UK VW Dealers - Passat CC

jtown

Hi,

Anyone here deal with any UK VW Dealers. I am looking for 2010/ 2011 Passat CC to bring back to Ireland. Trying last few days but noting I want has come up (or usually just too expensive)

I have checked Car Giant and way cheaper than the VW dealers.

Cheers

bazz26

There should be plenty of these cars on the likes of autotrader.co.uk but like over here they tend to have strong resale values. If you are not finding many within your budget then you might have to consider raising it or dropping back a year.

jtown

bazz26 wrote: »

There should be plenty of these cars on the likes of autotrader.co.uk but like over here they tend to have strong resale values. If you are not finding many within your budget then you might have to consider raising it or dropping back a year.

Thanks for the reply. Want to stick with dealer so will drop a year or increase budget. No price for 170bhp model on VRT site I'm looking at. Will have to give them a call.

bazz26

autotrader.co.uk list dealer cars also.

170bhp version is listed under Passat 2.0TDi - 4dr - Sports Coupe (non convertible) rather than under CC.

VW only dropped the Passat name from the CC in 2012.

jtown

bazz26 wrote: »

autotrader.co.uk list dealer cars also.

170bhp version is listed under Passat 2.0TDi - 4dr - Sports Coupe (non convertible) rather than under CC.

VW only dropped the Passat name from the CC in 2012.

Cheers. VRT is expensive

bazz26

Have you compared prices with those over here?

jtown

bazz26 wrote: »

Have you compared prices with those over here?

Had a quick look alright. Looking at 2.5k cheaper than buying here. Will look more into it tho

bazz26

There would probably be more movement on a dealer's price over here than in the UK. Also very unlikely a UK dealer warranty would be transferable unless it's one of those third party warranties from the likes of mapfre or warranty direct.

jtown

bazz26 wrote: »

There would probably be more movement on a dealer's price over here than in the UK. Also very unlikely a UK dealer warranty would be transferable unless it's one of those third party warranties from the likes of mapfre or warranty direct.

True. I do my research and see what happens.

zwind

better buy it after the new year. VRT will be around 20% cheaper.

jtown

fleex wrote: »

better buy it after the new year. VRT will be around 20% cheaper.

Cheers -

there is a new model coming out next year so I suspect this will drop the price more..

bazz26

There is no guarantee that the VRT price will drop by much as VRT prices can and usually are all over the place. Also there is no new CC until at least 2016.

What is your budget incl VRT OP?

jtown

bazz26 wrote: »

There is no guarantee that the VRT price will drop by much as VRT prices can and usually are all over the place. Also there is no new CC until at least 2016.

What is your budget incl VRT OP?

12.5k all cleared would be the budget

bazz26

Being honest you haven't a hope of getting a decent 2010/2011 Passat CC for that sort of money imo.

My cousin's husband bought an Irish 2010 GT 170bhp DSG with only 70k km a few months ago for just under €15k privately. I'd say you will be looking at a 2009 model at best I'd say. BTW anything older than mid 2010 will be a 4 seater rather than 5.

jtown

bazz26 wrote: »

Being honest you haven't a hope of getting a decent 2010/2011 Passat CC for that sort of money imo.

My cousin's husband bought an Irish 2010 GT 170bhp DSG with only 70k km a few months ago for just under €15k privately. I'd say you will be looking at a 2009 model at best I'd say. BTW anything older than mid 2010 will be a 4 seater rather than 5.

From doing some more digging you are correct in what you say. Might have to increase the budget if I want to get the 5 seater.

Is your cousin's husband happy with the car?

bazz26

Yes he is. I had a 2011 one myself up to last month. I had one major issue with it that was probably just a rare case and was sorted under warranty but other than that never gave me any other trouble.

jtown

bazz26 wrote: »

Yes he is. I had a 2011 one myself up to last month. I had one major issue with it that was probably just a rare case and was sorted under warranty but other than that never gave me any other trouble.

