i30 Owners Club
OFF TOPIC => WORLD NEWS => Motoring => Topic started by: eye30 on November 13, 2014, 18:53:44
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:link: "Car buying hasn't changed much in 50 years? until now" | Auto Express (http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/opinion/89403/car-buying-hasnt-changed-much-in-50-years-until-now)
Bluewater shopping mall in Kent: it’s not usually the sort of place I tend to spend too much time in – for me shopping is one of the things the Internet was invented for. But I popped down there this week to see Hyundai’s new Rockar showroom, just along from M&S and right next door to a Body Shop that’s more interested in face creams than car repairs.
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Interesting concept.
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People have been buying cars in a similar way for years.
When it is time to change his car (every 2 years) my son in law visits the local dealers and has test drives of the various models he is interested in. Once he has decided on a particular model he then goes on the internet and browses through all the brokers to get the best deal.
He then places an order with the broker and the car is delivered to his door - sometimes by a local dealership. He only uses brokers who act as agents - he does not pay them - but the supplying dealership.
He reckons he has saved up to £7,000 off the list price and gets a brand new car with full warranty and only delivery mileage. He concedes however, that some of the vehicles he has bought in this way have been pre-registered so he was the second name on the log book.
He also claims to benefit by not trading in his old car and selling it privately.
I must admit that it is a method I have never tried - I have always taken the easy route and traded in my old car and haggled the best deal I could get from the dealer.