Not be wary in that they might be a con, but do be careful before asking for the price reduction to be applied.
I ordered my Cupra 300 ST 4 drive on 2nd Oct. At the time there was a £2,250 Seat contribution.
I did a quick analysis of what my contracted price is and compared it with what it might be with the recent price reduction, but assuming the lack of dealer contribution.
I also got a 12% discount from a quote via CarWow.
Anyhow, looking at the OTR price now - £32,580 and the OTR price when I ordered £34,340, and even accounting for the minor price increases on some options, plus my trade in allowance and initial £500 deposit and the CarWow discount, I have worked out that leaving my purchase price as per my October order gives me a price of £28,404 OTR where as removing the dealer incentive from October (excluding the current £500 test drive offer), and allowing for the small increases in optional extras, I have worked out that today, the same spec car would cost me £28,843 OTR. If the test drive £500 off offer was included the OTR would be £28,343
So in this case my original price is the cheaper unless the £500 test drive discount is applied and even then the difference is barely worth mentioning.
I very much doubt that if I went to my dealer now and asked for the price reduction to be applied (which I believe dealers will do - presumably if asked, not automatically) they would remove the Seat contribution as that is no longer applicable.
Do your sums and check if it's really worth asking your dealer to apply the current list price if in doing so you lose the original Seat incentives!
I ordered my Cupra 300 ST 4 drive on 2nd Oct. At the time there was a £2,250 Seat contribution.
I did a quick analysis of what my contracted price is and compared it with what it might be with the recent price reduction, but assuming the lack of dealer contribution.
I also got a 12% discount from a quote via CarWow.
Anyhow, looking at the OTR price now - £32,580 and the OTR price when I ordered £34,340, and even accounting for the minor price increases on some options, plus my trade in allowance and initial £500 deposit and the CarWow discount, I have worked out that leaving my purchase price as per my October order gives me a price of £28,404 OTR where as removing the dealer incentive from October (excluding the current £500 test drive offer), and allowing for the small increases in optional extras, I have worked out that today, the same spec car would cost me £28,843 OTR. If the test drive £500 off offer was included the OTR would be £28,343
So in this case my original price is the cheaper unless the £500 test drive discount is applied and even then the difference is barely worth mentioning.
I very much doubt that if I went to my dealer now and asked for the price reduction to be applied (which I believe dealers will do - presumably if asked, not automatically) they would remove the Seat contribution as that is no longer applicable.
Do your sums and check if it's really worth asking your dealer to apply the current list price if in doing so you lose the original Seat incentives!
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