VW Polo Blue Motion? Really fuel efficient?

bylromarha

OH is SE and does about 30k each year.

He needs to replace his car and is set on getting the Blue Motion due to VWs claims of the fuel reductions - he reckons he will save £1k per year in fuel costs + it's band A tax, so cheaper there too.

I think the inflated price of the VW is silly, especially as in 3 years it'll have 100k on the clock, but he reckons the resale value will hold.

I think he should buy a cheaper Japanese comfy car with a long warranty as it'll depreciate anyway, so the mileage will make little difference + less to depreciate when you've spent less in the first place.

Is the Blue Motion really that good?

Alias_Omega

£10,000 for a 1 year old Blue Motion on Autotrader with 20,000miles from a VW Dealer. This would come with the remainder of the VW warranty, and any extra warranties you can purchase.

I would expect to pay £9400 ishy


(£9800 for 12,000miles - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201011354659574/sort/priceasc/usedcars/model/polo/make/volkswagen/postcode/dn331rh/page/1/radius/1501/keywords/blue%20motion?logcode=p)

motorguy

bylromarha wrote: »

OH is SE and does about 30k each year.

He needs to replace his car and is set on getting the Blue Motion due to VWs claims of the fuel reductions - he reckons he will save £1k per year in fuel costs + it's band A tax, so cheaper there too.

I think the inflated price of the VW is silly, especially as in 3 years it'll have 100k on the clock, but he reckons the resale value will hold.

I think he should buy a cheaper Japanese comfy car with a long warranty as it'll depreciate anyway, so the mileage will make little difference + less to depreciate when you've spent less in the first place.

Is the Blue Motion really that good?

Yes.

I'd a Passat bluemotion 2 with a published combined of 57mpg. Over the course of a tank full that was the minimum i would get. Best was 65mpg (over 1000 miles on a 70 litre tank) and best single run was to work one day (23 miles A roads / motorway) of 90.1mpg.

I would highly recommend one for high miles, though i've heard the Polo version is quite slow, so make sure you test drive

motorguy

Alias_Omega wrote: »

£10,000 for a 1 year old Blue Motion on Autotrader with 20,000miles from a VW Dealer. This would come with the remainder of the VW warranty, and any extra warranties you can purchase.

I would expect to pay £9400 ishy


(£9800 for 12,000miles - http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201011354659574/sort/priceasc/usedcars/model/polo/make/volkswagen/postcode/dn331rh/page/1/radius/1501/keywords/blue%20motion?logcode=p)

Old model though - the new model is much much improved.

Inactive

bylromarha wrote: »

I think he should buy a cheaper Japanese comfy car with a long warranty as it'll depreciate anyway, so the mileage will make little difference + less to depreciate when you've spent less in the first place.

I agree with you, VW's are well over priced and over rated.

pinkneonmartini

what about a cheaper sibling vehicle from the same group? The Seat Ibiza Ecomotive?

cardinalbiggles

Remember its only 2 year warranty on VW as well.

motorguy

cardinalbiggles wrote: »

Remember its only 2 year warranty on VW as well.

All new VWs are three years?

motorguy

pinkneonmartini wrote: »

what about a cheaper sibling vehicle from the same group? The Seat Ibiza Ecomotive?

Likely to be better residuals on the VW to offset that though

King_Nothing

1. 30k miles a year in a polo?

2. Buying a new or 10K car which is just going to have miles piled onto it like there's no tomorrow?

bylromarha

1. Yes
2. Yes