Main dealers and used cars?

[elise2000]

Morning

Is it just me, or are there far fewer used cars for sale through main dealers than there used to be? Seem to be very slim pickings out there at the moment.

Are the dealers choosing to focus on new cars instead?

Cheers

[BertBert]

It might be that there are hardly any used lotuses for sale given they stopped making them, what 2 years ago.

As regards new, I assume that's a joke question?

[elise2000]

BertBert said:

It might be that there are hardly any used lotuses for sale given they stopped making them, what 2 years ago.

As regards new, I assume that's a joke question?

Am I missing something? They are still making new cars! Albeit not Elise evora exige

Why a joke?!

[BertBert]

elise2000 said:

Am I missing something? They are still making new cars! Albeit not Elise evora exige

Why a joke?!

Because they've made and delivered about 15 Emiras. 13 of them are for sale in AT.

This is a wind up isn't it?

[elise2000]

BertBert said:

elise2000 said:

Am I missing something? They are still making new cars! Albeit not Elise evora exige

Why a joke?!

Because they've made and delivered about 15 Emiras. 13 of them are for sale in AT.

This is a wind up isn't it?

Where did you come up with that number? As it’s wrong. If not only because there were 20 Emiras on AT recently…

Surprisingly I have better things to do on a Sunday than wind up the lotus forum on ph.

It’s a genuine question!

[BertBert]

I genuinely don't understand the question.

There are virtually no used Lotuses for the dealers to buy and sell. Lotus are selling the Emira, not the dealers.

So the dealers have made no choice not to sell used ones nor new ones.

What is your view?

Bert
PS obviously I made those numbers up for effect, but i wasn't far wrong it seems

[JamieF78]

There are far fewer used ones simply because people aren't selling, not many come up for sale over winter. Lotus dealers are crying out for stock, anyone with a Lotus has most likely had messages from a dealer asking if they would consider selling.