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Thanksgiving and the next few days after are known for being peak time for college football rivalries, leftover turkey sandwiches and, apparently, car shopping.

In fact, Black Friday was ranked by iSeeCars.com as the best time to find a deal on a used car and Thanksgiving wasn’t far behind at No. 3.

Not to mention, November was ranked as the best month to find a used-car deal and December was second, according to the same data.

iSeeCars defines a “deal” as savings of at least 5 percent. Black Friday typically has 33.1 percent more of these “deals” that an average day and Thanksgiving has 30.6 percent more.

November has 26.9 percent more used-car deals than average, with December having 23.5 percent more.

Cyber Monday is all gravy, baby

At the end of November, and smack dab between Thanksgiving and December this year, is what has been dubbed Cyber Monday, which is the online shopping push that occurs the Monday after Thanksgiving.

Think Black Friday, but on the Web.

When asked what items they planned to shop for on Cyber Monday in a Jumpstart Automotive Media survey, 13.6 percent plan to shop for a car.

More specifically, 22 percent of men said they would shop for a car, and 9 percent of women said the same.

Two-fifths of Jumpstart’s respondents perceive there are no special deals on Cyber Monday; however, more than a quarter (26 percent) still think it’s smart to shop for a car on Cyber Monday.

Jumpstart found that a deal of at least $1,000 off sticker price would attract 47 percent of men. A third of men would be pulled in by deals of at least $1,500 off.

Meanwhile, 35 percent of women said they would be attracted to deals of at least $500 off; a quarter would enticed by deals at least $1,000 off.

SUVs/CUVs were the vehicle of choice for both men and women, as 33 percent of men said they would be most interested in shopping for one of these on Cyber Monday and 35 percent of women said the same.

For women, entry-level/small cars were second (19 percent); for men, it was luxury cars (19 percent).

Given those stats, car shoppers who happen to be out shopping on Black Friday, too, may be in luck, given the deals spotted by Edmunds.com.

Discounts as heavy as post-turkey eyelids

Edmunds.com has shared its collection of 2016 model-year vehicles with the heftiest discount over the holiday weekend, as listed in italics below:

Sedan

2016 Chrysler 300 – $7,000 lease bonus cash 

2016 Kia K900 – More than $10,000 bonus cash 

 

Crossover/SUV

2016 Jeep Cherokee Limited (or Latitude) – $3500 cash or 0% up to 72 months

2016 Nissan Murano – $3,000 bonus cash or 0% up to 60 months

 

Luxury Car

2016 Lexus IS250 — lease a 2016 IS250 for about $325 a month with less than $1400 out of pocket

2016 Cadillac ATS $4,000 Leasing Bonus Cash

 

Bonus Picks

2016 Chrysler 200 – $4250 Lease Cash or 0% for 84 months

2016 Kia Soul EV $14,500 Leasing Bonus Cash

 

Edmunds also pointed out that incentives and discounts can vary from region to region, and that supply is low on some of these vehicles. Given the latter, the list below from Edmunds are vehicles that have the most inventory remaining, meaning they will likely be easy to find and be discounted greatly: 

 

Sedan 

2016 Ford Focus

2016 Nissan Altima

2016 Chevrolet Malibu

 

Crossover/SUV

2016 Toyota Highlander

2016 Ford Edge

2016 Honda CR-V

 

Luxury

2016 BMW 5-Series

2016 Mercedes C Class

2016 Buick Verano

2016 Chevrolet Colorado  

 

Bonus Picks

2016 Dodge Challenger

2016 Acura TLX