Buying New Car - Dealer - Discount

nxdmsandkaskdjaqd

I am buying a second hand car at the weekend.  The car is from a dealership and priced on the forecourt at £36000.  How much discount or bargaining could I ask for to take the car from them?  Would say £35000 be the best I could achieve or more or less?

Stubod

..with current car prices you will be lucky to get anything...maybe a years road tax if you are lucky?

..even pre covid the last car I purchased from a dealer they would not budge on the price, hardly any petrol in it either..

mobileron

Theres a shortage of cars,so no chance of a discount.Tank of petrol if lucky.

Ebe_Scrooge

Who knows?  What car is it?  36K for a second-hand car sounds like a lot to me.

All you can do is haggle and see what they'll do.  The trend these days (at least around where I live) is for dealers to price their cars realistically, and there's less room for haggling than there used to be.  Also, bear in mind the price of used cars has gone up quite a lot recently.  Do you have a car to PX?  There may be some wiggle-room on what they give you for that.  Overall, you need to look at the total "cost to change" (if they knock £1000 of the price of the new car, or give you £1000 extra for your old one, for example, the net result is the same).

A good start is to have a look on Autotrader and the like, see what similar cars are advertised at (of course, the advertised price is not necessarily the sale price).  But it'll give you a ball-park starting point for comparison/negotiation.

If you end up not being able to negotiate on the price, see what extras you can get thrown in.  A full tank of fuel, a year's tax, mats, extended warranty, whatever.  Small potatoes compared to the purchase price, but better than nothing.

nxdmsandkaskdjaqd

Ebe_Scrooge said:

Who knows?  What car is it?  36K for a second-hand car sounds like a lot to me.

All you can do is haggle and see what they'll do.  The trend these days (at least around where I live) is for dealers to price their cars realistically, and there's less room for haggling than there used to be.  Also, bear in mind the price of used cars has gone up quite a lot recently.  Do you have a car to PX?  There may be some wiggle-room on what they give you for that.  Overall, you need to look at the total "cost to change" (if they knock £1000 of the price of the new car, or give you £1000 extra for your old one, for example, the net result is the same).

A good start is to have a look on Autotrader and the like, see what similar cars are advertised at (of course, the advertised price is not necessarily the sale price).  But it'll give you a ball-park starting point for comparison/negotiation.

If you end up not being able to negotiate on the price, see what extras you can get thrown in.  A full tank of fuel, a year's tax, mats, extended warranty, whatever.  Small potatoes compared to the purchase price, but better than nothing.

Its a Volvo XC40 2020 (70 reg).  There is no part exchange.  I have looked at Autotrader and the price quoted is realistic.  But we all want to get a bit of a bargin.

Stubod

...you can always ask, but I don't think you should hold your breath.....(NB Nice car...I want one of those)...

neilmcl

As mentioned, with the current state of used car prices at the moment you may not get anything off. Have you looked at what deals are available on a new one?

nxdmsandkaskdjaqd

neilmcl said:

As mentioned, with the current state of used car prices at the moment you may not get anything off. Have you looked at what deals are available on a new one?

Yes I have.  But there is a 6 month lead time.  Wrong time to buy a car for a good deal due to the transport and covid issues.

nxdmsandkaskdjaqd

Thank you all for your replies.  General census seems to little opportunity for a great deal.  Thanks again.
 

neilmcl

nxdmsandkaskdjaqd said:

neilmcl said:

As mentioned, with the current state of used car prices at the moment you may not get anything off. Have you looked at what deals are available on a new one?

Yes I have.  But there is a 6 month lead time.  Wrong time to buy a car for a good deal due to the transport and covid issues.

More to do with the worldwide shortage of microchips, although that in itself is largely down to Covid.

EssexExile

Second hand Volvos are pricey at the moment due to the long lead time and the newer ones having Android Automotive, which isn't universally popular. The older one's have Sensus which isn't universally popular either!