New S80

[vanbeck1]

Maybe I am a cynic, or realistically it is because I cannot afford a new S80 so I say, think of all the new car launches in the last few years. It usually took about 2 years before the teething problems were ironed out and the car made sense to buy. if you can afford to be a beta tester then go ahead, but you may be losing money, Then of course you could donate the car to me.

[gnhuk]

No you're not a cynic- it is always better to buy the last of a model built rather than the first - on the grounds that they know how to put it together by the time they've reached that stage..........

[Paul Wildsmith]

I'd thought most dealers would have one in for test drives - try asking for one via the Volvo web site. The other/better thing to do is go for a freedom drive - again details on the web site, though they are on the last couple of events for now, keeping checking. I've done this a couple of times now, you get about half an hour to take the car out on your own.

I doubt you'll get any serious discount, and in my experience the VOC discount is no more than you'll get by just asking. Regarding spec, if you leave it until next model year, or possibly the next, the 'basic' spec will be added to. For example, the 2006 model year of the old model was the same price as before but had probably what would have cost £3K of options included.

[imac]

Originally Posted by Paul Wildsmith

I doubt you'll get any serious discount, and in my experience the VOC discount is no more than you'll get by just asking. Regarding spec, if you leave it until next model year, or possibly the next, the 'basic' spec will be added to. For example, the 2006 model year of the old model was the same price as before but had probably what would have cost £3K of options included.

The VOC discount is on top of dealer discounts...

I've bought a couple of new cars before, and the trick is to be utterly ruthless and open. They want your business (on the whole) and its quite amazing the deals that you can haggle if you're prepared to travel round a few local dealers, play them off against each other and roll up your sleeves and barter like an Indian market trader.

Going back to when the S40 T5 was first launched, I managed to negotiate a considerable sum off the list price. From memory, down from circa £24k list to just under £20k with 3 years servicing thrown in (this was before they were offering this as a sales incentive). This doesn't include any VOC discount, just dealer discounts.

[S60-MBS]

Originally Posted by vanbeck1

Maybe I am a cynic, or realistically it is because I cannot afford a new S80 so I say, think of all the new car launches in the last few years. It usually took about 2 years before the teething problems were ironed out and the car made sense to buy. if you can afford to be a beta tester then go ahead, but you may be losing money, Then of course you could donate the car to me.

Originally Posted by gnhuk

No you're not a cynic- it is always better to buy the last of a model built rather than the first - on the grounds that they know how to put it together by the time they've reached that stage..........

Yes gents both of you are correct,the thoyught has only just crossed my mind this morning that usually the first lot of cars always has some kind of bugs in it and it can take upto 2 years to sort.....i think i will wait a little longer and stick to my trusty old steed which i already got..

[Paul Wildsmith]

Well, yes, technically, but what you'll find is that the dealer discount is actually all or part of various discounts they can get from Volvo, and the Club discount is simply another name for these. They won't give the dicount to you twice. I baragined hard with several dealers last year (on the outgoing S80 model, so you'd have thought they would be keen), and that was the story every time.

[imac]

Originally Posted by Paul Wildsmith

Well, yes, technically, but what you'll find is that the dealer discount is actually all or part of various discounts they can get from Volvo, and the Club discount is simply another name for these. They won't give the dicount to you twice. I baragined hard with several dealers last year (on the outgoing S80 model, so you'd have thought they would be keen), and that was the story every time.

When pricing up a new S60 before the summer with my local main dealer, we came up with a 7.5% VOC discount on the list price, and a 7% dealer discount on the "reduced" price making a total of 14.5% discount on a new car. Not a spectacular discount by any means but I distinctly got the feeling that had I had my chequebook in hand I could have bargained harder.