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Pre-reg cars - questions...

  • 18-04-2014 7:12pm
    #1
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,196 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,
    Might be obvious to some but I have some questions around pre-reg cars being sold by dealers

    (1) How do dealers make money on them if the just register them and then offer them at a lower price ?
    (2) How much cheaper is a pre-reg typically ?
    (3) What are the pros and cons on pre-reg as a buyer ?

    As I said, sorry if this is an obvious question but it's hard to find these exact answers !


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  • #2
    CiniO
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,069 ✭✭✭✭CiniO


    Can I add one question?

    (4)Why are dealers pre-registering the cars?


  • #3
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    (1) How do dealers make money on them if the just register them and then offer them at a lower price ?
    They get a rebate from the distributor, or are pre-regging to hit a target, again there would be a rebate involved for hitting a target.


    (2) How much cheaper is a pre-reg typically ?
    Depends, any ones I used to do would vary from €800 to €1300 depending on the model, but there's no set figure.

    (3) What are the pros and cons on pre-reg as a buyer ?
    Pros- its cheaper.
    Cons- extra owner on logbook - never found that actually devalued a newish car though


  • #4
    deadl0ck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,196 ✭✭✭deadl0ck


    Thanks Colm - just some follow up questions if you don't mind !
    colm_mcm wrote: »
    (1) How do dealers make money on them if the just register them and then offer them at a lower price ?
    They get a rebate from the distributor, or are pre-regging to hit a target, again there would be a rebate involved for hitting a target.
    OK- so the distributor does not make as much money per sale, but makes up for it based on number of sales then. Correct ?

    colm_mcm wrote: »
    (2) How much cheaper is a pre-reg typically ?
    Depends, any ones I used to do would vary from €800 to €1300 depending on the model, but there's no set figure.
    I presume you mean this is off what you would let the car go for new as opposed to actual new list price ? (as you'd generally bargain that down as a buyer)
    colm_mcm wrote: »
    (3) What are the pros and cons on pre-reg as a buyer ?
    Pros- its cheaper.
    Cons- extra owner on logbook - never found that actually devalued a newish car though
    Yep - I don't think 2 owners (especially if 1 was the garage) would really devalue say a 5 year old car that much...


  • #5
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    OK- so the distributor does not make as much money per sale, but makes up for it based on number of sales then. Correct ?
    Distributor may have over ordered, or has an impending new model, or some reason why they need to offload certain cars.


    I presume you mean this is off what you would let the car go for new as opposed to actual new list price ? (as you'd generally bargain that down as a buyer)

    Yeah, let's say a dealer can get a Corsa from Opel for €12000 and the list price is €15000. All of a sudden there is €1000 rebate from opel for every Corsa registered as a demo model.
    Reg a few of them, advertise them for €13,500, anything over €11,000 and you're laughing
    (Made-up figures)


    Yep - I don't think 2 owners (especially if 1 was the garage) would really devalue say a 5 year old car that much...
    2 vs 1 owner isn't gonna devalue it. Once you get into 3 owners in 3-5 years you're in trouble.
    Not your problem though.


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