RS6 price discounts
Discussion
silentbrown said:
10% + 4K : Sounds about right. You'd get pretty much the same discount and contribution for a factory order, so make sure those options are the ones you'd actually want...
Yup. Assuming you take finance (which you can pay off straight away) very easy to get 15% off for a factory spec car which is probably a two month wait. Personally I think for a stock car unless it's perfect you should get a better deal...there are lots of cars out there. I walked into Milton Keynes Audi a few weeks ago they have one brand new RS6 in the showroom and five outside.
Because this, basically,
a: You can buy a base spec brand new car for the price of a second-hand one.
b: All the options you want to pay for, none of the ones you don't.
c: Your choice of colour, trim, etc.
d: Your car has one more years warranty, one few owner on the logbook, and a correspondingly higher book value due to being a year newer.
e: If you're buying PCP, finance rates on new cars are usually much better than on secondhand ones.
The only 'bad' is that you may have to wait a month or so. Not sure where your £72K figure is from?
a: You can buy a base spec brand new car for the price of a second-hand one.
b: All the options you want to pay for, none of the ones you don't.
c: Your choice of colour, trim, etc.
d: Your car has one more years warranty, one few owner on the logbook, and a correspondingly higher book value due to being a year newer.
e: If you're buying PCP, finance rates on new cars are usually much better than on secondhand ones.
The only 'bad' is that you may have to wait a month or so. Not sure where your £72K figure is from?
okay, the 72k figure is now £66.5k. So we we add on about 8-9k extras we are looking at about £75k. Lets not forget the first year road tax.... what ever that is on this car. There is still an appox £10k saving by buying a 2015 car. IMHO that £10k should be closer the £15k depreciation on a year old used car.
Lostprophet said:
okay, the 72k figure is now £66.5k. So we we add on about 8-9k extras we are looking at about £75k. Lets not forget the first year road tax.... what ever that is on this car. There is still an appox £10k saving by buying a 2015 car. IMHO that £10k should be closer the £15k depreciation on a year old used car.
The price above is OTR though so should include the £1200 tax, fuel, plates & other bits.Base spec on these cars as you'd expect is more than good enough, yes you can spend an extra £5k-25k on personalising it & trinkets, but that's all pretty much dead money, so unless a buyer really wants those extras or intends to keep the car for a very long time then they'll need to be prepared to take a higher than average hit on the car. I recall seeing one at Blackburn Audi a few months back that was spec'd to well over £100k & it didn't even have Ceramics, selling that car at 12mths old against the option of a brand spanker for £66k would take a very brave buyer.
Lostprophet said:
okay, the 72k figure is now £66.5k. So we we add on about 8-9k extras we are looking at about £75k. Lets not forget the first year road tax.... what ever that is on this car. There is still an appox £10k saving by buying a 2015 car. IMHO that £10k should be closer the £15k depreciation on a year old used car.
The road tax works in favour of the new car, as that's "on the road" and taxed for a year. So another saving of £500!I'd happily buy used if there was a car available with almost the exact options and colour that I wanted. But use the discount offers available on new cars to haggle really hard.
That's probably easier with RS cars than the much rarer S cars : When I was looking for a nearly-new S4 estate there were less than a dozen nationwide, so the discounts on new ones made it a no-brainer.
Lostprophet said:
Indeed, I follow your line of thinking gents. I guess my only hang up on buying new would be the first two years of depreciation! That's a huge hit!
It is but it is a 75-90k car and there are so many who don't mind a bit of a loss when you gain that knowledge that you are the first to spank it. that new car look/smell is never the same on a used one.
Burwood said:
It is but it is a 75-90k car and there are so many who don't mind a bit of a loss when you gain that knowledge that you are the first to spank it
.....after the bloke at the port who loaded it onto the boat, the bloke the other end who unloaded it, and finally the lucky chap who gets to do the post PDI 'test drive' after all the suspension blocks are out and it can be driven properly hard I type that in jest, but there's prior posts on here from folk working in the delivery chain that make it clear this sort of stuff goes on and most evidence can be removed at port or PDI.
If I was buying I'd want to collect from the factory
Bedlamater said:
Hi all
Newbie here. Thinking about purchasing a new RS6 and wondering if anyone has any recent example finance offers they can share with me please? I'm looking for ones with more discount that the £7k currently on offer from Audi.
Also when is the model due to be replaced?
Thanks
J
Try carwow.co.uk or orangewheels.co.uk... Typically 15% discount from list if you include the £7k finance contribution from Audi (which of course you can pay off straight away if you want to). Lots of discussion on this (and other topics) on rs246.com Newbie here. Thinking about purchasing a new RS6 and wondering if anyone has any recent example finance offers they can share with me please? I'm looking for ones with more discount that the £7k currently on offer from Audi.
Also when is the model due to be replaced?
Thanks
J
Lostprophet said:
I completely agree! Let them pay 80-85k and then pick them up at 55k when it's 3 years old.
Buy a new RS6 for £66K, sell in 3 years for £55K? where's this mega depreciation you were so concerned about?The best way of avoiding getting screwed by early depreciation is to shun the options list entirely. Options make your car more 'saleable' but after three years or so they add almost nothing to the value to the car. It's why the cost of options on leased cars must be paid in full over the 24/36 month termof the lease.
silentbrown said:
Buy a new RS6 for £66K, sell in 3 years for £55K? where's this mega depreciation you were so concerned about?
The best way of avoiding getting screwed by early depreciation is to shun the options list entirely. Options make your car more 'saleable' but after three years or so they add almost nothing to the value to the car. It's why the cost of options on leased cars must be paid in full over the 24/36 month termof the lease.
If this was the case I would do it tomorrow. Sadly a £66k new car now would be worth a lot less than £55k in 3 years i fear, c.£45k?The best way of avoiding getting screwed by early depreciation is to shun the options list entirely. Options make your car more 'saleable' but after three years or so they add almost nothing to the value to the car. It's why the cost of options on leased cars must be paid in full over the 24/36 month termof the lease.
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