Buying a new car

benji6212

Hi, I'm new to this forum and new to buying a new car. I have been searching for a Skoda Yeti for over a year and have been waiting patiently to find the one I want. However it has never materialised so I have resigned myself to having to buy a new one - built to my desired spec. It has been a saga of a decision to make! Usually I never buy new but my hand has been forced now by Skoda imminently changing the design of the new Yeti, which I don't like. My purchase will be conditional on having the current design of the Yeti. Has anyone got any tips to haggle the price down please? I have managed £725 off the list price so far just by asking for a quote. But I feel that the cost can come down more. Thanks.

harrys_dad

If it is shortly being superceded by a new model, and you prefer the old model, greater discounts should be available.

MX5huggy

I got my Octavia using drive the deal, my local dealer could get nowhere near there price.

http://www.drivethedeal.com

oldhand

Problem is any discount you get for an old model even if its a new car will be more than lost when you come to sell again.

Hintza

oldhand wrote: »

Problem is any discount you get for an old model even if its a new car will be more than lost when you come to sell again.

Not if you run it for a good number of years, there are some of us that never factor in depreciation as the car has normally been well trashed and is worth hee haw.

MrSmartprice

MX5huggy wrote: »

I got my Octavia using drive the deal, my local dealer could get nowhere near there price.

http://www.drivethedeal.com

That's certainly a good way of doing it. However, I used the internet broker prices to get the price down on mine at a main dealer. It took visits to 4 dealers before one agreed to match it, but they did eventually. I think it depends on how many cars they need to sell.

Play hardball, and be prepared to walk away, telling them to ring you if they have second thoughts.

Doc_N

I think you may be too late already to buy a pre-facelift Yeti. As I understand it, all orders now being taken are for the post-facelift version.

If you order before the end of the month, though, you should be able to place the order at the existing price - the new prices are around 5% higher.

As to discounts, it is possible to get a decent discount, even with the new model - hard negotiation has succeeded in getting a 15% discount, but I'm guessing that could be because the dealer has a particular target to reach.

The online brokers may even get you a discount slightly higher than that, but watch out - the better deals are almost invariably on pre-registered vehicles. Which means that you aren't the first registered owner, and that can mean some practical difficulties.

Good luck, whatever you decide.