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Car Insurance saving via manufacturer

After going through the whole palavar of getting insurance for my new car, I decided to contact the manufacturers Insurance department to get a quote.

10 minutes later and surprise surprise, they are £200 cheaper than any other insurer I could find, gave me £65 of Virgin Wine vouchers.

Plus the policy is a lot more generous than I could get elsewhere.

They were also prepapred to give me a 10% discount if there was another car by the same maker at the house (that's 10 % each).

My main point is that the manufacturers insurance is usually only available via the phone, so the Internet Insurance supermarket companies are unable to get quotes from them.


A result.

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p.s. the insurance is underwritten by Norwich Union

Comments

  • Wig
    Wig Posts: 14,139 Forumite
    And the name of the manufacturer?
  • Wig wrote:
    And the name of the manufacturer?

    In this case it is irrelevant whether it is Ford, Vauxhall, Nissan, Honda or Bentley.
    My suggestion is that if a manufactuer offers the service then don't immediately dismiss it as a costly "option", instead give them a (usually freephone) call about it.

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  • blue_haddock
    blue_haddock Posts: 12,110 Forumite
    I know when i worked for Toyota a lot of my customers found Toyota insurance to give very competitive rates.
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