I'm very close to pulling the trigger on a new Fabia, and am in the UK. Would appreciate guidance on the following:

 

1. If I buy on the Solutions PCP before the end of June, Skoda UK contributes £2000. Is this a bigger discount than Skoda normally offers in the UK? By a lot? Just trying to work out whether it's worth committing this month

 

2. How much deposit will I have to place when ordering?

 

3. Can I subsequently change my mind, and if so how much would I lose?

 

4. How far ahead can delivery take place? I ideally want January or March of next year. Will they pass on any price rises before delivery, or will the price be fixed on the order date?

 

5. How much do I have to put on the PCP to get the £2000 Skoda UK contribution? I have the cash and don't want to pay more interest than absolutely necessary

 

Many thanks!

Hi, hopefully some of the following helps:

1. £2000 is pretty good. I got £1500 contribution on my Fabia in April.

2. You can probably choose as much or as little deposit as you feel comfortable paying. They may ask for £100-£200 upfront when you initially order just to secure it. You can pay the rest of your deposit on delivery.

3. You can change your mind but will probably find you won't get the initial payment back.

4. I think your at their mercy with delivery. A factory fresh car would probably be here within 2-3 months (that's if they don't try and push a stock car) and you'd be expected to take it when it arrives at the dealer. If your looking for delivery that far ahead you may be asked to place the order later this year or into next year at which point you will need to go with whatever the deal is then.

5. I don't think there are any limits on the £2k contribution. As long as the car is financed using PCP they will give you it.

This is all based off my own experiences right enough so your local dealer may be different so it could be worth double checking with them.

I doubt dealers will be interested in ordering a car for Jan or March 2017 now. The finance deal will be different then. The terms of the current deal is that the car must be registered this year.

 

This is because Skoda UK charge the dealer for the car after it arrives. So this is why when the car comes in, they need you to take it fairly quickly or they have to pay for it, rather than you or the finance firm.

 

Why don't you just order before Xmas, dealers are usually desperate for trade then? You should get even more discount.

 

Even if its a factory build, it takes about 12 weeks max. usually less.

 

Have a look here for an idea of the discounts you can get off, usually more than £2k finance contribution, unless you buy the cheapest versions:

 

https://broadspeed.com/new_cars/Skoda/Fabia/

Edited 16 June, 201610 yr by glosrich

Hi! I've just been through this for the mrs, I have an Octavia VRS tsi and as you can tell by the name I'm sick of SEAT and we are getting rid of her Ibiza for a 1.2tsi Monte Carlo in White.

First up, you don't need to add anything to the deal deposit wise to get the 2k contribution. The car we specced had circa £300 of extras and straight off the street the opening offer with no deposit and them taking her car to clear her finance was £198 a month.

There's been some haggling. The deal we got in the end was £168 with me putting £500 in for her up front. She also got 2 years free servicing thrown in.

To be honest the deal is much of a muchness. It may change next month but if you compare them all they often work out very similar in the end!

Skoda tend to only change the deals quarterly, usually about 2pm on 1st working day of each quarter.

Last quarter the deposit contribution was smaller, but were offering 0% for upto 42 months.

Difficult to guess what they will offer in July-Sept, although seems to be no change about 60-70% of the time.

Skoda often top up with another deal of £500 off, or £500 fuel or servicing.

VW group is losing market share in Europe and some factory orders seem to be being built quickly which suggests there is weak demand and no backlog of orders.

If you wait might find the 1.2 tsi engine is replaced by the new 1.0 sometime soon, but that is a guess as other models have already switched engines.

Hi! I've just been through this for the mrs, I have an Octavia VRS tsi and as you can tell by the name I'm sick of SEAT and we are getting rid of her Ibiza for a 1.2tsi Monte Carlo in White.

First up, you don't need to add anything to the deal deposit wise to get the 2k contribution. The car we specced had circa £300 of extras and straight off the street the opening offer with no deposit and them taking her car to clear her finance was £198 a month.

There's been some haggling. The deal we got in the end was £168 with me putting £500 in for her up front. She also got 2 years free servicing thrown in.

To be honest the deal is much of a muchness. It may change next month but if you compare them all they often work out very similar in the end!

Over how many months is that for and what spec did you go for?

