Hi all, looking to purchase a new Yeti through www.Broadspeed.com.

Pricing on Yeti's in particular 1.2 Elegance DSG looks good....

Any comments?

Anyone been through the process?

Hi all, looking to purchase a new Yeti through www.Broadspeed.com.

Pricing on Yeti's in particular 1.2 Elegance DSG looks good....

Any comments?

Anyone been through the process?

Hi PALIMAN,

yes I have used broadspeed; wife bought her Corsa through them three years ago, best price at the time and they accepted P/X. Also got a quote from them last year for a Tiguan. They put you in contact with a dealer or a fleet supply broker as in the case of the Tiguan.

Unfortunately on this latter occasion I got led down the garden path a bit, as the price quoted on the site was for cars in UK stock only. Thing was these were very limited and had options or colours I was not interested in and of course you had the cost of these unwanted options to add to the final bill.

Anyway decided after seeing the Yeti for the first time, that it's smaller size and superior design features suited our needs better. Although I did use the discount being quoted at the time by broadspeed as a leaver with my local dealers for a better deal.

TP

Broadspeed look to have better deals than Drive the Deal at present.

We're going through DTD at the moment and so far (vehicle delivery due soon) not had any problems. They put us in touch with their Skoda dealer who organised the Skoda finance and we'll collect the car from the dealer.

Bloody Hell those are big discounts for a newly launched car. I can't help but feel slightly nauseous having just recently placed my order with what I considered to be a great deal. At least the experience with Allams has so far been very pleasant which is worth paying a little more for. Hopefully it is a misprint!

Does concern me slightly that if dealers are willing to knock nearly 20% of a new car then residuals will only suffer for all of us

Bloody Hell those are big discounts for a newly launched car. I can't help but feel slightly nauseous having just recently placed my order with what I considered to be a great deal. At least the experience with Allams has so far been very pleasant which is worth paying a little more for. Hopefully it is a misprint!

Does concern me slightly that if dealers are willing to knock nearly 20% of a new car then residuals will only suffer for all of us

Thanks TP, Jlwah and Shrub

Yes those prices have really made me think twice about placing an order with my local dealer :no: , and what profit there must be in each car....... assuming these prices are genuine.... the option of a fully loaded SM might be attainable......after waiting months to be able to order the dsg ..... also shocked such a new car can be discounted so much over 3k difference with my dealers best quote... may go back to them to see if they can come anywhere close but not expecting much. 3k is not something I can ignore.... will pursue deal through broadspeed... will keep u posted. Don't think residuals will be an issue provided you hang onto your SM for a few years.

We don't have a 19% margin in the car, I wish we did. I'd be a millionaire by now I'm sure!

I would guess that the top Yeti offer at 19% discount is a pre-reg but why would any dealer pre-reg a Yeti when we can't get enough of them anyway?

We don't have a 19% margin in the car, I wish we did. I'd be a millionaire by now I'm sure!

I would guess that the top Yeti offer at 19% discount is a pre-reg but why would any dealer pre-reg a Yeti when we can't get enough of them anyway?

I know my dealer did not have any stock Yeti's last time I was there. The one they did get in the showroom had a reg plate on and was away to it's new owner very soon after.

On the other hand comments on the forum keep coming up to suggest that there are Yeti's floating about in dealer stock or in SUK compounds. If this is the case I can only assume they don't meet the requirements of prospective owners.

If the ever growing SMOC is anything to go by, then customising with options does appear very popular with Monster owners. Shame SUK limits this activity predominantly to the upper trim levels.

TP

Well, I am just at the 11th hour, so far as buying my Yeti. I have tried DtD and literally have just come back from the Llandysul Dealership to see what they can do. I have a car that can be scrapped but needs an MOT, tax etc. I have another car that is on the road a Vitara that I could scrap without any cost but it is a useful run around going to get coal etc and would need replacing so would be best if it was not scarped but it is not that important..

Looking at a Yeti 170 Elegance, Muscovado, Rough road package, Towbar preparation, Tyre pressure monitor.

DtD following punching in the details the response was £20,699.79 on the page. they later rang me with a better price. £20,362.94 and that is including 12 months tax.

