"Last years prices"....
Discussion
So, I went for a test drive last week and was impressed.
There was a new car on the showroom floor that ticks all my options boxes and I came home to ponder and to go through the configurator to confirm the pricing as shown on the car's for sale card. I couldn't - the total shown on the car was about 300 more than I had configured.
Not of huge significance I know but on raising this issue today, I've been told that "this car qualifies for last year's prices"... and
"option prices have also changed"
Has anyone else encountered this anomaly please, and should it concern me? The car is apparently brand new.
TIA.
There was a new car on the showroom floor that ticks all my options boxes and I came home to ponder and to go through the configurator to confirm the pricing as shown on the car's for sale card. I couldn't - the total shown on the car was about 300 more than I had configured.
Not of huge significance I know but on raising this issue today, I've been told that "this car qualifies for last year's prices"... and
"option prices have also changed"
Has anyone else encountered this anomaly please, and should it concern me? The car is apparently brand new.
TIA.
Well, the dealer has sent me last year's price lists. The base price is £2k less but standard equipment is less so, for example, the "mirror pack" which includes folding mirrors and anti glare irv mirror is £500 whereas on the current configurator, folding mirrors are standard and the irv mirror is a £170 option.
Obviously, this all indicates that the car has been manufactured some time ago and I'm inclined to avoid, but is that being over cautious?
Obviously, this all indicates that the car has been manufactured some time ago and I'm inclined to avoid, but is that being over cautious?
Why would you avoid? Buy new and yours would be 6 months old in six months and theoretically not equipped as whatever new was at that point.
Mine's a 2021 car and there is nothing i see in the new model that is so fundamentally different that I'd want to pay the difference to upgrade. It would be a shed load of money for basically car play. Everything else is the same. In fact worse, as I love mine on 17's and they aren't even an option any more.
If the price is good, I wouldn't waste time chasing some minor and superficial spec update. The value of an A110 is in its fundamentals (chassis, weight, drivetrain etc), not in the trinkets.
Mine's a 2021 car and there is nothing i see in the new model that is so fundamentally different that I'd want to pay the difference to upgrade. It would be a shed load of money for basically car play. Everything else is the same. In fact worse, as I love mine on 17's and they aren't even an option any more.
If the price is good, I wouldn't waste time chasing some minor and superficial spec update. The value of an A110 is in its fundamentals (chassis, weight, drivetrain etc), not in the trinkets.
Dealers do order cars for stock, and have more (i.e. 'some') wriggle room* for deals on those - that and immediate availability are the pros to choosing that route. I wouldn't worry either - if you like the specific example get negotiating. 
*wording like 'last years' prices' is exactly that.
*wording like 'last years' prices' is exactly that.
That showroom car from last year is very likely more than 8 month old as the modell year change is usually prior end of the year. What would really concern me: the engine was started propably the last time as the car was driven from the trailer into the showroom. So it was never warmed up properly prior that long break wth condensation and vapour inside the cylinders and the whole exhaust. Would be a nogo for me.
Just my tuppence worth, I wouldn't worry about it sitting for a while.
I bought one that had been show room stock for a fair while and it now has 11,000 miles on it, with no oil consumption or other ill effects.
I would try to use the length of time in stock to drive the best deal you can.
There are lots of stock options that would give you a good chance to get the spec and deal that will make you happy.
I bought one that had been show room stock for a fair while and it now has 11,000 miles on it, with no oil consumption or other ill effects.
I would try to use the length of time in stock to drive the best deal you can.
There are lots of stock options that would give you a good chance to get the spec and deal that will make you happy.
biggles330d said:
If the price is good, I wouldn't waste time chasing some minor and superficial spec update. The value of an A110 is in its fundamentals (chassis, weight, drivetrain etc), not in the trinkets.
This is very true, seats, spring rate and ARB stiffness aside there is very little difference across models, unlike say the difference between a non S 4 pot Cayman vs Cayman GT4RS. Nothing wrong with wanting trinkets btw !!!!Simon Owen said:
This is very true, seats, spring rate and ARB stiffness aside there is very little difference across models, unlike say the difference between a non S 4 pot Cayman vs Cayman GT4RS. Nothing wrong with wanting trinkets btw !!!!
^^^^^^^^^^The exact reason why I cancelled my R and stuck with my 2020 Legende that has been mine from new, !!!!Gassing Station | Alpine | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff