Is it legal to sell a product, a car in this case, without a known specification under the Consumer Rights Act 2015? Discuss. What if the products list price changes between say 39500 and 40200, what if the engine capacity is significantly less, what if the options are different etc. Can you legally sell something if you cannot accurately describe it?

Welcome.

They never sold you one did they,

 did they offer one for sale to you, take your order or deposit?  Tell you when you will get it?

So yes, this is Winner in Cinderford. Went through the configurator, paid the deposit accepted for finance etc. The delivery is not confirmed but Skoda UK have said 25wk +. I'm still in the cooling off period for the finance so I can clearly cancel easily at present. However I'm more interested in the legality of the right to sell something without a specification under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. 

Doesn't stop Tesla selling model 3's

Personally i believe that people that Order and enter in a deal to buy something they do not know the spec or price of need a 'Guide dog for the stupid'.

Especially someone that wonders if it is legal for the seller to do that.

 

Ask Skoda UK Customers Services, if it is Illegal then they are a conspiring in the law breaking.

http://skoda.co.uk/about-us/contact-us

 

 

Edited 19 September, 20187 yr by Offski

Think you are missing the point here, we know the purchase price, what is not known is the list price. Furthermore it is not about the intelligence of the purchaser but the legal perspective. Your last sentence is the point, are Skoda actually breaking the law? The purchaser may well not know that the order they placed is against a non issued spec. Skoda dealers are certainly not making that obvious or clear when selling. So the point is that if nobody tests this position then it will not be tested and Skoda will continue.

1 hour ago, Offski said:

Personally i believe that people that Order and enter in a deal to buy something they do not know the spec or price of need a 'Guide dog for the stupid'.

Especially someone that wonders if it is legal for the seller to do that.

 

Ask Skoda UK Customers Services, if it is Illegal then they are a conspiring in the law breaking.

http://skoda.co.uk/about-us/contact-us

 

 

I agree with you Offski that sometimes you take a risk and are close to stupidity when you buy a car.

My local sales representant was so sure about the replacement engine models Skoda will use to fulfill WLTP 

So I insisted on an written text in my contract about what engine and gear box they will put in my car when it will be produced W40.

 

In my Swedish contract for my Octavia Scout 2.0 TSI190 it is stated like this in general, (translated in Google) :

 

Depending on the situation of production and any changes that may be caused by the new WLTP test procedure, the ordered car may be upgraded to a corresponding car of a later version, which in some cases may involve more horsepower. Such upgrading takes place without additional costs for the buyer.

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, this is the same thing I've got signed with the dealer, essentially a contract that states that if anything changes to my advantage that would have been known at the time of ordering then I have the right to take advantage of it without additional cost and that if anything changes that disadvantages me (e.g. the list price going over £40K  which increase the tax here in the UK, or the engine horsepower being reduced) that I have the right to financial restitution or in any event the right to cancellation and a full refund of all monies paid to date...… but how many people actually are savvy enough to do this or even realise that the MY19 specs are not going to be the same as the MY18 or even that the specs are changing at all..... Caveat emptor is not s legal principle under Consumer Rights.