[Rubix]

NOTE 1 - Calculate based on an SLX Petrol price of $25490 RRP. If you bought an SX Petrol, add $4100; If you bought SX CRDi, add $1600; SLX CRDi, subtract $2900; SR, subtract $3050.
NOTE 2 - Calculate based on an AUTO. If you bought manual, add an additional $2,000 to your purchase price
NOTE 3 - If you didn't get metallic paint, add $350 to your total before voting. If you got extras like a spoiler thrown in for free - subtract their retail price (eg $500ish for a spoiler)


I don't really want to start a pissing contest (I think polls work as an anonymous survey?), I'm just interested in finding out how low a dealer can really go into their margin before they would be losing money - I haven't dealt with new car sales before, so I'm completely in the dark. Also those of you who paid Retail or think you might have gotten a better or worser deal - remember different states, country vs city, and different waiting periods (7 months!!!) will get you different discounts - and now times are getting tougher, discounts are dwindling as well. Bigger discounts can also return worse service.

Cheers.

[Shambles]

Oz only huh  

[Rubix]

reverse engineer your pounds into dollars if you want... but I figured RRP would be different in different countries because of how far the ship travels, import tariffs for the parent company, government taxes - I'm sure there are more factors...

[Waja]

but im guessing that you could implement the same principle for o/s countries as well? like, just say that there was 1k off or 2k etc etc?

[Rubix]

I wouldn't be able to handle the brain strain of calculating the differences in tariffs and taxes.  :|  

[ozsnowman]

Manual are $2k cheaper not dearer, and SX is minus not add hehe    

[Rubix]

Luckily I'm married to a High School Maths teacher, snow. I'm basing on the price of an Auto SLX, you have to add $2k to the price paid for Manual, to make it comparable to the Auto version. Ditto SLX vs SX.  

[jay]

Good Poll Rubix, I can see you put a bit of effort into making it so most can answer.

[Rubix]

I got bored working out the answer

Lol. I love mods.

[GURKHA17]

I paid more than the choices there so...

[Rubix]

I paid more than the choices there so...

From memory, yours was delivered from a distance of nearly 2,000km, don't feel so bad...

[Cazza]

I think I really overpaid for the car... still pissed off about it.

But then again, Dad sponsored 20k... and I traded my car in... so it's basically free. Only 1.8K out of pocket.

At least I didn't have to take the NAB 12.9% student loan!!!!! And I have decided basically to drive this car to the ground just because I hate what I paid for it so much.

[tzwientjuh]

Wow 4 people got their car for free!

I'm one of them offcourse but who are the other three!

[GURKHA17]

I paid more than the choices there so...

From memory, yours was delivered from a distance of nearly 2,000km, don't feel so bad...

yea car prices up here (infact nearly everything up here) is way dearer then down south . Isn't the price of a car supposed to be the same all over australia??? or is some tax that makes the difference? dealer delivery maybe???
 

[Dazzler]

Nilesh,

You have to make adjustments as per his instructions if you have a higher model... Guessing you paid about 28,000? The "onroad" costs like registration and third party etc.. also vary a bit state to state...

[Duckman]

I got $4k off on my manual SLX (which means I voted incorrectly as I just reread the subject!). They were looking to clear out the black one I bought, so they gave me an instant AUD$2k off!