are dealers taking the pi$$ with vrs prices

[seve88]

i've been looking for a mkii vrs dsg hatch for a while now,

came across this http://www.skoda.net.r66.co.uk/carview.aspx?id=604925252

£16k for a car that's nearly 3 year old, are they taking the pi$$ ?

if i remember right the blackline was £20k new, and most cars halve in value after 3 years .

surely there miles off on there pricing ?

you can get a nearly new mkiii for not much more.

[Bullit]

I just went to the dealers last week, for my 2011 Vrs Tsi he gave me the printout that he would give me £9550 for it and put it on forecourt at between £11495 and £10995.

MK11 seem to be holding pretty well, that's 4 years old and still at 50% of about what I paid new.

[philbes]

i've been looking for a mkii vrs dsg hatch for a while now,

came across this http://www.skoda.net.r66.co.uk/carview.aspx?id=604925252

£16k for a car that's nearly 3 year old, are they taking the pi$$ ?

if i remember right the blackline was £20k new, and most cars halve in value after 3 years .

surely there miles off on there pricing ?

you can get a nearly new mkiii for not much more.

I bought a March 2012 Skoda Octavia 2.0CR DSG vRS in June 2013 (so it was then 15 months old with under 10K miles) for less than £16K.  Not leather interior.  In comparison the car you are looking at looks way, way overpriced.

[Spaced99]

Values are holding up as the mk3 is so much more expensive

[Norco]

If someone will pay it then its not overpriced. Basic supply and demand. Plus like Spaced99 said mk3 is a lot more expensive so holding up the mk 2 prices. Good for buyers that picked them up just before mk3 launch when the prices were a bit compressed.

[Aspman]

I traded mine in for £4k which was 24% of the price I paid. Which I thought was pretty good after 7yr and when I wasn't buying a car that was new or very expensive.

 

Went on the forecourt for £5800 which was 34%.

 

I thought that seemed very expensive for a 7yr old car but it sold within 10 days.

 

A couple of years ago no one wanted the VRS as a trade in, last year they bit my hand off. I was getting offered £4700 3yr ago so depreciation was next to nothing for the last few years I had it.

 

I paid about £17k new for mine so a Mk2 at £16 3yr old does look very overpriced.

Edited 31 March, 2015 by Aspman

[thejames]

May be changing mine (61 VRS diesel estate DSG) in the near future so very pleased to read this this morning! Thanks!!

[VRS_Dan]

I just went to the dealers last week, for my 2011 Vrs Tsi he gave me the printout that he would give me £9550 for it and put it on forecourt at between £11495 and £10995.

MK11 seem to be holding pretty well, that's 4 years old and still at 50% of about what I paid new.

Where was this mate? taken mine to a few places recently and the first garage told me £8500 at a push and the second one this weekend started at £8250 then the superior came over and said they would give me £6350 so take mine away and sell private!

[BA Baracus]

if i remember right the blackline was £20k new

 

Wrong - I paid £18,300-ish for new white, manual Blackline estate 2 years ago.

 

Great car by the way and delighted to hear prices are holding well!

[BA Baracus]

Just to add, when car got serviced recently I asked about trade-in price and they would have given me £14,000.