Napleton's Palatine Mazda

Michael Ucci was very professional and worked to negotiate the price of the vehicle. He was knowledgeable and pleasant throughout the experience negotiate the price of the vehicle. He was knowledgeable and pleasant throughout the experience More

Hi! I made a custom buyers order from this Mazda. TLDR The experience wasn’t perfect, and I did have to navigate classic dealership stuff, but in the end I made a custom buyers order from this Mazda. TLDR The experience wasn’t perfect, and I did have to navigate classic dealership stuff, but in the end I was able to get what I wanted for MSRP. I also got to work with the BEST person on their staff, Chase Fisher. He was so easy to work with and a fantastic person. Positives: - like I just said Chase was wonderful to work with. If I said I didn’t want X or I wanted him to write down Y on the paperwork he wouldn’t put up a fight. I just had to be insistent and he gave me what I wanted. When the manager came into the discussion later he helped communicate what I was asking for to the manager. I felt like Chase was a very kind, understanding, and helpful person to work with. - contrary to the standard dealer experience, I was only there for about an hour on the first visit doing paperwork. Second visit about the same. - custom buyers orders are MSRP. Plain and simple no markups - they keep you updated throughout the whole experience! You know everything about the cars shipment and creation and they give you an accurate delivery estimate. - they fulfill simple requests too, like asking for the window sticker, and keeping on the wrapping when the car arrives. They didn’t touch the car one bit from when it got off the truck because I asked simple for the wrapper to be left on. Great attention to detail. - in the end I got THE EXACT car I wanted in THE EXACT condition I wanted. No accessories. Wrapper on the car. Fresh and clean. Great service and care for the product. Negatives: - didn’t get to test drive a used car that I was looking into buying. It was a special car so I understand a bit, they don’t want them to get messed up on a test drive. However, I went to a Carmax and got a test drive in one no problem. I seriously considered going to a different dealer because of this point. It just smelled a bit fishy. - there are classic dealer traps here, like they try to find out your credit score before you even decide on paying finance or cash, and they try to find out whether you pay finance or cash before there’s paperwork printed. - the manager came out during the first meetup which really sucked. He was playing the intimidation card, acting all scary in order to get me to fold on something. Summarized: I said “please write down that you won’t add any accessories to the car” manager said “we can’t do that. We are trusting you to buy the car when it gets here so you should trust us not to put accessories on” I said “you trust me by my signature on the paper and 1k down on the purchase, I’ll trust you by your equal word on paper”. They also tried to say “what if Mazda puts on wheel locks or something, Mazda decides the final MSRP.” I said “whatever Mazda does Mazda does. I don’t want you guys to add accessories” so they ended up putting it on the paperwork for me. - they tried to sell xylon ceramic coating and damage insurance for 2k. Wasn’t interested. I don’t know what buying a new or used car not custom bought is like, so I don’t know how they deal with this there, but if you’re doing a custom buyers order and don’t want that service maybe ask them to leave the plastic wrapping on the car just in case. They tried to get me to sign papers with the Xylon still on the sheet, so I asked for a new one with updated writing (without the Xylon) End points: Chase is the best. He should get a raise. Manager is not the best, beware of the manager trying to scare you into scams. Simply stand your ground. Never give in, and be ready to walk out if they never let up. Custom buyers order overall is a controlled experience in order to get exactly what you want. Some things can be intimidating there. So I would do your research on dealership traps before going to any dealer. I just did a quick YouTube search and watched a bunch of videos, in the end it went well. More

Worst dealers and outright liars. . I wanted a fair deal on Mazda CX 5.. all was decided. Leo, The biggest liar there agreed to a price and we paid $1000. But the day we went to pick t . I wanted a fair deal on Mazda CX 5.. all was decided. Leo, The biggest liar there agreed to a price and we paid $1000. But the day we went to pick the car he denied wat was agreed to and said that wasn't possible although we had all in written. Manager Steve just put up a show that Leo was nobody to make d deal.. we still agreed to deal bcoz we really wanted a car.. but then they added some huge packages we were not interested in and nothing worked.. we brought a car fm another dealer for a better price , colour of our choice and more transparent dealing. Guys, ps read d reviews and Do not waste ur time with Palatine Mazda More

