Just been emailed about an ex demonstrator event 5-14 July

Are Škoda taking me for a mug ?

I just looked up an approved used car, few months old, it's about £25k, but comes with a whopping 11.4% APR finance, which over 3 years is over £7k in interest. So costing over £32k

But I can order a new one, costing £33k, get a PCP deposit contribution, reducing price to nearer £31k and 0% APR so over 3 years pay less.

So why would anyone want the overpriced demonstrators, as it seems end up paying more for a secondhand car, than the new one. Do they think I am dumb?

What am I not seeing that makes this event more attractive than a new car.

Edited 7 July, 20257 Jul by SurreyJohn

I think nowadays the newly acquired value of these events is that you get to buy low-maintenance, reliable cars that are no longer made, therefore you cannot order these cars new.

For example 150bhp diesel manual gearbox cars at Skoda, or a 3.0TDI V6 tiptronic non-SUV cars at Audi. Sad state of affairs...

Edited 21 July, 202521 Jul by dieselV6

Do you have any further details on this event?