Valley Services waffled on about the full price £23475 I told them about scrapage so then said £20975 with the scrapage, he smiled. I said yes but what can you do. mmm Il talk to the boss. he went off to the room where the boss was in conversation with someone else and came back I am not sure if they conversed but it was very fast so I think it might have been a ploy. The best that I can do he said is £20,700 with scrappage. I pan faced and and eventually revealed that I was aware of prices on the internet DtD and others. All he wanted to know was what heir price was, at the same time telling me that he was subsidising the car as it was and could not come down further. I refused to give DtD price but told him that it was easy to find on the internet and that according to friends DtD is not the cheapest either . I tried to give them the deal, asked how smoothly one of my cars might pass through its MOT etc a bit unethical but it wont be driven, it will be crushed, they where not interested so I departed.

The thing is DtD without scrapage and with all the same boxes ticked is £20,632.30. Cheaper than a local dealer even without using scrapage. Nor would I have to TAX, MOT, Insure the vehicle or drive it to what ever dealer DtD has made a deal with. It might be better to just go with out the scarppage and all that is involved with it, hassle et. At DtD I would still only be saving a maximum of £269.36 with the scrappage minus MOT Tax and insurance and driving up. I am thinking that scrapage might not be worth the bother.

I will have to try Broadway later on today and see what they come up with. If I am not using scrappage then their is no hurry, I could wait a little and see what happens to discounts then. Are any price increases imminent does anyone know?

Edited 19 January, 201016 yr by Anthony 1

Not sure on price, there was a £50 across the board increase a month after launch, then the Vat increase earlier this month.

My instinct tells me end of March, as the Government are introducing the new VED bands and 'showroom tax'. Good opportunity to massage an increase in and let someone else take the flak. :yes:

TP

So perhaps the best advice is to, Buy a car before March is out. It is a bit like Don't cast a clout until May is out

I used BroadSpeed to buy my Skoda. Great service and the cheapest. After initial negotiations they punt you directly on to the dealer for all money transactions. Could not fault them. Though I was passed on to Wings Skoda in Peterborough. Justin (the owner) said if I want to buy another car to call him direct and quote the Broadspeed price. He said he'd match it and you also save 300 quid introduction fee. Worth a try I reckon ..

We ordered a 1.2SE at the beginning of the month, after visiting my local dealers and doing the usual searches online I found the best price/deal through this website:

http://www.skodastore.com/

They put me in direct contact with the Skoda dealer, and although they are 90 minutes away we decided to pop up and speak to them face to face. They offered us a reasonable trade in price for our old car, the standard Skoda finance APR and everything you'd expect from a main dealer. We ordered the car and signed the paperwork that day. Brilliant service and so straight forward.

The internet has certainly changed things for car buyers. I would fully expect a local dealer to match a DtD/Broadspeed price if the alternative was to lose the sale. They'd even make more money than the DtD chosen dealer because there would be no comission or fee to pay the agent. Surely getting the sale and making some money on it is better than no sale at all?

The internet has certainly changed things for car buyers. I would fully expect a local dealer to match a DtD/Broadspeed price if the alternative was to lose the sale. They'd even make more money than the DtD chosen dealer because there would be no comission or fee to pay the agent. Surely getting the sale and making some money on it is better than no sale at all?

Not sure where you are getting your information from but the other dealers dont have the margins of the ones associated to DTD etc so the above statement doesnt stand. The DTD dealers buy under fleet rules and therefore pricing.

Lee

The thing is that Dealers based out in the sticks have much smaller overheads, low rates and so on. They do have a captured clientèle many of who have never even heard of the internet let alone used it. I would agree with PeteVRS that surely a sale even if they made 50p is better than non. I felt that the sales guy was completely uncommunicative not very personable not really interested in trying to come to terms. Then their is the "sais" thing which is really strong in this region, That is anyone who does not come from here. I felt that I would get nowhere, the last time I came for a test drive, I casually asked about prices and he gave a look and just quoted the price in the brochure. I am not sure what the company policy is, the Boss/Proprietor seems friendly enough, saying hello, good morning, nice day, that sort of thing the sales guy, well I have never met his type in that job before. The competition is not high here, its not like a city, where customers can just go next door to another manufacturer. farmers normally buy pick-ups and a second used car for the wife. New Skodas seem to be for the middle aged retired folk, the kind who may have their hair done once a week and go to the church/chapel/women's meetings, may have influence with the local councillor. I have no clew how many new car sales they have here but it can not be that many, I would have thought that they have the same people replacing cars ever couple of years. A while back they used to sell Rovers until Rover got into difficulties, then they switched.

