Seen as today is post a Skoda deal day :raised_hand: ...
For those who may be after the diesel equivalent, here's a benchmark price for 2 years vehicle hire for sub £5k... and would be even cheaper if you can get somebody to match and avoid the fee (try Horton Skoda for e.g)
there is also options for 6 & 9 months initial rental that work out the same overall Admin Fee= £300 3 x £179 = £537 23 X £179 = £4117
Other mileages available
Edit:Thanks to M5RCC, thsi deal has been updated to save the processing fee. Link updated, deal takes you to a 9 + 23 deal (other variations are slightly more, about £50 over the term)
9 x £145.50 = £1309.50 23 x £145.50 = £3346.50
44 comments
OrribleHarry
21 Sep 17#1
Oh please, no! this is like the fourth or so Octavia deal posted.
foxymeister to OrribleHarry
21 Sep 17#2
At least loofer is making the effort to put deals on the site ... :wink:
morpheus
21 Sep 17#3
Car pictured above looks ok. Car on link is fugly....
loofer to morpheus
21 Sep 17#4
haha, true taht. I had to get a stock pic from elsewhere. Not sure what the model you'd get actually looks like.
Naith
21 Sep 17#5
The pic here is the pre-facelift model...
m1chaels
21 Sep 17#6
There may be a delay in delivery.... bbc.co.uk/new…699 Environmental protesters have climbed on to a ship at a Kent port transporting diesel cars from Germany.
Greenpeace said campaigners had boarded the ship at Sheerness in Kent and were preventing the unloading of the cars.
The
group said it would not leave the ship until Volkswagen agreed to
return the cars to Germany. Volkswagen said they were aware of the
protest.
More than 40 people are "attempting to immobilise all the VW diesel cars by removing their keys", Greenpeace said.
sleuth to m1chaels
21 Sep 17#7
This is Skoda.. :unamused: Made in Czech republic :stuck_out_tongue:
OrribleHarry to m1chaels
21 Sep 17#8
That's silly, VAG diesels don't pollute. They have certificates to corroborate this and everything.......
118luke to m1chaels
21 Sep 17#10
Exactly why you should buy British made (Manufactured) :wink:
OrribleHarry to 118luke
21 Sep 17#11
Agreed there are some decent cars made in the UK nowadays.
m5rcc to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#18
You mean assembled in the UK. Most of the componets are non-UK made.
OrribleHarry to m5rcc
22 Sep 17#19
That goes for all car manufacturers though, they are all merely assembly lines for supply chain components.
m5rcc to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#20
Sure but within the EU, that is not a problem. Outside the UK post-Brexit, it will be...
OrribleHarry to m5rcc
22 Sep 17#21
That has nothing to do with the quality of vehicles produced, it only affects prices. European produced vehicles will attract a larger import tax than individual components. So one argument is that UK production may have the upper hand.
m5rcc to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#22
It will affect quality when all of a sudden the cost of those components go up 10% and they'll find that sales drop.
CoeK to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#27
Only if they don't import the vehicle for cost price or source some components in the UK.
Teezer
21 Sep 17#9
Is the £206 per month how much they will pay me to drive it?....................not enough, I'll pass.
Sentral
22 Sep 17#12
Only an idiot would buy (lease) a diesel.
118luke to Sentral
22 Sep 17#13
Only an idiot would make such a rediculous statement
m5rcc to 118luke
22 Sep 17#16
It's ridiculous.
jamgin
22 Sep 17#14
No matter how the manufacturers dress it up, once a dirty diesel always a dirty diesel. No wonder they had to cheat the testing system to make them seem acceptable. Good of Greenpeace to take direct action yesterday. Pity more of us don't take personal direct action and stop buying/leasing diesels.
kw2 to jamgin
22 Sep 17#15
Shame Greenpeace wont take on Rocketman as this is the biggest pollution we will see in our time.
thank you, I'll update deal. The saving is on the processing fee and I did say this was a benchmark price to beat, especially if you can find one without a fee
OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#23
10% value of some of the componets (not all as some are UK/non Europe produced) is much less than 10% of an entire vehicle.
m5rcc to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#24
You are assuming they won't increase the cost of the car to make up the shortfall...
OrribleHarry to m5rcc
22 Sep 17#25
No its basic maths car companies pay import tax based on value of the import. Even if all components were imported the car itself is more valuable than the sum of its parts (otherwise they wouldn't make money) therefore the tax is greater on a complete vehicle. Suppliers can be moved customers cannot.
m5rcc to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#26
But you continue to assume people are going to buy the car at that higher price.
Take an EU27 customer: why would they buy a UK-built Qashqai with all its non-UK components at higher price (lets assume UK gets no deal as predicted and needs to rely on WTO rules) when they can buy the same car, a Spanish-built Renault Kadjar for a cheaper price?
OrribleHarry to m5rcc
22 Sep 17#28
Take a UK customer why you buy the Kadjar is the Qashqai was cheaper? It works both ways, yes the UK is a smaller market but either way vehicles will cost more for everyone as a result.
You have to remember all car companies have global interests beyond Europe and the supply chain will just be adapted to suit.
m5rcc to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#29
But Nissan exports 8 in 10 Qashqais. The UK market is almost an irrelvance...
