Incentives are bad bad bad (typed 3 times for emphasis). They are a blatant hint that their vehicles need help to sell and ruin the TMV of vehicles on the road. When incentives come out people that own the vehicle suffer and if you haven't noticed the market is flooded with used cars for sale.

6 months ago I was helping a friend find an SUV. He got a 4Runner, but that's beside the point, so is $$$. He checked out the Durango Hemi for $40K and was surprised to receive a lease quote for 1 year for a total of $18K. This means the vehicle would depreciate that much over the 1 year; yes that's expected but not to that extent!!! Funny part, we told them no thanks and they came back and offered an immediate $9K discount... For those that own a Dodge Hemi... this is bad news.

I hope that the Japanese car manufacturers hold their prices as long as possible. Toyota and Honda do this well, Nissan follows closely behind.