Cheers - they look a great motor

boosabum

keep a close eye on the advert websites here, especially this time of year as you will drive a hard bargain in the run up to the end of the year.
Remember you will end up paying close to €1.30 for a £1 when alll is said and done and as another poster pointed out, uk cars dealers may give a tank of diesel of £200 off the asking price but not much more. Also add in the travel costs.
Plenty of CC's already imported already which people are selling on, so try to get a deal locally first if possible.

Harcrid

Don't rule out buying privately in the UK either. With your budget you will not get a car with transferable manufacturers warranty and will pay dealer price for no real benefit. Just have the car history verified and do an detailed car inspection as well as all the other usual precautions. But as said above if you need a five seater you will most likely have to increase the budget.

jtown

Harcrid wrote: »

Don't rule out buying privately in the UK either. With your budget you will not get a car with transferable manufacturers warranty and will pay dealer price for no real benefit. Just have the car history verified and do an detailed car inspection as well as all the other usual precautions. But as said above if you need a five seater you will most likely have to increase the budget.

Thanks for all the comments and advise. I'm doing a good bit of research. If I increase to 15k would open up a lot of options. Must see if spending that kind of cash on a car 4/5 years old would make sense. I'm fixed on getting the CC instead of an A4.

Harcrid

I won't talk you out of it. I bought one privately in the UK last year and am loving it.

Hidalgo

Friend of mine brought an 11 teg from the north last Feb/March. He sourced it off usedcarsni.co.uk

He's delighted with it, no bother and lovely to drive. Massive boot if you've lots of gear to haul and still good legroom for backseat passengers.
He got the 140bhp model.

They're a lovely looking machine in fairness

jtown

Hidalgo wrote: »

Friend of mine brought an 11 teg from the north last Feb/March. He sourced it off usedcarsni.co.uk

He's delighted with it, no bother and lovely to drive. Massive boot if you've lots of gear to haul and still good legroom for backseat passengers.
He got the 140bhp model.

They're a lovely looking machine in fairness

Need the boot for the golf clubs

jtown

Just checking usedcarsni.co.uk. Load of them there and good value!

zoom_cool

I had a Passat CC 2010 manual sold it as miles was increasing do a lot of driving they where so good I got a 2012 CC DSG one from UK.

BCA http://www.british-car-auctions.co.uk/ have a lot of them thats where I bought my 2010 one but I got my current 2012 one privately.

Go with the DSG if you can brilliant gearbox.

jtown

zoom_cool wrote: »

I had a Passat CC 2010 manual sold it as miles was increasing do a lot of driving they where so good I got a 2012 CC DSG one from UK.

BCA http://www.british-car-auctions.co.uk/ have a lot of them thats where I bought my 2010 one but I got my current 2012 one privately.

Go with the DSG if you can brilliant gearbox.

Thanks for the post. Good site. Great detail. What you pay for the 2010 as a ball park figure. How much was VRT? If you don't mind telling me.

zoom_cool

I got that car 2.5 years ago it was a GT model 5 seater 140BHP with 29K miles for £13700

zoom_cool

Sorry VRT at the time was approx €4700

jtown

I'm still looking :mad:

jtown

What do people think?

http://www.donnellygroup.co.uk/volkswagen/used-cars/9053/volkswagen-cc/

VRT 4k
Emmissions 159...


All in for about 16k

Harcrid

I would say its about £1000 overpriced. There are plenty of 2009 models around the £8950 mark. For example.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201410188313873/sort/default/price-from/5500/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/keywords/gt/quicksearch/true/usedcars/model/passat_cc/make/volkswagen/transmission/automatic/price-to/10000/radius/1501/postcode/ub35ab/page/1/maximum-age/up_to_5_years_old/fuel-type/diesel/maximum-mileage/up_to_90000_miles?logcode=p

jtown

Ya just about 1k too much..