OrribleHarry to m5rcc
22 Sep 17#30
I think you will find UK car sales are fifth highest in the world, the fact that UK customers have chosen to turn their back on domestic products is the root cause.
m5rcc to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#31
UK car sales, that are mainly skewed by fleets and leases.
Because "domestic products" have tended to be of inferior quality. We've gone full circle.
OrribleHarry to m5rcc
22 Sep 17#33
Historically I'd agree but there are now some excellent cars produced in the UK Jaguar and Landrover for example.
It's a cultural failure of the UK, we expect to be paid more but do less than everyone else. To add to this most British are not patriotic enough to consider a domestic product.
One of the main reasons why the German car industry has excelled is due to the Germans being extremely patriotic to the point it's frowned upon to buy non German manufactured products.
m5rcc to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#34
Excellent cars from JLR that are often quite unreliable and easy to break into?
The biggest problem with your argument is that there is nothing left that is truly British. JLR is not a British firm - sure they have UK works and factories but profits are taken offshore.
The German car industry continues to excel because of perceived quality. They are no more reliable than anything else. Brits love to be snobs and believe that driving a BMW/MB/Audi makes them better than their neighbours. It's all rather pathetic.
OrribleHarry to m5rcc
22 Sep 17#35
I agree that "true british" is fading mainly due to my previous comments, however this can be rekindled starting with making conscious decisions to genuinely consider uk built products first rather than living outwith ones means to impress the neighbours.
Agreed about German vehicles also, the perception is more due to clever marketing than actual quality and reliability. The Japanese are the ones that produce the reliable vehicles, yet they are less popular.
CoeK to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#38
I would happily buy genuine British made products, I won't consciously go out of my way to find them though, most people just buy the best they can for how much they have, if British made products become that then there will be no need to seek them out.
CoeK to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#36
Was there a time when jaguar and landrover weren't made in the UK?
OrribleHarry to CoeK
22 Sep 17#37
Not to my knowledge but it was British owned.
m5rcc to CoeK
22 Sep 17#41
Only on licence, i.e Santana in Spain.
ultrak3wl
22 Sep 17#39
I never understand the "Buying British is better" people. When you ask them why it's better they never seem to be able to tell you, just get all huffy and say surely it's obvious and run you down for being insufficiently "patriotic".
OrribleHarry to ultrak3wl
22 Sep 17#40
It's basic economics, if the UK is exporting products they are adding value to the UK and ultimately yourself in property value and income. By importing a product you are decreasing the value of the economy and adding it to the exporting countries value.
A strong economy exports more than it imports, simple as that.
CoeK to OrribleHarry
22 Sep 17#42
That is overly simplistic. A strong economy can increase imports and exports, exports being high will increase spending power which will increase imports. Our strong currency has more effect on reducing our exports and increasing our imports than patriotism ever will. Even if it has been weak lately.
m5rcc to CoeK
22 Sep 17#43
Worse performing currency in the past twelve months.
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Opening post
For those who may be after the diesel equivalent, here's a benchmark price for 2 years vehicle hire for sub £5k...
and would be even cheaper if you can get somebody to match and avoid the fee (try Horton Skoda for e.g)
there is also options for 6 & 9 months initial rental that work out the same overall
Admin Fee= £300
3 x £179 = £537
23 X £179 = £4117
Other mileages available
Edit:Thanks to M5RCC, thsi deal has been updated to save the processing fee. Link updated, deal takes you to a 9 + 23 deal (other variations are slightly more, about £50 over the term)
9 x £145.50 = £1309.50
23 x £145.50 = £3346.50
44 comments
bbc.co.uk/new…699
Environmental protesters have climbed on to a ship at a Kent port transporting diesel cars from Germany.
Greenpeace said campaigners had boarded the ship at Sheerness in Kent and were preventing the unloading of the cars.
The group said it would not leave the ship until Volkswagen agreed to return the cars to Germany. Volkswagen said they were aware of the protest.
More than 40 people are "attempting to immobilise all the VW diesel cars by removing their keys", Greenpeace said.
Good of Greenpeace to take direct action yesterday. Pity more of us don't take personal direct action and stop buying/leasing diesels.
Suppliers can be moved customers cannot.
Take an EU27 customer: why would they buy a UK-built Qashqai with all its non-UK components at higher price (lets assume UK gets no deal as predicted and needs to rely on WTO rules) when they can buy the same car, a Spanish-built Renault Kadjar for a cheaper price?
You have to remember all car companies have global interests beyond Europe and the supply chain will just be adapted to suit.
Because "domestic products" have tended to be of inferior quality. We've gone full circle.
It's a cultural failure of the UK, we expect to be paid more but do less than everyone else. To add to this most British are not patriotic enough to consider a domestic product.
One of the main reasons why the German car industry has excelled is due to the Germans being extremely patriotic to the point it's frowned upon to buy non German manufactured products.
The biggest problem with your argument is that there is nothing left that is truly British. JLR is not a British firm - sure they have UK works and factories but profits are taken offshore.
The German car industry continues to excel because of perceived quality. They are no more reliable than anything else. Brits love to be snobs and believe that driving a BMW/MB/Audi makes them better than their neighbours. It's all rather pathetic.
Agreed about German vehicles also, the perception is more due to clever marketing than actual quality and reliability. The Japanese are the ones that produce the reliable vehicles, yet they are less popular.
By importing a product you are decreasing the value of the economy and adding it to the exporting countries value.
A strong economy exports more than it imports, simple as that.