After ordering at the start of January my Parents new 500 TwinAir Lounge is at the dealers. We went to check it over on Saturday (all present & correct) & should be collecting it this Saturday.
I'll post some pics when we get it home, though thanks to the very poor colour choice in the UK it's a pretty common Passasoble Red. We specced the 15" Sport Alloys & front fogs as Dad wasn't too keen on the standard Lounge ones, so it looks abit different, but it was certainly a frustration that Fiat dropped most of the interesting colours shortly after launch - Punk Grey & Ye Ye Green would've been the shortlist if available. Not exactly the personalisation dream Fiat promised, unless you cover it in all manner of stickers.
Anyway, just wondering (even though its too late) if the 'deal' sounds alright. We got it on I-Deal PCP, which had a £500 Fiat deposit contribution. Because of this & the low interest rate (£500 Fiat deposit & 48 months - 3.2%), we decided not to put down an additional deposit as the payments were affordable. The total interest over the contract duration is circa only £700 - Dad wondered if Fiat also did mortgages
I'd looked at brokers but could only find around £700-£800 discount on 500s & these had higher finance rates, so i figured the £500 deposit contribution from Fiat UK is effectively the discount. A mate who's always very critical of car purchases & discounts agreed that the finance offer sounded decent for something as popular as the 500. As such we didn't push for further discount, particularly as the dealer had been extremely patient - we visited 3 or 4 times over 5 months & had 3 test drives before commiting.
However, the more i think of it, the more i wonder if we were being too kind. Obviously its totally unreasonable to talk discounts on the car now & i'm not proposing that, but we've not collected yet so i was wondering if the offered discount on 500 mats should be pushed to make them free? We were also offered GAP Insurance at £349, which the parents have said no to, but i think is a good idea. Should i ask if this can be discounted, or is the standard deal we've got as good as one should expect?
Apologies if there's already similar posts - i did a search but couldnt see any obvious recent results. Thanks!
Liam
I'll post some pics when we get it home, though thanks to the very poor colour choice in the UK it's a pretty common Passasoble Red. We specced the 15" Sport Alloys & front fogs as Dad wasn't too keen on the standard Lounge ones, so it looks abit different, but it was certainly a frustration that Fiat dropped most of the interesting colours shortly after launch - Punk Grey & Ye Ye Green would've been the shortlist if available. Not exactly the personalisation dream Fiat promised, unless you cover it in all manner of stickers.
Anyway, just wondering (even though its too late) if the 'deal' sounds alright. We got it on I-Deal PCP, which had a £500 Fiat deposit contribution. Because of this & the low interest rate (£500 Fiat deposit & 48 months - 3.2%), we decided not to put down an additional deposit as the payments were affordable. The total interest over the contract duration is circa only £700 - Dad wondered if Fiat also did mortgages
I'd looked at brokers but could only find around £700-£800 discount on 500s & these had higher finance rates, so i figured the £500 deposit contribution from Fiat UK is effectively the discount. A mate who's always very critical of car purchases & discounts agreed that the finance offer sounded decent for something as popular as the 500. As such we didn't push for further discount, particularly as the dealer had been extremely patient - we visited 3 or 4 times over 5 months & had 3 test drives before commiting.
However, the more i think of it, the more i wonder if we were being too kind. Obviously its totally unreasonable to talk discounts on the car now & i'm not proposing that, but we've not collected yet so i was wondering if the offered discount on 500 mats should be pushed to make them free? We were also offered GAP Insurance at £349, which the parents have said no to, but i think is a good idea. Should i ask if this can be discounted, or is the standard deal we've got as good as one should expect?
Apologies if there's already similar posts - i did a search but couldnt see any obvious recent results. Thanks!
Liam