Cheapest Dacia

campingcarist

I see from the Dacis Ireland website that their cheapest car is the new Sandero at €10,695.

The cheapest in the UK is also a Sandero at £5,995. Even with £ to € exchange rate, VRT and VAT (obviously they pay VAT in the UK) and the Irish car being the top spec Sandero, I cannot conceive how there is such a price difference.

Snotty

campingcarist wrote: »

top spec Sandero

Is that the one with the AM/FM radio?

colm_mcm

The specs are different, a fair comparison would be a UK Laureate model and an Irish signature, £8595 (€9,700) versus €12390

With the VAT difference, the €9970 becomes €9942, VRT would be €2k (17% of €12k) so that's €11,942 vs €12,390


Now, on the £5995 models, Dacia UK or the dealers are not making any money at all, to get to the price point. That's just essentially their marketing budget that gets people in the door.

AMKC

I also think the the Dacia's priced at £5995 do not even have electric windows or body colored bumpers never mind mirrors or all the other kit people like in cars these days. So if you want a very basic spec car that's the car.

Stephen15

If only Dacias were around back when we poor in the 80s everyone would be driving one

Atlantic Dawn

Stephen15 wrote: »

If only Dacias were around back when we poor in the 80s everyone would be driving one

I suppose the Lada had that market back then

colm_mcm

AMKC wrote: »

I also think the the Dacia's priced at £5995 do not even have electric windows or body colored bumpers never mind mirrors or all the other kit people like in cars these days. So if you want a very basic spec car that's the car.

Correct. There's a fair jump price wise to a 'normal' spec one.

monkeynuz

Stephen15 wrote: »

If only Dacias were around back when we poor in the 80s everyone would be driving one

I remember seeing a duster in 1986 at the motor show in Birmingham.

Don’t know if they were readily available there or here though.