how does the car buying process work?

How does the car buying process work, when you buy a new car?

Go to a dealer, pick out a car, arrange financing, pick up. It's that easy

Take your money to the dealer and they sell you a car. After that the dealer will instruct you what to do.

Well its complicated but basically....

You go around looking at what kind of car you want. Research on the internet and test drive some of the cars you are interested in.

Narrow it down to a few (maybe 5) that you want to choose from. Do more research on them, test drive them again if you need to, review specs/check them out in detail at the dealer.

Narrow it down to one car. Once you've done that, ask for the invoice price on that car. That's the price the dealer paid for it, negotiate from there. Try and get as good a deal as you can, and then make sure the dealer isn't screwing with you anywhere else. Ask about any options/features you want that aren't included if you want those in your deal. Once you have reached the price you want, take a day to think about it, make sure you can make payments, call insurance companies and ask how much insurance will be, and see reviews of it online to make sure people aren't having crazy problems with it. If all that is good to go, go to the dealer and get your deal and sign for it. Dealer will explain everything, then figure out your insurance and everything!