Max147
17-11-2014, 09:58 PM
I had a drive of a 2012 Ambition sedan demo today with just under 5k on the clock. I was very impressed with the drive & was ready for the brakes having read some reviews, otherwise I may have ended up on the dash.
I think it's a lovely looking car. I never noticed that it was skinny in proportion to it's length but one of the 1st things I noticed was the useless cupholders & when I drove it the seat felt small in width, which I found weird considering the size of this thing. It was still comfortable however & the back seat just blew me away with the leg room. Then I read tonight that it is skinny but as I said, I never noticed it today.
The price was $24,950 with 6mths rego & warranty until 2018 & when I said I had no trade he dropped to $23,800 plus they would pick up the rego changeover cost. I didn't think that was enough, especially with no trade-in & he mentioned that it was heavily discounted already & was a $38k car originally. I hadn't checked the price of the 2014 model & find out tonight that Skoda has dropped about $7k off the new model. That makes this demo even less of a good deal IMO but I would like to know what others think?
Besides my issue, how do current owners feel about this price reduction on the new model? While it's great for new Skoda buyers surely it is going to hurt the already poor resale value (so I've read) of their vehicle?
I think it's a lovely looking car. I never noticed that it was skinny in proportion to it's length but one of the 1st things I noticed was the useless cupholders & when I drove it the seat felt small in width, which I found weird considering the size of this thing. It was still comfortable however & the back seat just blew me away with the leg room. Then I read tonight that it is skinny but as I said, I never noticed it today.
The price was $24,950 with 6mths rego & warranty until 2018 & when I said I had no trade he dropped to $23,800 plus they would pick up the rego changeover cost. I didn't think that was enough, especially with no trade-in & he mentioned that it was heavily discounted already & was a $38k car originally. I hadn't checked the price of the 2014 model & find out tonight that Skoda has dropped about $7k off the new model. That makes this demo even less of a good deal IMO but I would like to know what others think?
Besides my issue, how do current owners feel about this price reduction on the new model? While it's great for new Skoda buyers surely it is going to hurt the already poor resale value (so I've read) of their vehicle?