How much discount do OPCs give?
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RC1 said:
Keen to hear from those with direct experience too
The main factor by far with most car dealers is “what it cost them”......so you absolutely cannot generalise. They’lll be much more stubborn about improving the price on a car they’ve owned for six months that they are scrabbling to break even on than one they’ve owned for six weeks which has say £5k of margin in it.Cheib said:
The main factor by far with most car dealers is “what it cost them”......so you absolutely cannot generalise. They’lll be much more stubborn about improving the price on a car they’ve owned for six months that they are scrabbling to break even on than one they’ve owned for six weeks which has say £5k of margin in it.
understand the logic. isnt there another argument around cutting losses to free up space for a car that has more margin in it give time value of money. even if it means getting out of the other one at break even/loss?I managed to get about £1500 off my 991s which was priced up at £63k
this was a car which they'd only just received so I probably could have achieved more if it had been sat on the forecourt for a few months,
the trouble is the ones that hang around tend to be cars that are either over priced in the 1st place or low spec, high mileage and not very desirable,
so if you're after a particular colour/spec then you have to accept you may have to pay a premium for it, if you're not that fussy then I'm sure you could haggle quite successfully.
I could have gotten a bit more off if I'd taken out their finance, but the rates on offer weren't that attractive and would have cost me more in the long run so I declined.
this was a car which they'd only just received so I probably could have achieved more if it had been sat on the forecourt for a few months,
the trouble is the ones that hang around tend to be cars that are either over priced in the 1st place or low spec, high mileage and not very desirable,
so if you're after a particular colour/spec then you have to accept you may have to pay a premium for it, if you're not that fussy then I'm sure you could haggle quite successfully.
I could have gotten a bit more off if I'd taken out their finance, but the rates on offer weren't that attractive and would have cost me more in the long run so I declined.
A few comments from my experience buying used from OPC 2 weeks ago..
- they weren’t able/prepared to discount the car being sold at all, although I think it may have already been reduced a month or two prior to my looking at it
- they agreed to sort out some minor body/interior blemishes
- (possibly most surprising) they made a very strong offer on my part exchange, also Porsche, much higher than I expected and had received elsewhere
- the sales guy told me they aim for £7k margin on cars they take in for p/x and resell (my p/ex wasn’t one they were going to sell themselves)
Don’t know if this helps any, but a recent experience none the less. Good luck with the purchase
- they weren’t able/prepared to discount the car being sold at all, although I think it may have already been reduced a month or two prior to my looking at it
- they agreed to sort out some minor body/interior blemishes
- (possibly most surprising) they made a very strong offer on my part exchange, also Porsche, much higher than I expected and had received elsewhere
- the sales guy told me they aim for £7k margin on cars they take in for p/x and resell (my p/ex wasn’t one they were going to sell themselves)
Don’t know if this helps any, but a recent experience none the less. Good luck with the purchase
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