The cheapest Chevy from 2010 I can find is the 2010 Aveo LS at $11,965. My only guess is that it was some 2010 model that had been sitting for 10+ months and they needed to get them off the lot.

Even with this, a new Aveo for $12k in 2010 would now be ~$17k with inflation. New cars today seem to be around $17k and that includes the Versa and the Mirage. Of course wages haven't risen with inflation but that's another can of worms.

Yeah, that’s what they did.

Maybe it was closer to 2010? Wouldn’t have been earlier.

Dealerships do sell under sticker with some regularity. Or they used to, LOL.

[edit] after some googling, I think they were two-door base-model (very base) Chevy Aveos. But I could have that wrong.

That’s crazy. I always knew you could hassle but didn’t realize you could get that much off!

To be fair, I don’t think they’d have gotten a single one for $5k or less, and only got that price by buying the pair, and I think the new model years were about to arrive or just had. But they were new cars!