Fiat Stilo Hatchback
1.8 16V Dynamic 5d 2003/03
Average mileage: 10,000 miles
Cost New ('03)
£ 13395
Dealer Retail
£ 7605
Private Good
£ 6550
Private Poor
£ 4795
Part Exchange
£ 5965

What do you think of this?
Taken from Parkers Price Guide online

Well for a start its a 5 door, so is going to be worth less anyway

Nah, its a Fiat, not a BMW or Mercedes. When you buy a Fiat you know its gonna depreciate fairly quick But its cheaper than average to buy new........I wouldnt buy another brand new car, im gonna look for a nearly new ex demo JTD or a pre-registered JTD next

Woah! It's lost over half it's worth in just one year. I'd be sick as a parrot

Sorry to digress - where did that phrase originate from? are parrots more sick than other birds? where's Sammiboo when u need her ?

F-ing hell! Over 50% lost (using trade in value)! That's got to hurt! TC tried to sell his and didn't even get one interested party aswell.

Pinin, it's so obvious:

The modern sick as a parrot recorded from the 1970s—at one time much overused by British sportsmen as the opposite of over the moon—refers to a state of deep mental depression rather than physical illness; this perhaps comes from instances of parrots contracting psittacosis and passing it to their human owners.

Ah, Just thought, Didn't they take them down mines to see if any gas was apparent? oh no that was budgies

canaries

Buy cheap expect it to be worth nothing.

Fiats are only worth buying if you buy one and keep it for ages until its knackered and worth nothing legitimately.

Bought my £25k top of the range ex demo Ulysse from a Fiat main dealer for £14K at 12 months old with 2k miles.

There are worse depreciating cars:
Rolls-Royce Silver Seraph (98-02) Saloon V12 4dr
Saloon 4dr
2003-03
Mileage 18,000
Cost new £169,000
Trade in £71,399
("What Car" values)

Well im paying just £13,200 for a car that would have cost over £18,000,
yes its brand new made to order, and iv'e been given a garanteed trade in price of between £7000 and £7500 in 4 years time if I buy from the same place..so im not too worried about depreciation.. if I had paid the full £18,000 then maybe I would have been a little worried to lose £11,000 in 4 years..

Oh dear, don't say you've taken one of those PCP things, which is basically a 3 year lease, with a final payment based on the cars market value!

I got my £10,500 car for £7488, if i'd bought a one year old Stilo instead of a pre-reg i'd have paid the same at a dealer (couple of hundred quid difference at best), but get on ebay and snap up a bargain.

Reason Twinncams didn't get a sale is he put on too high a reserve, there are loads of Stilo's on ebay changing hands for £5k

The 5door 1.6 Dynamic here had a list price of £12500 aprox and we picked it up at 17 months old and 13k miles on it. Paid £7000. So it lost over 5k in that time. Looked at similer aged cars from other manufacturers and they where all at £9000.
Fiats are always great for the buyer, but bad for the seller. If you own a Fiat youve got to except that

StiloBoy said:

Oh dear, don't say you've taken one of those PCP things, which is basically a 3 year lease, with a final payment based on the cars market value!

I got my £10,500 car for £7488, if i'd bought a one year old Stilo instead of a pre-reg i'd have paid the same at a dealer (couple of hundred quid difference at best), but get on ebay and snap up a bargain.

Reason Twinncams didn't get a sale is he put on too high a reserve, there are loads of Stilo's on ebay changing hands for £5k

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No way... I brought this car outright..just got a really good deal and dealer..
just pays to know the right people

it is true that fiats depreciate more quickly than some makes, but with the discounts that are available, it takes the edge off it. i`ve said this before on this forum and i will say it again.

YOU CANT PUT A PRICE ON STYLE

KoArAnG said:

No way... I brought this car outright..just got a really good deal and dealer..
just pays to know the right people

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Interesting, never heard of dealers giving guaranteed trade-in prices on a car bought outside of any contract terms and conditions.....

Well done, although lets hope the dealership doesn't change franchise - KIA anyone???

I paid £7200 for a 1.2 active with alsorts thrown in for free (i.e mats, stereo facsia tints 50% of first service, £30 of 12k service etc). it had 4k on the clock, was used for 5 months by the garages service department manager as a showcar (hence tints and also 17" wheels, i had to take wheels off...bastard direct line), They give me £800 for my 96 Seat Ibiza when no-one else would give me more than £450-£500. What really made me feel chuffed was the car at the time was for sale for £8695, now after the reduction to £7.2 + the goodies i got a finance package through the dealer with black horse, not fiat, its over 4 years (the time i want to have the car) @ £179 PM and with interest i pay back £8592- less than it was for sale for. My mate paid £9k cash for a similar car 2 months later from another dealer.

And its mine when its paid for.

my advice, by a car after christmas.

Besides- alfas depreciate quicker than fiats. a new alpha 166 loses something like £46 a day.

I think the worst depreciators are either front-engined Ferraris (such as the 456 or 550) or top-end German saloons like the Audi A8, 7 Series or S Class.
Those things can be picked up for about 50% of their new price after 2 years and the thing is the first buyer wouldn't get a discount whereas the first buyer of a Fiat should.

not being funny, but its a 5 door and, you get less of an audience with them, young drivers like myself go 4 the 3 doors and more older people to, they are smarter

best thing to do is never get a brand new car!!!! just get a 1 year old car,

unless of course its a bmw or merc..

Wow, loads of replies!
I know I made a mistake getting the 5 door, in fact it was a mistake taking the missus to the garage at all :-( women!
I knew I was going to lose a lot (maybe not that much) but I fully intended to keep the car for 4 years. Maybe I still will, but it'll have to be sorted.
I wonder if I'd get much sueing Fiat when I crash in the snow due to their defective craftmanship?