Did 200 prices go up?

[Dyewitness]

I am sure they were to go up in around october?

 

[Fletcher]

Start of Oct IIRC.

 

[richard1]

Yep, 3% increase on the basic price

 

[Steve]

But we know the retail of an RS is b****cks anyway.
Some stunning deals round, 13-14k gets one easy.

 

[Fletcher]

But we know the retail of an RS is b****cks anyway.
Some stunning deals round, 13-14k gets one easy.

Exactly it's not as if anyone actually pays full list price!

 

[Brian]

Yup, as said, 3% start of October. Then another 2.5% Jan.

 

[Brian]

Exactly it's not as if anyone actually pays full list price!

LOL, the 200 I specced was 19995 list price

 

[Revels]

Yeah, £20k for a Clio clearly isn't enough.

Lets put them up.

 

[Steve]

LOL, the 200 I specced was 19995 list price

Brian did he ask you to bend over?

 

[JayR]

LOL, the 200 I specced was 19995 list price

LOL - The one i drove the weekend was exactly that!

Madness!

 

[Timmay]

yeah got told 3% at a local delaers near me - my mate decided to buy an 07 197 insted

 

[Davey182]

There is a white 200 in my nearest dealer... £18k... made me want to buy a corsa vxr even more, especially as it didn't even have the recaros...

 

[seb]

it is what is commonly known as inflation.

 

[Dyewitness]

it is what is commonly known as inflation.

i understand it was actually due to the euro/sterling exchange rate

 

[seb]

that to! double whammy!

shame we don't get the wage increase to give with it all...

 

[Davey182]

I understand it is also that we get ripped off by car dealers compared to the rest of Europe...

 

[R20 CWH]

ooft. 5.5% in the space of 3months. cracking.

 

[Mangate]

Bas...ds can't sell any cars so they put the price up. Looks like spare parts have gone up too.

 

[RexinaTrophy]

LOL, the 200 I specced was 19995 list price

Add £6,000 and you have the (basic) Focus RS.

 

[RexinaTrophy]

Bas...ds can't sell any cars so they put the price up. Looks like spare parts have gone up too.

Sales are vanity, profit is sanity.

 

[RexinaTrophy]

it is what is commonly known as inflation.

Now is that cost-push or demand pull inflation? Is it stagflation perhaps, with unemployment rising as well as the average price level?

Please be more specific.

 

[JayR]

it is what is commonly known as inflation.

It is but at the end of the day its still a car thats bareley an improvement on what was being sold in 2004!

I cant see how they can justify £19995 for the 200 as it is now personally....

 

[seb]

Again debatable but in essence the baked beans u buy today are the same as in 2004 but they have gone up in price also. (made up example of course substitute with other food products etc)

Like mentioned the euro rate has a big impact and I know of uk companies who import products from Germany and this year and last year the increase in cost to the importer has been almost 20% in two years.

Thus ultimately gas to be passed on to the customer. Just like Renault are doing.

But let's be realistic u can still buy a well specced and the best hot hatch in the class for under 16k with discount. It is a good value car over all.

 

[Poopensharten]

20k for the 200

Ill have one when its out of warranty for 9k please