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Car Forum / Saab Cars / August 2004Buying a new Saab
I'm hoping to buy a new 9-5 Aero. (in the UK) The brochure price says it's ?27,885 Can anyone tell me is this the price a dealer would charge or could I "haggle" on the price? (If it makes any difference, I would be p/x-ing my car, which is worth about ?9,000) Also, what is the timescale for delivery times? Many Thanks Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > I'm hoping to buy a new 9-5 Aero. (in the UK) Good car. > The brochure price says it's £27,885 Sounds cheap - no extras? > Can anyone tell me is this the price a dealer would charge or could I > "haggle" on the price? > (If it makes any difference, I would be p/x-ing my car, which is worth about > £9,000) Everything is open to negotiation if you negotiate correctly. > Also, what is the timescale for delivery times? 9 months, or thereabouts? > I'm hoping to buy a new 9-5 Aero. (in the UK) > The brochure price says it's £27,885 > Can anyone tell me is this the price a dealer would charge or could I > "haggle" on the price? Auto Express lists the car as £27,400 but suggest 'Aim-to-pay' £24,602. Options can make a lot of difference, the sky is the limit if you go down that route. Have you thought about personal import? Don't leave money with middlemen, deal directly with main dealer in your chosen country. I'll put the Lux pack on it (?1480). That's the only extra I want. "Everything is open to negotiation if you negotiate correctly." - Any tips for negotiating price? Despite the savings, I don't want to import. ....and the delivery time??? (no baby jokes again please!) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > I'll put the Lux pack on it (£1480). That's the only extra I want. > "Everything is open to negotiation if you negotiate correctly." - Any tips > for negotiating price? Make sure you have a "fantasy" price from another dealer - close enough to make them drop the price a little more ... Failing that, threaten an import direct from Sweden? Negotiation might well get you that extras pack thrown in for the standard price. I think you'd be lucky for more than that without importing ... Have a think though .. You can pick it up from Trollhättan (cost about and extra 300 UKP flight/inland travel and whatever petrol you need to get home) and visit the museum while you're there. Are you after the sedan or the wagon? I'm a sedan fancier, myself :) The 9-5 sedan reminds me very much of the old(er) 9000 CD model. Paul > > I'll put the Lux pack on it (?1480). That's the only extra I want. > > "Everything is open to negotiation if you negotiate correctly." - Any tips [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > price. I think you'd be lucky for more than that without importing ... Have > a think though .. You can pick it up from Trollh?ttan (cost about and extra > 300 UKP flight/inland travel and whatever petrol you need to get home) and > visit the museum while you're there. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Paul I nearly bought an ex-demo from a dealer - it was up for ?26,000, only 3 months old. They offered me ?8,000 for mine, I said the book price was ?9,300, he said "it's only worth what someone wants to pay for it" I said, drop ?1,000 on the 9-5 and I'll think about it...he said no chance. That's why I think if I go into a dealer and I say "I'm looking to pay ?26,000 for a new one" they'll just laugh at me!! I'm after the saloon/sedan model. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >> in article ccpblo$c31$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk, Dave at Dave@Home.con wrote > on [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > a new one" they'll just laugh at me!! > I'm after the saloon/sedan model. Dave - "Well, I'm looking to change my car ... I really like the 330Ci that guy down the road wants to sell me, so why should I buy this 9-5? Can you chuck in some extras?" "Those Merc 500s are nice, but this 9-5 looks way more classy ... What can you do for me?" You've got 30 grand to spend - make the f.ckers work for it. You're the one with the money - they want it. Who cares there's a car in the middle? Go in with that "I'll leave if I don't get what I want" attitude and get what you want. There's plenty of dealers out there and yes, they do talk to each other, but they all want that sale! Paul > You've got 30 grand to spend - make the f.ckers work for it. You're the one > with the money - they want it. Who cares there's a car in the middle? Go in > with that "I'll leave if I don't get what I want" attitude and get what you > want. There's plenty of dealers out there and yes, they do talk to each > other, but they all want that sale! Jep. Another thing is to go back a week or two later and ask if they've reconsidered the price. This is also showing the dealer that you're serious. If he doesn't drop the price further down at the first reaccurance - do it again a couple of weeks later. Cheers! > reconsidered the price. This is also showing the dealer that you're serious. > If he doesn't drop the price further down at the first reaccurance - do it > again a couple of weeks later. Also, find out when their end of year is and also drop by at accounting month end. :) > > I'll put the Lux pack on it (£1480). That's the only extra I want. > > "Everything is open to negotiation if you negotiate correctly." - Any tips [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Are you after the sedan or the wagon? I'm a sedan fancier, myself :) The 9-5 > sedan reminds me very much of the old(er) 9000 CD model. There was a TV program a while ago, quite revealing about a car dealer. They followed this car dealer around in his daily work, and he slipped some