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Okay, this deal is actually not available to most of our readers. Still, it’s worth mentioning for the sheer jaw-dropping fun of it: The U.K.’s Daily Mail reports, “Desperate car dealers today stunned experts by launching an extraordinary credit-crunch busting deal — buy one new car and get another completely free.” Details, with translation from the British: “With car sales plummeting, dealers have been driven to offer a supermarket-style deal of two £20,000 [that's about $31,345] saloons [sedans] the price of one in a bid to shift motors [cars] from their forecourts [um....dealership lots? Okay, we're just guessing now]. “Buyers can now snap up hundreds of Dodge Avenger SXT 2.4i saloons equipped with leather seats and climate control as dealers sell them off at a loss..

Kicking Tires comments, “Yes, that’s right: The second-largest purchase consumers make is now being sold like last season’s designer apparel.” The only problem with the deal? It leaves buyers with two Dodge Avengers. In our ranking of the best Affordable Midsize Cars, the Avenger currently ranks 23rd out of…well, 23.

They can’t sell them here, either. Even in a market where only small and midsize cars are selling as consumers look to downsize, the Avenger is one of the slowest-selling vehicles in the U.S. Kicking Tires comments, “Another commonality England and the U.S. share, besides language and capitalism, is that Avengers are cheap and unwanted in both countries.”

You might be better off looking for another discount offer. There are many attractive deals on the market today. Research the best car deals for November with U.S. News’ car rankings and reviews