I thought your boss was buying the car anyway ( early postings) or did he tell you to naff off?

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Yes, but never say die.
Slowly, slowly, catchee monkey.
500s seem to be slow to sell in some places and offers seem to be getting better week by week.

I don't give up easily

weve noticed

Fiat 500 1.2 POP for £6993

Chorley group fiat dealer blackpool now selling 1.2 Pop in white for £6993
thats nearly £1000 off list price

Any1 live near chorley group.
they took over from a dealer who went bust
are chorley any good or just the same guys with a diff trading name

At nearly £1000 off they cant be making much money out of that
Wots the catch anyone want a trip to the seaside to buy a 500

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Ms_Cinq said:

I want £1000+ discount off a 500 so car supermarkets are prob the best bet for me at the mo.

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why aint you buying it then

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cos shes full of.....

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Its on autotrader now
http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-u...ke=FIAT&model=500&min_pr=&max_pr=&max_mileage=

on here also

http://dealerservices.autotrader.co.uk/126683/usedstock.htm

I thought it might be of interest to someone living nearby
I wont try to help find peeps a bargain in future.

simon-hill is selling the 500 sport he bought other day too
£10300 o.n.o. change in circumstances.
http://nf500.com/forums/ordering-de.../631-sale-08-08-1-4-sport-passodoble-red.html

Cd be of interest to someone else looking for a 500 at a reasonable price. Am thinking of others not just myself.

sorry if U dont like me trying to help people find a bit of 500 bargain nu-panda

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So, this bargain is not actually brand new is it... its a 57 reg, hence the discount.

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The sports hardly a bargain either, just £650 off list for a used car

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its a 57 reg, hence the discount

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Ahh right. :thumb

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I really don't think there is much profit in the 500 for the dealer, I spoke to the general manager of a dealer the other day, I just quipped that they can't make much on each car and he told me he had just sold a 1.2 pop and made only £200 on it no discount of course, they make their money on bigger cars and servicing etc.

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andy armitage said:

I really don't think there is much profit in the 500 for the dealer, I spoke to the general manager of a dealer the other day, I just quipped that they can't make much on each car and he told me he had just sold a 1.2 pop and made only £200 on it no discount of course, they make their money on bigger cars and servicing etc.

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Well they would say that wouldn't they

Look at the 5oo compared to other cars in the FIAT range with the same engines eg GP, Panda price wise and then seriously tell me that they are only making £200 on a car.

If you look around you can get up to 10% off of most cars from most manufacturers sold in the UK, sometimes even up to 15% off. Fact.

I think you'll find that most FIAT dealers are doing very nicely on the 5oo.

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Nero500 said:

Well they would say that wouldn't they

Look at the 5oo compared to other cars in the FIAT range with the same engines eg GP, Panda price wise and then seriously tell me that they are only making £200 on a car.

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not far from it

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I agree you will get deals on most cars, I think the dealers get better margins from fiat themselves on other models but on the 500 at the moment they aren't getting those margins so when he said he made £200 on a pop I have no reason to doubt him as I do know him quite well.

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Yeah, beasty posted a breakdown of dealer costs a while back, sounds like the profit margin is quite small even on these cars. Sounds about right that they make money elsewhere, such as servicing, bigger cars and crazy mark-ups on parts and accessories etc.

(Bit like Sony and their PS3 where they make money on the sale of the games they license rather than the unit itself.)


PS, ms cinq have you actually ordered a 500 yet?

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Baerius said:

Yeah, beasty posted a breakdown of dealer costs a while back, sounds like the profit margin is quite small even on these cars. Sounds about right that they make money elsewhere, such as servicing, bigger cars and crazy mark-ups on parts and accessories etc.

(Bit like Sony and their PS3 where they make money on the sale of the games they license rather than the unit itself.)


PS, ms cinq have you actually ordered a 500 yet?

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:shakehead:

Yoshi

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Baerius said:

Sounds about right that they make money elsewhere, such as servicing, bigger cars and crazy mark-ups on parts and accessories etc.

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speak to a parts manager about 'crazy' mark up on parts

Saw a red 1.4 sport up the road in a Ferrari dealer in Lyndhurst, £10995 and a 1,400 miler on a 57 plate... now thats pricey!

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nuovapanda said:

So, this bargain is not actually brand new is it... its a 57 reg, hence the discount.

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Thats only about £14 a day depriciation.

nuovapanda said:

Saw a red 1.4 sport up the road in a Ferrari dealer in Lyndhurst, £10995 and a 1,400 miler on a 57 plate... now thats pricey!

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I was just about to post "saw a red sport in the Maserati/Ferrari dealer in Lyndhusrt on Friday/Saturday"

Spent a couple of days in Lymington with Mrs E.:hug:

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Saw a red 1.4 sport up the road in a Ferrari dealer in Lyndhurst, £10995 and a 1,400 miler on a 57 plate... now thats pricey!

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At least it has the kudos and prestige of being sold by a Ferrari and Maserati dealer!!

After all, Fiat owns both brands.