Hi

I''m posing this question because I'm in the market for a new LHD Superb, but searching around I found a whopping 26.5% difference in price between continental Europe and the UK!

on Škoda UK's website a Superb Elegance 1.8 TSI 160bhp 7spd DSG is £22.6k

on Skoda's hungarian website Skoda Magyarország the same vehicle is 9.18M Hungarian Forints (£28.7k)

This car is the same spec, the taxes in both countries are about the same... Hungary should be closer to the czech factory for delivery purposes...

I do wonder what Skoda is up to with their pricing here?

Does anyone know of any European dealers willing to price the car the same as the UK? Or do I have to pay 26.5% more for the privilege of Left Hand Drive?

Should I risk it with an RHD car in Europe if all else is lost... or is there a way of "converting" an RHD to LHD?

all advice is welcome! thanks in advance.

He he.

You should look further north.

Here in Norway the Elegance 1.8TSI DSG has what I call a typical Norwegian price level at £41K!! (NOK 404900)

:eek:

Order your car in the UK with LHD.

rotodiesel.

He he.

You should look further north.

Here in Norway the Elegance 1.8TSI DSG has what I call a typical Norwegian price level at £41K!! (NOK 404900)

:eek:

It's worse a little more to the south than Norway!

Elegance 1.8TSi DSG at £49K!!! (DKR 414K = NOK 486K):orb_bonk:.

Please combine the price with the highest income taxes in the world:eek::Yikes: - even higher than Sweden.

I understand the particular circumstance with Denmark / Norway / Finland where they have large duties (as much as 100% I guess?). But in the case of buying the skoda in Hungary, Germany or Czech Republic, where there's a VAT and a small duty (basically similar to what UK drivers pay) then I don't understand how Skoda is pricing their cars...

its either they're losing in the UK due to the forex change in January OR they're ripping off continental drivers.

PS. do you know a Uk dealer willing to order an LHD (UK registered)? Perhaps delivering to London?

Hurraaaaay at last rip off Britan not a rip off with Skoda!

PS. do you know a Uk dealer willing to order an LHD (UK registered)? Perhaps delivering to London?

why not phone around and ask the London dealers. At this time they would probably be willing for any sale.

Hurraaaaay at last rip off Britan not a rip off with Skoda!

It's not just Skoda, it's all of them. thanks to the rubbish exchange rate, it is now far cheaper for people in the Eurozone to come over to the UK and order cars in LHD and km speedometers.

I've been in touch with the retailers in London. So far one reply:

Le Car centre "Computer says NO!"

awaiting the other london dealers...

In Romania: Skoda Superb II 1.8 TSI Elegance DSG is EUR 22.890 without VAT and 27.239 including VAT. From what I can see it's pretty cheap in here :eek:

My gut feeling is that most UK dealers would do anything to shift a Superb. Even if M-K don't like the idea I'm sure if you push a few dealers hard enough, one will give in.

I've not seen a single Mk II Superb on the road here in Surrey - I think the dealers have given up on it as a lost cause.

rotodiesel.

Yes you could prob buy cheaper here, but will be taxed again importing it to your country when you retax it.

Ask the Northern Irish folk

I think you need to compare the new Skoda with a new Mondeo or Passat (spec for spec) from each country. If the Superb were any dearer, no one would buy it in the UK.

I've been in touch with the retailers in London. So far one reply:

Le Car centre "Computer says NO!"

awaiting the other london dealers...

Ask the dealers on here as skoda do actually have to supply the car if ordered in the same way that they had to supply an RHD car in Europe if ordered.

I'm sure it would be worth a flight out to any big city and then drive the car back for the savings you are talking about.

Yes you could prob buy cheaper here, but will be taxed again importing it to your country when you retax it.

Ask the Northern Irish folk

Since Cz and Hungary are in the EU they won't be paying. The EU are investigating the Irish already for this IIRC.

My gut feeling is that most UK dealers would do anything to shift a Superb. Even if M-K don't like the idea I'm sure if you push a few dealers hard enough, one will give in.

I've not seen a single Mk II Superb on the road here in Surrey - I think the dealers have given up on it as a lost cause.

rotodiesel.

I've seen only one and you're right the local dealers seem to have not even shifted the launch car they no doubt had to buy.

I think you need to compare the new Skoda with a new Mondeo or Passat (spec for spec) from each country. If the Superb were any dearer, no one would buy it in the UK.

