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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Endmoor
Posts: 818 Thanks: 51 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | I fear we're still being had I randomnly went on Fiat Spain website. They may not charge VAT on cars but promotions amazing by our standards. Panda TA 4x4 £11184 Panda City Cross £8047 Panda Pop £5361
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Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Near the M4
Posts: 20,588 Thanks: 731 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had Been like that for decades.. ![]() 2 year old pandas are cheaper here though.. I think they know the TRUE VALUE... Of a car ![]()
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Beccles, Suffolk
Posts: 2,368 Thanks: 197 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had Wonder what the price difference will be, post-Brexit (if it ever happens...) ![]() Just asking. ![]()
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Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Kilmarnock
Posts: 1,099 Thanks: 71 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had Funnily enough I've had a phone call and a letter from Parks in Irvine inviting me for a chat etc and a written offer of £5000 for my Panda and zero percent finance against a new Panda. On the call they said they are pushing the Panda heavily with high trade ins and finance deals to selected customers. We'll see. I'm not changing though. |
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 323 Thanks: 11 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had Looking at the French site, prices are about the same as above, I think TTC, but not sure. However, those prices include €3700 of reductions (on the 4x4), €2000 of which is from the government for scrapping an old car.
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Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 2,573 Thanks: 60 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had I was typing out this post to ask "What would the cost of buying it in Spain, driving it back and re-registering it be?" before I realised they've got the steering wheel wrong over there.... perhaps that's Fiat's way of making it worth their while selling a RHD model here? Lol
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Newcastle
Posts: 5,943 Thanks: 79 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had I was typing out this post to ask "What would the cost of buying it in Spain, driving it back and re-registering it be?" before I realised they've got the steering wheel wrong over there.... perhaps that's Fiat's way of making it worth their while selling a RHD model here? Lol
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 1,870 Thanks: 98 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had I was typing out this post to ask "What would the cost of buying it in Spain, driving it back and re-registering it be?" before I realised they've got the steering wheel wrong over there.... perhaps that's Fiat's way of making it worth their while selling a RHD model here? Lol https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...ad=New&page=12
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Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Andalucia, Spain
Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had Morning All. I've just joined this forum as, as of later today, I'll be the proud owner of a brand new Panda Cross 4x4 multijet. This post caught my eye as I'm in Spain. you may be interested to know that I've paid the equivalent of £13,800 (list is a whopping £20k). Unfortunately, there wasn't much choice of spec as the multijet diesel has just been dropped in the Spanish market for all Pandas and 500s!!
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Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 2,573 Thanks: 60 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had You could always buy a low-miles used. There's the perfect one for you on home turf just a few miles drive in the country. It's missing climate control and privacy glass and is £700 more than I paid last year for a pre-reg but.... https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...ad=New&page=12 That’s a perfect one for me alright
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Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: East
Posts: 1,466 Thanks: 70 Trader Rating: 1 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had The one saving grace is UK may start building cars for home consumption again. BL can rise from its ashes, Corbyn can nationalize it and hey presto we will have progressed back to 1974. Who likes progress anyway....... I have a perfect business opportunity for anyone with a power boat and low moral sense!
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Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: East
Posts: 1,466 Thanks: 70 Trader Rating: 1 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had Funnily enough I've had a phone call and a letter from Parks in Irvine inviting me for a chat etc and a written offer of £5000 for my Panda and zero percent finance against a new Panda. On the call they said they are pushing the Panda heavily with high trade ins and finance deals to selected customers. We'll see. I'm not changing though. One thing is TOTALLY certain the deal is good for them and probably not good for you. Change when you want to or need to. Weigh such offers with caution!
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Beccles, Suffolk
Posts: 2,368 Thanks: 197 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had The £ has already slumped! Irrespective of any changes to import tariffs, anything we buy that originates outside of the UK (including products that are manufactured within the UK, but use components sourced from outside the UK) will inevitably get more expensive over time. Maybe not in the short term, as sellers/suppliers try to hold down prices to remain competitive, but in the long term, as consumers, we are screwed, unless the £ recovers.
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Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Northern Ireland
Posts: 2,573 Thanks: 60 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had The £ has already slumped! Irrespective of any changes to import tariffs, anything we buy that originates outside of the UK (including products that are manufactured within the UK, but use components sourced from outside the UK) will inevitably get more expensive over time. Maybe not in the short term, as sellers/suppliers try to hold down prices to remain competitive, but in the long term, as consumers, we are screwed, unless the £ recovers. I find it remarkable that despite doing so poorly, the £ is still much more value than the Euro! Still, I have faith it will bounce back. Like all currencies it can fluctuate up and down and that’s just it’s nature. I think regardless of the outcome of Brexit, I hope the news stop it with their horror stories and political biases - I reckon that has way more to do with peoples decisions than anything factual / fiscal does at the minute
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Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Beccles, Suffolk
Posts: 2,368 Thanks: 197 Trader Rating: 0 ![]() | Re: I fear we're still being had See the very telling chart in this report, tracking the £'s value against the Euro since 1999, and weep. https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/ba...-to-EUR#charts I agree with the other sentiment in your post, that we badly need an evidenced approach to these complex issues, rather than political posturing and lies (on all sides). They say that we get the politicians we deserve, but what have we done to deserve this shower?
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