The Auto Advisor New and Used Car Buying Program is wholly owned by Auto Advisor Services, LLC (Auto Advisors) of Orlando, Florida. A privately held company located in Florida, Auto Advisors designed its service to cater to consumers that belong to credit unions. Credit unions that offer the Auto Advisor Program provide a way for members to save time and money, and make smarter vehicle purchase decisions. This service does not charge a fee to the member, however, a transactional fee is paid to Auto Advisors from the dealer which is NOT dependent on dealer profit.
Currently serving over 800,000 credit union members in the southeastern United States, Auto Advisors has been successfully serving credit union members since 1990. Originally created under the trade name "Priority Assist," the program enabled military credit unions to insure competitive pricing for their stateside members while at the same time help the credit union retain the car loan. (Stateside residents of military credit unions, unlike their overseas counterparts, were not eligible to buy vehicles through the AAFES and NEXCOM New Car Sales Programs.)
Today, the Auto Advisor Program remains committed to generating direct loans for its credit union partners. Our mission is to provide a haggle and hassle-free car buying experience for credit union members at a low, competitive price, while insuring that each and every automobile loan remains with the credit union. It is a formula that is tried and true, and in the process, the Auto Advisor Car Buying Program has become a valued and trusted member service.
"The Auto Advisor Program has one mission in mind: helping consumers get a fair and competitive deal on a new or used vehicle. Since the purchase of a vehicle is one of the largest purchases we make, it's important to make a smart financial decision. We show our credit union members how to do that."
Bill Goldberg & Steve Pescatore
Our Value
- Assistance in selecting the right vehicle: the right features and the right payment for your budget
- Information that helps you decide whether to purchase or to lease
- An extensive dealer network for all makes and models
- Complete cost explanations: actual dealer costs, current rebates and incentives.
- Top dollar value for trade-in vehicles
- Credit union pricing on GAP and extended warranties
- Guidance throughout the entire process, Why Go it Alone?"
Purchasing a new or used vehicle is one of the most significant financial commitments you will ever make. For such an important transaction, you should make sure that you are buying the right vehicle at the absolute best price.
Our mission is to help our customers understand the entire car buying process, new or used.
- We look at the entire transaction, from trade in values, to add-ons, to dealer incentives, rebates, and financing.
- We provide personal service, and work to get the best possible price while improving buyer knowledge of the process at the same time.
Many Internet programs and consumer car buying services offer "deals" on the purchase price of new vehicles, which means these services are focusing primarily on the price of the vehicle itself and do not look at the transaction in its entirety. We feel this gives the consumer a false sense of security.
Don't Miss the Most Important Factor in Car Purchases. Today, most of the profit on a car purchase is made after the price of the car has been negotiated, when the consumer believes the selling process is over. In most cases, the selling has only just begun. This is when our expertise steps in to help save you precious time and money.
We can offer our service to anyone, but we reach most of our customers through their membership in credit unions. One reason we focus on the credit union market is because they have a similar goal in mind for their members: providing skills for members to be more financially savvy consumers. Our service is the type of tool that credit unions believe helps their membership become better educated about one of the biggest purchases they make and credit unions choose to offer our service as an added benefit to their membership. Credit unions want members to look to the credit union as their primary financial institution and see the benefit of using a variety of value-added services that support better financial decisions and long term financial health. Auto Advisors contributes in this way and provides credit union members a unique and trusted service.
We're not like so many of the Internet Services around that leave you to perform the entire transaction yourself. You get personal service from us and can make an appointment at any of the credit union offices we serve around the states of Florida and Georgia.
Many credit unions have open memberships to anyone that lives or works in a community. If you're not a member of a credit union, you should be! Call us for the location of a credit union near you!
