Skoda from VW dealers

[K1W1]

I have seen two brand new Skodas recently (today actually) that both have number plate advertising and rear window stickers to indicate that they were purchased from VW dealers.
Are VW dealers selling Skoda on the side with no publicity or is something else going on? Neither car looked like a an ex demo, if they were they would of only had absolute minimal miles on them. One was a TDI Superb wagon and the other was a vRS Wagon. Both were from different Melbourne VW dealers.

[BluChris]

Barloworld maybe? Have seen near new ones they seem to get from NSW and of course re-register

[anthony]

They are ex Skoda factory cars,most VW dealers sell them with new Vic plates,and put their number plate holders on and stickers.

[woofy]

Camberwell VW have sold stock leftover from Preston, but apart from obvious tradeins tht pop up week to week I haven't seen any new ones there for a while.

[candy_wagon]

There's an Octavia wagon and a Fabia VRS at Barloworld in Mulgrave too. Assuemd they are simply Exec driven or Ex Skoda Oz cars picked up cheap.

[timbo2loose]

I got my VRS from Werribee VW (Ex VW Australia car) 5000km on it, they had a superb there too at the time

[K1W1]

I guess the VW dealers are more cashed up to buy used car stock or have the room to display it better than the Skoda dedicated dealers. The Skodas probably also look a bargain to anybody who can't quite afford the VW they are after.

[Yao]

I guess the VW dealers are more cashed up to buy used car stock or have the room to display it better than the Skoda dedicated dealers. The Skodas probably also look a bargain to anybody who can't quite afford the VW they are after.

They don't just LOOK like bargains, they ARE bargains. Was initially looking to buy a Passat with sunroof, GPS, etc, - until I saw the Superb elegance. Never looked back

[Mysticality]

or have the room to display it better than the Skoda dedicated dealers.

No kidding.
google maps moss vale - Google Maps
This image is over a year old, though.


EDIT: Just checked. At the bottom it says November 2009.
They're now about half-way through building a big "Skoda" building with signage where that old wooden fence is.

[tooch]

Mine has a Barlowworld number plate frame, was an ex-factory demo car I purchased from there.

The used car manager was actually banned from buying anymore stock by Skoda, as the Skoda dealers were pissed off with how much stock he was buying and selling off for good prices

[swingdoctor]

I was at Barloworld in Glen Waverley and they had just taken delivery of one Superb, one Fabia and about 5 Octavias.

[K1W1]

Skoda seem to have huge quantities of registered "executive" cars, way more than the size of the organisation would seem to justify. That doesn't bode well for the validity of their sales claims.

[swingdoctor]

Skoda seem to have huge quantities of registered "executive" cars, way more than the size of the organisation would seem to justify. That doesn't bode well for the validity of their sales claims.

Not necessarily, most of the Skoda dealers don't carry many "executive driven" vehicles, perhaps Volkswagen dealers are prepared to pay a higher price at auction. What I have observed is that the cars often don't last very long at the dealerships.