AUC prices.....any room for manoeuvre?

[gladiac]

No movement on price, but I did get an extra year's warranty which I imagine is cheaper for them to add than an owner to extend. I think they used to offer 2 years as standard (until Sept last year?) but it's just 1 year now.

[Millwheel]

Just bought a pre reg 69 plate MY20 2.0 Chequered Flag with 25 miles on the clock, built in December 18, 25% off list and a good trade in price on my MY16 V6. Felt no urge to,press further. Seen a similar R-dynamic at 30% off list. No deals on offer on used, but new gets a Jaguar finance contribution. With bank finance at 2.9% dealer finance at 10% deeply unattractive. Lots of well specced cars out there, dealer (Surrey) claimed F-types flying off the lot. Dealership hectic when I was there.... Looks like pent up demand coming through and an expectation we’ll be allowed to use them properly this summer. Let’s hope traffic takes a while to build back to pre Covid levels.

[badger]

[quote Let’s hope traffic takes a while to build back to pre Covid levels.
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I think its too late for that, my experience down here is traffic is around what it was pre covid.

[Poodlehat]

Thanks for the replys.
The ones I have been watching seem to be selling on the Jaguar Web site. I recon there is some demand built up over the last few months and when that has run its coarse, they might up up for an offer.

[jono_h]

It’s interesting to see everyone’s views.

Some of the cars (AUC and non) I looked at and test drove last September are still for sale, with small but not substantial reductions in price.

The AUC car I bought in January (and returned) when advertised at £34.5k was put back up for sale in April at £35k. 2 months later it’s still available.

At the weekend I test drove a 3 month old demonstrator at £67k (list price £85k+), which seemed like a very good price, but I didn’t like it enough to see if there was any more wriggle room.

I’m not convinced that the demand for £30-80k non-practical sports cars is huge at the moment. The really good cars will still sell, but the others need a bit of a reality check.

[Poodlehat]

The AUC car I bought in January (and returned) when advertised at £34.5k was put back up for sale in April at £35k. 2 months later it’s still available.

I've got to ask......why did you return it?

[jono_h]

The AUC car I bought in January (and returned) when advertised at £34.5k was put back up for sale in April at £35k. 2 months later it’s still available.

I've got to ask......why did you return it?

It had a seemingly tiny fault - the passenger window didn’t drop when you opened the door. The Dealer had it back for 5 weeks, but even with Jaguar Tech’s help couldn’t find the problem, so I gave up and got a refund.

It had put me off Jags, and I really haven’t had a premium service from any Dealer I’ve visited, but the F-Type itch is back, hence the reason I’m keeping an eye out.

[Philskill]

Looking back at my saved searches, all the cars I had shortlisted have since sold.

Cant find anything like my spec out there, but generally i'd say the prices are £1000-£2000 off of where they were before the Crisis.

Private ones are notably cheaper though than AUC

[scm]

Private ones are notably cheaper though than AUC

That's because dealers are incurable optimists!