Yep, I get that and I agree it isn't a good sign. All I'm saying is they might have fewer demo's (and new stock) if their pricing were better. Stands to reason, if the demand is not there drop your prices to the point where the demand is.

My decision was price driven - I'd only risk a Skoda (3 years ago) if it was very cheap because (a) unknown brand with little track history recently in Oz (b) probably no resale and hard to unload again (c) if not cheap, there's lots of competition with better service backup.

I might add my car was around for quite a time advertised at $5k more than when I bought it. No way I'd have gone there for that money, for the reasons above. It had to be much cheaper than the competition to compensate for the risks and downsides.

I still think that's where Skoda is at and why they have demo's and new stock. Same with Fabia. Too expensive for the perceived risks to customers in a very conservative and somewhat status conscious car market.