I'm not sure about the idea that "any sale is better than no sale".

We tried our local (15 miles away) Skoda dealer and he wouldn't make any attempt to get close to the DTD price. Best he offered was about 7% and then tried to convince me that it was actually nearer 12% (e.g. the full dealer margin).

He seemed fairly happy that he didn't have to give that much away as demand was there. And maybe he was right, after all, Skoda haven't been hit as hard as some manufacturers in the past year or so.

But the thing is, he probably knows that wherever we buy it from, he's likely to get the servicing and make more money on that.

I do not know if I will give my nearest the business. I have no problem going over the border if I have too. It is very old fashioned here, they may try make me pay for it in another way so it may be better not to give them the opportunity.

Anthony, you'll have to learn to talk the Cymro with him!!

Don't bother with Furrows in Oswestry, but I suspect you will get a respectful ear at Faintree in Bridgenorth. It's where I intend to go to have a chat when SWMBO decides I can spend some money. I know they have a very good reputation.

Hi Graham,

I used to live in Oswestry many years ago. I know my way around there. Are they no good then? Bridgenorth, you say, have a good reputation, from Briskoda or do you know people who have used them or know someone at the garage?

I will have to ask my five year old daughter to speak the lingo, she is always correcting my pronunciation.

Furrows were useless. I booked a Yeti test drive through Skoda, confirmed by email by Furrows, and when I got there it took 15 minutes before anyone realised I was waiting, and then it turned out the car wasn't available as the Sales manager had taken it wawy for the weekend!!

After I complained to Skoda they brought it down to me in Llani, but the salesman didn't seem very interested and couldn't answer half the questions I wanted answered. Very unimpressed.

Faintree Garage has a very good reputation on here. Look in the relevant section for lots of reviews of them. They have been a Skoda dealer for years, and used to be out on the Bridgenorth to Cleobury road, but moved into Bridgenorth some years ago. The current owner, Paul Wedgebury, used to drive a works Rally Favorit. They used to service my old Favorit Estate!!

Link:

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/34750-faintree-garage-bridgnorth/

Edited 20 January, 201016 yr by Llanigraham

Thank you Graham,

That is very useful, and I have followed your link. Let us hope that you get sorted shortly. It has been suggested here that their might be government imposed changes after March that may well put prices up.

Ah, I wrongly assumed all dealers were equal and paid the same trade price for individual factory ordered cars, and had similar margins, if it's a case that some get them cheaper through higher volume orders or whatever, that could explain why some dealers can't/won't budge.

Ah, I wrongly assumed all dealers were equal and paid the same trade price for individual factory ordered cars, and had similar margins, if it's a case that some get them cheaper through higher volume orders or whatever, that could explain why some dealers can't/won't budge.

Is it fact that different dealers pay different amounts of £ for cars or is it supposition? Perhaps if it is the case, it might be based on the volume of cars sold. Otherwise their might be claims of unfair trade, so I would have thought.

Dealers are all invoiced for the same amount for each new car. The difference is that some dealers rely on their volume bonus (from how many units they shift) rather than trying to retain profit in an individual sale. The cheapest deals through the brokers will go through the fleet department of those dealers that have them. When a company (the broker) is given a fleet operator agreement with the manufacturer (by virtue of the amount of units per year that they will order) they are given additional terms beyond that afforded to the regular retail guys. For example, the manufacturer may offer free metallic paint and a given percentage to a certain fleet operator and this will not have to be met by the retailer who will receive a set amount for dealing with the order.

Well, that is what used to happen during my days at VW anyway.

Dealers are all invoiced for the same amount for each new car. The difference is that some dealers rely on their volume bonus (from how many units they shift) rather than trying to retain profit in an individual sale. The cheapest deals through the brokers will go through the fleet department of those dealers that have them. When a company (the broker) is given a fleet operator agreement with the manufacturer (by virtue of the amount of units per year that they will order) they are given additional terms beyond that afforded to the regular retail guys. For example, the manufacturer may offer free metallic paint and a given percentage to a certain fleet operator and this will not have to be met by the retailer who will receive a set amount for dealing with the order.

Well, that is what used to happen during my days at VW anyway.

Thank you shrub for throwing some light on the subject and putting us more into the picture.