James Ruppert - Trade secrets Taking advantage of rock-bottom new car deals

摘要

Obviously I enjoy poking you all with Ferrari-shaped sticks every now and then, even if it wises up the liquidator to dispose of the exotica in a more orderly fashion. Don't panic, though, because there are all sorts of sensational deals out there -and excitingly enough you're finding most of them without anytrouble at all. Reader and subscriber Joe put it more succinctly than I ever could: "I've just bought my girlfriend an 18,000-mile Kia Cee'd on an 07 plate. It's the 1.6 petrol LS model, which has a list price of ?13,320. I got it for ?5999 from Autoquake. I checked with Kia and it has the full seven-year warranty, so it expires in June 2014. Not bad for six grand!" Then there was Michael, who, on another matter that I will mention in several weeks' time, extracted himself from one quality car and then was in the market for another. He wound up at an Audi garage, not usually known for being discount-friendly, especially when the vehicle involved is a highly efficient diesel. So imagine his surprise and delight when a high-spec, limited-edition A6 2.0 TDI Avant with leather, sat-nav and 18-inch alloys came his way for ?24,000, instead of the usual ?30,865.