Edited 16 June, 201610 yr by jjwinston

That is for a 1.2 tsi 90 Monte Carlo with heated seats and the light/wiper assist over 42 months

As an aside has anyone noticed the new Colour edition, which is available in 1.0 and 1.2 TSi, kind of looks similar to a Monte Carlo, not as much spec though,  but without the monte carlo interior and costs approx £2k less?

 

As lovely as the Monte looks, in my opinion its a bit pricey for a Fabia, unless you get a good discount.

Edited 17 June, 20169 yr by glosrich

Hi! I've just been through this for the mrs, I have an Octavia VRS tsi and as you can tell by the name I'm sick of SEAT and we are getting rid of her Ibiza for a 1.2tsi Monte Carlo in White.

 

 

 

Out of interest, what upset you about SEAT with the Ibiza?

As an aside has anyone noticed the new Colour edition, which is available in 1.0 and 1.2 TSi, kind of looks similar to a Monte Carlo, not as much spec though,  but without the monte carlo interior and costs approx £2k less?

 

As lovely as the Monte looks, in my opinion its a bit pricey for a Fabia, unless you get a good discount.

Unless you must have the MC interior, isn't the SE L a better deal? However, I fully appreciate that cost is seldom an absolute consideration when buying cars. If it was, we'd all be buying Dacia Thingys. I always reckon that the smile factor is well worth a few quid...how much is up to the individual, of course.

Out of interest, what upset you about SEAT with the Ibiza?

To be fair to the ibiza it hasn't done anything wrong apart from being a bit bland, the main problem was my Leon. The two cars have one major problem in common which is the local dealer who I have come to utterly despise hence getting her to move over now she needs a new car!

As an aside has anyone noticed the new Colour edition, which is available in 1.0 and 1.2 TSi, kind of looks similar to a Monte Carlo, not as much spec though, but without the monte carlo interior and costs approx £2k less?

As lovely as the Monte looks, in my opinion its a bit pricey for a Fabia, unless you get a good discount.

I keep driving past Colour Editions and thinking they are Montes, when they are on the black wheels, anyway.

The colour edition doesn't have all the outside extras (front splitter, rear spoiler, rear diffuser, side skirts and black instead of silver) and obviously different interior.

Price wises, it's ethier a Monte (which is SE spec with nicer stearing wheel, panoroof and for mentioned exterior extras and black alloys) or SEL without Pano roof but all the tech.

Personally I loved the look of the Monte so was happy too forgo the gadgets (I still got AppleCar play and nice sound system) and also got the flat bottom steering wheel which I love!

Edited 17 June, 20169 yr by MasterJediAlejandro

To be fair to the ibiza it hasn't done anything wrong apart from being a bit bland, the main problem was my Leon. The two cars have one major problem in common which is the local dealer who I have come to utterly despise hence getting her to move over now she needs a new car!

 

Well if you can't work with the dealer's workshop then its game over I suppose.  Not timing chain issues? I seem to have been lucky with SEAT workshops, I am looking after and using my daughter's Ibiza while she is working abroad and find the basic 1.4SC an ideal shopping trolley come runabout - though I don't need a third car! Her servicing dealer is a small SAAB(?)/Suzuki/AlfaRomeo place which might just have solved a battery drain problem I could not - car well out of warranty as its a Nov 2009 one! Previous but one model of Ibizas were total **** though, quality of plastics extremely poor!

Edited 17 June, 20169 yr by rum4mo

The ibiza has had no problems. The Leon however was a wreck and the dealer had no intention of sorting it and they were very miserable and bad mannered. Luckily she fell in love with the fabia!

also try carwow and drive the deal. My dealer offered a lousy trade-in & wouldn't budge from full price for the new car; wouldn't even throw in a set of mats

My dealers were awful from start to finish. I loved the Fabia so stressfully went with it. I have to say when Skoda start knocking on my door asking me to roll-on to another contract with a new car - they'll have to give me the deal of the century to keep me. 

 

Shame really because I quite like the Fabia to drive. 

 

One of the worst dealerships I have ever come across. Lied to, avoided, not much give in anything and no apologies or most importantly - manners.

 

 If you turn up to a meeting 50 minutes late you apologise. Skoda don't...

 

I could go on for a long time about Skoda............