Save Money at the Car Dealership
Duke’s discount program helps employees save on car purchases
Donna Morris drives cars around town that fit her professional and adventurous side.
When she’s driving 26 miles one way to work from Timberlake, she’s in her 2008 gray Mazda3, which gets up to about 30 miles per gallon and takes turns well. Her license plate cover reads, “Zoom-Zoom.”
During her time off, she takes trips to Myrtle Beach and picks up her 11-year-old grandson in her 2016 metallic-gray Ford Escape.
Since 1999, Morris, an operations manager for Duke Otolaryngology, has purchased 12 new cars and trucks using a Duke employee discount with Ford Motor Company. When she bought the 2016 Ford Escape, she saved more than $2,000 off the retail price by using the discount.
“It’s probably going to be my retirement car,” said Morris, who has worked at Duke for 41 years. “If we want to go on a trip or take somebody out with us to dinner, we have plenty of room and it’s more comfortable.”
The Duke PERQS employee discount program offers savings at dealerships such as Ford, Chrysler, Toyota and others. Here are the dealership programs that offer discount pricing to staff and faculty; some of the discounts also extend to family members and friends.
Volvo
Duke employees pay the factory invoice price of a vehicle by having access to Volvo’s A-Plan, which is the same price paid by Volvo employees and their family members.
DaimlerChrysler
The affiliate rewards program allows Duke employees to purchase or lease select new Chrysler, Jeep or Dodge vehicles at 1 percent below the factory invoice price.
Ford Motor Company
The Partner Recognition Program discount pricing is available for purchasing or leasing most Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, Volvo and Land Rover vehicles at participating Ford dealerships.
GM
Employees can purchase or lease eligible new GM vehicles at less than the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. The program is available through participating GM dealers.
Mark Jacobson Toyota & Scion
The Durham dealership on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard offers below-invoice pricing on select, in-stock new Toyotas. Employees also receive $200 off all preowned vehicles.
Check out all employee discounts on the Duke PERQS webpage.