Current Panda-any run out deals yet? (seeing as new one due)

[mike13]

Bizarrely the prices at my local garages are actually up on what i thought they would be,used to keep an eye out for a second car and this was a possible,don't like the pics of the new one so thats a no no.

[Codswallop]

The best deals will probably happen when the new model arrives in showrooms. Pre-reg old shape and dealer stock "old shape" Pandas should be at their cheapest then.

[PumpkinSteve]

I've seen pre reg 1.1 Pandas for £5900-something at Arnold Clark.

[Papa Hotel]

PumpkinSteve said:

I've seen pre reg 1.1 Pandas for £5900-something at Arnold Clark.

Bloody good price.

[jcelee]

Below £5900 unregistered here: http://www.fiatsupasaver.com/selectacar.aspx?vid=3

[6fire]

Always worth checking out http://www.fiatsupasaver.com/SpecialOffers.aspx for good deals on Pandas.

I'm not in any way related to them, but when I considered buying a panda a few years ago they were the cheapest I managed to find.

[va1o]

I think the best time to buy these was a couple of years ago when they could be had for £5000 - £5500 for the old 1.1 version if memory serves correctly. Can't see them getting quite that cheap again even if there is a new model due out.

[Papa Hotel]

hora said:

Depends how much of the old stock is knocking about but don't forget...

Now its faced with a successor that is prettier.
In a market soon to be joined by the Up!

1. No. The new car is a busy mess.
2. The Up is significantly more expensive, not really a direct competitor in term of price. To the current car anyway.

[Phunk]

As above, pre-reg £5988 at Arnold Clark, think they do £109/109 finance too if that's what you fancy

[Perd Hapley]

Current one is prettier on the outside, new one is prettier on the inside.

[Toaster Pilot]

It was £5988 pre-reg at Arnold Clark in March 2011 too - the new ones for that price seemed to dry up just before I was looking to buy one.

Low GFV and no manufacturer deposit contribution meant PCP wasn't an option on one either, compared to a Picanto.

[Phunk]

Fiat 500's are 135/135 with a £900 Fiat deposit if you don't mind them!

[6fire]

va1o said:

I think the best time to buy these was a couple of years ago when they could be had for £5000 - £5500 for the old 1.1 version if memory serves correctly. Can't see them getting quite that cheap again even if there is a new model due out.

From my link above:
Fiat Panda 1.1 Active eco 60 REG white

List £7,960.00

Discount £2665.00

OTR £5,395.00

So they are still that cheap - if you don't mind taking the spec an colour on offer. Bloody good price for a brand new car in my opinion.

[Toaster Pilot]

6fire said:

From my link above:
Fiat Panda 1.1 Active eco 60 REG white

List £7,960.00

Discount £2665.00

OTR £5,395.00

So they are still that cheap - if you don't mind taking the spec an colour on offer. Bloody good price for a brand new car in my opinion.

Erm - 60 reg, nearly 18 months old ?

[6fire]

Toaster Pilot said:

Erm - 60 reg, nearly 18 months old ?

With delivery mileage. So pre regged and then parked up. Probably for not much longer than a lot of other stuff gets parked up for before it gets registered.

Wouldn't put me off if it was saving me a few grand...

[Toaster Pilot]

6fire said:

With delivery mileage. So pre regged and then parked up. Probably for not much longer than a lot of other stuff gets parked up for before it gets registered.

Wouldn't put me off if it was saving me a few grand...

Surely you're only saving £600? and losing half of the warranty?

[6fire]

hora said:

Where's this??

As per my link above. http://www.fiatsupasaver.com/SpecialOffers.aspx

[6fire]

Toaster Pilot said:

Surely you're only saving £600? and losing half of the warranty?

I'll admit, I've not looked into the price of a brand spanker. I understood they were a couple of grand more, but if deals are available, then maybe it's not such a good price.

Either way, you *can* buy what is in effect a brand new Panda for less than £5.5k it would seem.

[Toaster Pilot]

hora said:

That's a point. 18months old- do they have an issue shifting base model/1.1 Pandas then? I can see that the masses craves a/c etc but to me its a button I never use.

Arnold Clark pretty much always have droves of them pre-registered so they must manage to sell them. Might be able to get some money off a '61' pre-reg in March.

You could buy the 1.2 for only a couple of hundred more last year.... I actually thought the 1.1 was discontinued in favour of the 1.2, so newer 1.1s might be really quite old.

[jamiebae]

They're not likely to get much under £6k for a basic one, the 1.1 has been out of production for a while and bodyshops will buy them all day long at that money as courtesy cars.