Disappointed in the way my family and I have been treated by the team at Napleton's Palatine Mazda. I recently returned in attempt to purchase a second vehicle from the group in a 3 month period. Unfortunate by the team at Napleton's Palatine Mazda. I recently returned in attempt to purchase a second vehicle from the group in a 3 month period. Unfortunately, do to a severe lack of communication and misleading practices I wasted multiple days attempting to purchase a 2014 Accord. Disappointing to receive the same bait and switch tactics that I was hoping to avoid by being a returning customer. Please be wary of this group and please get a THIRD PARTY inspection on any used vehicle you may be looking to buy from here. Walter relentlessly pressured us and ensured us that the vehicle was rigorously inspected and that there was nothing to be concerned about. The continued to make it a very difficult process to get the car inspected and waited until 7pm to agree to have it inspected once all shops were closed. I finally was able to work out a way to have the vehicle inspected and I’m so glad I did - the vehicle had over $2k in needed maintenance. They will make it a difficult process to get an inspection but it is well worth the peace of mind. Best of luck! More

Napleton's Palatine . IL Mazda worst dealer.They unprofessional ,liers. donot waste you .i am not recomendet',stay away from Napleton's PALATINE,IL IL Mazda worst dealer.They unprofessional ,liers. donot waste you .i am not recomendet',stay away from Napleton's PALATINE,IL More

Probably one of the worst dealership experiences I have ever had. The only silver lining is Chase, our sales guy, was great to work and talk with during the process. The Napleton family, group…whoever they ever had. The only silver lining is Chase, our sales guy, was great to work and talk with during the process. The Napleton family, group…whoever they are immediately, tried to slap an $1,800 fee on top of the advertised price of the car. That is a complete slap in the face to the customer, and cause me to lose any trust I may have had in the dealer. It took hours just to get the price back to the listed price online. Just when we thought they couldn’t get anymore sleazy, the dealer absolutely screwed us over on the interest rate. We agreed to finance with them in order to make a deal. The best rate they quoted, after sending to three banks, was over 8 percent. I called that same bank, and they quoted 5.9 percent for the exact same loan. This dealer slapped over 2 percent on top of the loan, claiming it was the best they could do. Will NOT be keeping my loan with them. Overall just a terrible experience and will NEVER buy a car from the Napleton’s again. More

I have been through the car-buying process many times, some decent experiences, others less than awful. However, my experience through Palatine Mazda was unmatched in terms of service, speed, expertise, some decent experiences, others less than awful. However, my experience through Palatine Mazda was unmatched in terms of service, speed, expertise, and human decency during the entire exchange. I mainly worked with Rigo, but I did interact with many others there who shared Rigo’s professionalism, enthusiasm, and knowledge. Rigo went above and beyond to take exceptional care of me during the entire process and was even cordial with all of my indecisiveness. Initially, Rigo wrote up a sale for a CX-50 Preferred, then looked into finding a CX-50 Turbo, and then finally closed on a CX-5 Turbo. They gave me above competitors' pricing for my trade-in and did not try to finagle down the price. I was in and out in less than two hours, which when compared to previous experiences at other dealerships, that time was unmatched. I have spent four to six hours in past dealerships where they use tactics to wear you down so you are more susceptible to accepting a less financially appealing offer. When the car was mine and I was ready to leave, Rigo sat with me in the passenger seat and went through every feature that the car had to offer, in a manner that wasn’t rushed, but extremely informative. He helped me connect my Bluetooth and Mazda app to my car and walked me through the functions of both. To top it all off, Rigo did all of this on his day off, after he had a wisdom tooth removed. I would recommend this dealership to anyone looking for a new/used Mazda that wants to avoid all the hustle and bustle that is stereotypical of the car-buying experience. 11/10, would buy another car there again. More

The worst car buying experience I have ever had. After over the phone price agreement and 2.5 hrs at the dealership we walked away. Price was jacked up vs agreed upon by over 3K. Rude and unprofessi After over the phone price agreement and 2.5 hrs at the dealership we walked away. Price was jacked up vs agreed upon by over 3K. Rude and unprofessional to extreme. Will never consider Mazda again. More

Really bad experience that my wife and I had , went there for service for my vehicle, after that I stop by one of the finances managers offices to ask about refinancing, they said they could help me, I said for service for my vehicle, after that I stop by one of the finances managers offices to ask about refinancing, they said they could help me, I said sweet; after spending 6 hours and they showing me cars that my wife and I liked they come out with saying that they couldn't help me! My only disappointment is not that they couldn't help me is that we wasted our whole afternoon there it was just a simple question I had but they make me wait and offering new vehicles having my wife being all excited for a new car and all of the sudden they come out with not being able to help us! Very disappointed! More