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Buying new - should I buy hybrid?

  • 10-04-2019 05:53PM
    #1
    Zak Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭


    Hi.

    Soon hope to be getting a new SUV/Crossover. After a number of test drives, I had chosen a Skoda Karoq petrol.
    But then I thought when it comes to reselling a few years down the line (6 or 7) nobody will be interested in buying a petrol only car anymore. So should I buy a hybrid instead or am I safe buying the petrol?
    The only one in my price range is the Toyota Rav4 Hybrid.


Comments

  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Buy the Skoda, your worries are unfounded, it’s not like Hybrid is the long term future anyway.


  • #3
    Zak Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭Zak Flaps


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Buy the Skoda, your worries are unfounded, it’s not like Hybrid is the long term future anyway.

    Thank you Colm.

    As I'll be spending quite a bit of cash, I'd just like to be sure...
    Hey guys, most people agree with this or are there any who would argue against?

    Thanks.


  • #4
    Toyotafanboi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭Toyotafanboi


    Sure even if nothing changed and appetites for petrol and diesel were exactly the same in 7 years as they are at the moment, the car you by new today will only be worth 30% of what you pay today. If the arse falls out of petrol completely, and that figure is halved again, there's actually very little real cash at risk here.

    edit: Even looking at that, if a new Karoq is 30k today, there's no way IMO it'll be worth 10k in 7 years by today's figures, it'd be worth more like 6-7k. So if petrol collapsed in the mean time (unlikely) and the car was worth €3500 in 7 years, the value of the additional risk was 3500 over 7 years/ €500 a year.

    Completely made up numbers, I know. But I wouldn't let it put me off a non Hybrid car.


  • #5
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,752 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    The Karoq I would expect is a good bit smaller to the Rav4.
    Would it not be closer to the C-HR?

    If you are holding on over such a long period I wouldn't be concerned about resale value. I would consider how much you can potentially save with a hybrid v a straight petrol?

    What about the Honda?


  • #6
    Zak Flaps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,361 ✭✭✭Zak Flaps


    Shefwedfan wrote: »
    The Karoq I would expect is a good bit smaller to the Rav4.
    Would it not be closer to the C-HR?

    If you are holding on over such a long period I wouldn't be concerned about resale value. I would consider how much you can potentially save with a hybrid v a straight petrol?

    What about the Honda?

    It probably would be closer in size but I don't like the look of the C-HR myself.

    Wasn't aware of the CR-V Hybrid so i'll look into that. Thanks for the heads up.


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