General What else did you look at?

[widemouthfrog]

The other day a friend who's looking to buy a Touran (can't account for taste) asked if the price being asked for an 04-plate diesel was a fair one. It was nearly £5k.

My initial reaction was 'They're surely having a laugh', but a quick look on Autotrader showed that it was perhaps a little high but not exceptionally so. I couldn't get over the fact that they were asking more than twice what I paid for my Multi, on the same age plate, slightly lower mileage but with a lot less kit.

When they were new, there was less than £800 difference in their list prices.

So, the question is, what other cars did you look at when you were buying your Multi? I can remember that (solely on the grounds of value for money) I quickly got my shortlist down to a Peugeot 307 SW SE or a Multi. Few other cars seemed to offer so much (grief?!) for so little outlay.

 

[Zundapp]

Part of the difference is the perceived 'quality' and 'desirability' of the VW brand compared with the perceived 'poorer quality' and 'less desirability' of the FIAT brand.

In addition, the original purchaser of the Touran would likely have had to pay the full list price, while there can be very, very few buyers of any new FIAT who paid anything like the list price.

 

[urchin]

we thought about a zafira but not for long way to expensive and no character also no boot if you use all the seats and you dont get other zafira owners giving you a wave when you pass like multi owners do