Thinking of buying new Clio on 0% - good deal?

lineman_2

You say that the car has to be new to impress.
Why not get a car that is the current model, 12 months old, 2-3k cheaper than new and spend 500 pound on a private plate?

Saw this done a few years back on tele.

Stu666

lineman wrote: »

You say that the car has to be new to impress.
Why not get a car that is the current model, 12 months old, 2-3k cheaper than new and spend 500 pound on a private plate?

Saw this done a few years back on tele.

This is probably what we are going to do now, although we won't bother with a private plate.

We are looking at 2007 Fiestas for about £7,500.

DealDrivers_company_representative

Genuine advice (we have permission to post here from MSE)...don't take more than a couple of days to decide...there's a price increase across most Ford car models (Ka, Fiesta, Fusion, Focus, CC, CMax) from 1st April, you can order Fiesta Zetec climates and Zetec Blues by 31/3 and avoid the increase totally...and get the car at the current bargain prices which have been around since January and with you as first registered owner(£8,545 on 1.4 5dr zetec blue inc metallic paint panther black or ocean blue abvailable today at one of our Ford dealers/12mths tax, or £8280 on 1.25, same details). Ford's own Options finance remains the best deal around to buy a Fiesta.

It is normal for 0% apr deals to exclude you from any sort of discount on the car, as the manuf'r view is that you cannot have it both ways - but you'll sometimes find that getting a deal on the car then using a low-as-poss APR deal on finance works out better long terms than paying full whack on the car at list price.

Charl__x

I find it illogical how Ford's prices are going up In April. The new style Fiesta (Verve) will be out in the next 6 months, so inevitably the current shape will decrease in value over the next few months.. hence these deals.

So why are Ford putting their prices up? Surely they should be staying at the same rate.. or coming down more?

Just seems strange to me.

DealDrivers_company_representative

All car manuf'rs alter their pricelists at least once or twice a year, many use 1st April to do it as the rush for new March plates is then out of the way.

Most make changes to either base prices or discounts every calendar quarter, its just not that visible to most people unless you are studying the market over many months. Often they incorporate extra spec' too, to enhance value-for-money.

The Fiesta range has been incredibly cheap in recent months compared to other same-category brands, and it is not going up by much. Ford really have been very sparse and low on their price rises in the past 2 years compared to other volume manuf'rs so it isn't illogical, just overdue, to be frank.

This is just this manuf'rs annual change, other manufrs are changing deals on the same date too...its nothing unusual. There'll still be huge discounts on the range and model specifications often change, on all brands.

Verve is a little way off yet, ordering won't open until around Sept' onwards with first ones in the UK towards year-end and the current Fiesta is likely to still run alongside it for a while so it is by no means a dead model at all and remains a massive favourite with drivers, easy to re-sell, and provides huge value for money with most of the range available under 8-9k brand new depending on engine.

As initial sales of Verve will get low launch discounts and are unlikely to settle down until well into 2009 until stock builds up, the Fiesta has a life to live still for anyone wanting a cheap-to-run 3dr or 5dr hatch.