interesting secrets. On one occasion a couple wanted to buy a car. Dealers love couples because they can play them up against each other. After some time the dealer left the couple by themselves to come to their own conclusions. The dealer, however, 'forgot' his little calculator on the coffee table. As you perhaps have guessed, the calculator contained a small FM transmitter such that the dealer could listen in on the bottom line that couple was prepared to accept! on 10/07/2004 20:39: >>> I'll put the Lux pack on it (£1480). That's the only extra I want. >>> "Everything is open to negotiation if you negotiate correctly." - Any tips [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > small FM transmitter such that the dealer could listen in on the bottom > line that couple was prepared to accept! That's an interesting story - in the information war, information is power. Why not go as a couple and play the salesman. When a cold call comes through on your phone trying to sell you double glazing, why not say "hell, yeah! can you do all 35 windows?" ... I've played the credit card system and now have somewhere in excess of a seriously silly figure at my disposal if I want it. Given a terminal disease, I'll take it ... In my name alone! Information is power - don't fob off people trying to sell you something ... They're the ones profiling you (mostly for other companies) ... Tell them what you want them to hear! Tell them something you want one of your favourite companies to hear ... [...] > Information is power - don't fob off people trying to sell you something ... > They're the ones profiling you (mostly for other companies) ... Tell them > what you want them to hear! Tell them something you want one of your > favourite companies to hear ... Quite. A typical salesman confronted with a trade-in car will try to be chummy with you and at the right moment typically ask: "Tell me the lowest possible trade-in price that you have in mind for your car and we'll see if we can up it a bit..." Need say no more in this distinguished group... on 11/07/2004 00:01: > [...] >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > possible trade-in price that you have in mind for your car and we'll see > if we can up it a bit..." Need say no more in this distinguished group... The last car I bought (a Fiat Punto Sporting, of all things .. Tut!) was good fun. Having established that I was not going to get a discount for cash from the salesman ("we don't make any money that way..."), I jumped at the chance for 500 quid off the price to take their "90 day to back out if you don't like it" HP scheme ... Which I paid off immediately :) I also got 700 quid more than the market value (probably about 300 quid) for the 1993 Hyundai Scoupe I traded in! Punto Sportings of that vintage are *still* shifting for the price I paid almost two years ago. Bargain! ... It's a fun car too, but I'm not sure I like being told it's a "sweet ride" by Burberry cap wearing types in Halford's car park ("Does it look like my f'ckn car? It's my wife's, godammit") :)))) Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/ Thanks guys. :-) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Thanks guys. > :-) Happy haggling - remember that you're the one with the money (and therefore the power). Good luck, Paul > on 11/07/2004 00:01: > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Halford's car park ("Does it look like my f'ckn car? It's my wife's, > godammit") :)))) The TV program I mentioned also featured an American salesman on loan to their UK department. Some of you might have seen the program. The idea was to see if the American could sell more cars using his much more forward and loud approach, while the British salesman is more aloof and makes his customers work harder to get his attention. It was quite fun to watch. At first it seems obvious that the American's more energetic approach would teach the British a lesson, but lo and behold, the American lost out in the end to the British salesman, understand it those who can? > energetic approach would teach the British a lesson, but lo and behold, > the American lost out in the end to the British salesman, understand > it those who can? The reason was simple, it wasn't a traditional car dealership where the sales droids are on commission but instead a car supermarket where the sales negotiator simply gave you the keys and juggled several people at once instead of devoting an hour to one customer. Numbers game, that's all. David. on 10/07/2004 19:58: > Have you thought about personal import? Don't leave money with middlemen, > deal directly with main dealer in your chosen country. ANA Trollhättan - the purest ... Straight from the dealer closest to the source :) Paul > I'm hoping to buy a new 9-5 Aero. (in the UK) > The brochure price says it's £27,885 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Dave I think you are trying to achieve two things at the same time. Get a discount on the new car AND top price for your part exchange. I think you may be unrealistic to expect both, so work on the basis of the price to change. Ithink the norm is you get one or the other ... but all the best if you can get both. Regards Charles  SignaturePlease remove _removeme_ to reply. Work: http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ Hobby: http://www.egothor.org/ Yep sure can. Make friends with someone on a US military base rapidly. Real cars, real cheap, delivery is a scant two weeks. Park the shitbox and come inside! Steph >I'm hoping to buy a new 9-5 Aero. (in the UK) >The brochure price says it's £27,885 [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.716 / Virus Database: 472 - Release Date: 05/07/2004 |
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