Fleet pricing on 130TDi Passat or Alltrack

[brad]

Well, I had 2 dealers in NSW come back to me with quotes for the Alltrack loaded with every option except the sunroof and electric seats. Only thing is it will be a factory order with roughly a six month wait. First dealer quoted me $61k ish and the second $53k. Small difference. Will keep looking and see what else comes back.

Dan

Looking on Carsales.com, the Alltrack appears to be in short supply - they are asking near full price for demos & nobody appears to have any new stock.

Is fully loaded what you actually want?

I think your best idea is to put together a std pro-forma of the exact specification you are after & send it to all the dealers where you are willing to ship from.

Also, have you considered a Superb AWD or the Subaru?

[Croozer]

Hi Brad,

Yes, I've listed all the options to standardise the specifications and process. Ultimately, I can ship from anywhere so that's not an issue, though obviously if its a capital city then that makes it a little easier. I don't have to have all the options of course, but they're nice to have! If I can, why not. I must admit to being surprised at the price gap in quotes given both quotes were specified with the identical specifications. I'd say that so long as you're in a position to wait i.e. factory order, then deals can be done.

I have looked seriously at the Superb and Outback, but every time I look at them I can only grimace. They're both well built functional vehicles, but they just don't do it for me.

[brad]

Hi Brad,

Yes, I've listed all the options to standardise the specifications and process. Ultimately, I can ship from anywhere so that's not an issue, though obviously if its a capital city then that makes it a little easier. I don't have to have all the options of course, but they're nice to have! If I can, why not. I must admit to being surprised at the price gap in quotes given both quotes were specified with the identical specifications. I'd say that so long as you're in a position to wait i.e. factory order, then deals can be done.

I have looked seriously at the Superb and Outback, but every time I look at them I can only grimace. They're both well built functional vehicles, but they just don't do it for me.

Some dealerships simply don't take faxed / emailed "requests for quote" seriously.
I used to have to purchase vehicles for my previous employers OS outstations (therefore we weren't considered a fleet purchaser despite owning about 2000 vehicles) and it was surprising how many suppliers either ignored you or came back with RRP pricing despite being made aware that we had a definite requirement for a vehicle, would be placing an order within 6 weeks & tenders were on a first & final offer basis.

Skoda are an aquired taste - I think mine looks great now but thought it looked 10 years out of date when I bought ion 2008.

My wife had the latest Outback until recently - thank God you didn't have to look at it when you were driving. It was a good car for the purpose though.