfilling customer requests for cars at MSRP. These brand-specific Facebook groups have been popping up in the last year or so and are simply designed for customers to find dealers who aren't marking cars up. It's a delightfully simple concept: potential customers go to the brand-specific group they want, they post a request for a car at MSRP, and then dealers/salespeople make them offers. Sometimes, dealers will even post certain in-demand car listings at MSRP, or even lower, on their own. ![Toyota Tacoma]() *via Toyota* It's actually a fascinating idea because it flips the script on the typical dealer marketplace. Typically, dealerships holds all the leverage. They're the ones with the cars and customers have to seek them out, so dealerships set the prices and the terms. But with these Facebook groups, it's the other way around. The groups have the customers and dealerships have to match customers' terms in order to get sales. There are different "No Markup" groups for specific brands, like [Toyota](), [Ford](), Subaru, and Lexus, as well as specific cars, like the [Ford Raptor]() and [Maverick](). In all of them, you'll find new car listings at MSRP or lower from dealers who are vying for sales while boosting their reputation as the good dealerships. These groups won't stop dealer markups from continuing to get more and more out of hand but at least they offer an outlet for customers to get fair deals. You might not be able to find the exact car your looking for in any of these groups but there will be people who save money from them, rather than just paying whatever markup their local dealer was feeling that day. *Got tips? Send 'em to tips@thedrive.com* ## Author Nico is a writer and reviewer from New Jersey who probably thinks he’s a lot funnier than he actually is. His love of cars began when he was just a kid playing Gran Turismo 3, grinding out enough race wins with a Mazda Miata to save up for an in-game RUF 911. That passion for small, lightweight sports cars drove his desire to learn more about the industry, get his hands on as many cars as he could, and bring those experiences to life on the page. He cut his teeth writing about BMWs, Volkswagens, and Audis, mostly, and has owned far too many of each. He’s on his fourth 3 Series sedan, but all of his old, cheap German cars have forced him to learn more about car maintenance than his mechanical capability can handle. Too many late nights have been spent scrambling to get a car running by morning so he could get to work. For some reason, he never seems to learn that old Bimmers probably aren’t the best daily drivers. But he loves more than just old German cars. He’ll gladly drive and discuss anything with four (or even three) wheels. Cars aren’t his only passions, though. Nico is also a big nerd and loves movies, video games, comic books, and cares far too much about the New York Giants. So don’t be surprised if you see football references or dumb, obscure movie quotes in any of his car reviews. ### Author social links [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()