Skoda are no longer cheap in the UK, but not only do they have to compete with ford or VW etc, but you have to realise that skoda have the remains of a reputation (true or not) for being cr4p. They are the still the butt of a few jokes and as such regardless of whether they wish to be premium or not, they are a low end brand in the UK.

The trouble with Skoda dealers is they will not drop the askings on S/H cars, if you think you are going to get 22k for a list price 24k Superb you are mistaken, there are plenty of brokers who will sell you a brand new one for 500 notes or more less than the S/H one, although I still cannot gig the rear end of the end I could get past that for it's flexibility, but the simple truth is next year it will be a choice of a 22k Superb that's now a year old for 17k, or a 22k Mondeo or Insignia the same age spec etc for 11995, hang the supposed low depreciation, it only works in the dealers favour, they still offer you peanuts for the car when you try to px.

The trouble with Skoda dealers is they will not drop the askings on S/H cars, if you think you are going to get 22k for a list price 24k Superb you are mistaken, there are plenty of brokers who will sell you a brand new one for 500 notes or more less than the S/H one, although I still cannot gig the rear end of the end I could get past that for it's flexibility, but the simple truth is next year it will be a choice of a 22k Superb that's now a year old for 17k, or a 22k Mondeo or Insignia the same age spec etc for 11995, hang the supposed low depreciation, it only works in the dealers favour, they still offer you peanuts for the car when you try to px.

I'm not so sure depreciation will be what it was

The problem was that most dealers got very little commission on each car sold and relied heavily on bonuses given on the amount of cars sold each month , hence they would borrow the money and buy the cars themselves run them for a while internally and then sell as pre reg or low mileage used fleet, the large number of low milage used cars drove the market down (simple supply and demand) Ford and Vauxhall did a lot of this.

BUT

Then there was a credit crunch and the dealers could no longer borrow large amounts of cash to put stock on the forecourt plus the buyers wernt as readily available

Just take a look at dealers stock now , i was looking for a newish Audi A4 prior to settling on my Superb but no dealers had any stock of 6mth old cars and those that did were charging almost new prices for them , the car industry is now on its ar*e for want of a better word , fleets arent buying and dealers arent buying if the cars are more scarce they will get more money for them the days of a half price year old car may well be gone as everybody will be keeping their cars longer

The whole way the car industry has operated for a long time was well overdue a shakeup and hopefully this will be a positive step for the dealers who can survive and in the current market i think Skoda are better off than most

I've not seen a single Mk II Superb on the road here in Surrey

Hey, it's nice to be exclusive, innit. I'm in Surrey too and the only other Superb I see is my business partner's, parked in the company car park next to mine! No, we're not a cab company - I've come from a Saab 9-5 and him from a C5. The Superb had everything going for it!

I've had one on my drive and enjoyed the exclusivity - even if it was Skoda's own car. It was jolly good too. I didn't want to give it them back but I simply couldn't afford it.

well folks.

none of the dealers were willing to sell to me (well in fact wanted an extra £1000 above RRP). so it looks like I will buy the car in europe... shame that i will lose £££ on the exchange and the completely different pricing levels, but I iwill try to haggle hard.

any tips on how to effectively convince the european dealer to bring the price down to UK level? shall I get a printed quote and take it to them?

Edited 23 May, 200917 yr by hayder

Prices will vary by country due to spec and taxation.

Not much you can do. I doubt you will find any EU dealer that would match the spec and price of a UK model.

Well, the pricing in Estonia for Superb Elegance 1.8 TSI 160bhp 7spd DSG (409900 EEK/ 22800 GBP) is pretty close to UK, except I found at least next differences in configuration with quick look:

No GSM III, 17" Trifid instead of 18" Themisto and "SWING" instead of "Columbus", no alarm, and metallic paint costs 380 GBP.

If changing the differences above to match UK ones, it will cost additionally 50900 EEK/ 2850 GBP.

All mentioned prices are with 18% VAT

Hayder, give Allams in Epsom a bell, and ask for James! If he can't help you out then stop trying!

I can't believe the price difference over here in Germany. I've just ordered a (tax free) Elegance 2.0 TDI CR 170bhp 6spd DSG with a couple of extras for £18300, I've seen the same car over here for up to €40k in my local dealership!

I bought my Superb i Oslo last December and the price according to the pricelist was a "modest" £64.330 or in Norwegian currency 575.000 NOK. Still it is a bargain everything considered.

:eek: