European Prestige Sales Kildare

Lleyn elec · 06-06-2020 9:13pm #1

Has anyone heard of the above garage? Think they are in Naas, seen a van there on DoneDeal but never heard of them before.

Murt102 · 06-06-2020 9:19pm

https://www.donedeal.ie/dealer/european-prestige-sales-ltd

They have some very nice stock for sale alright.

They are operating from an industrial estate in Naas since 2016, I think.

Lleyn elec · 06-06-2020 10:26pm

Murt102 wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/dealer/european-prestige-sales-ltd

They have some very nice stock for sale alright.

They are operating from an industrial estate in Naas since 2016, I think.

Thanks the stock nearly seemed a bit too nice!

scwazrh · 06-06-2020 10:30pm

They put a post up on instagram the other day saying they sold 44 cars during May.Now very few of their cars are under €50 k so even at an average price of €30k a piece that’s some turnover for a month where most garages are closed due to Covid

Mintoe · 07-06-2020 12:18am

scwazrh wrote: »

They put a post up on instagram the other day saying they sold 44 cars during May.Now very few of their cars are under €50 k so even at an average price of €30k a piece that’s some turnover for a month where most garages are closed due to Covid

“..... where most garages are closed due to Covid” Sooo many garages were still selling away for last 2-3 months, front doors may have been closed but that doesn’t stop sales

scwazrh · 07-06-2020 12:40am

Mintoe wrote: »

“..... where most garages are closed due to Covid” Sooo many garages were still selling away for last 2-3 months, front doors may have been closed but that doesn’t stop sales

Obviously many garages sold cars but most garages were closed.Whats your point?

Mintoe · 07-06-2020 12:45am

scwazrh wrote: »

Obviously many garages sold cars but most garages were closed.Whats your point?

My point is most garages weren’t in fact closed, most were open...... so it’s entirely possible they sold 44 cars in may.... your point seemed to assume their claim of 44 cars sold was exaggerated

Mintoe · 07-06-2020 12:47am

From extensive experience I can recommend it’s always better to find the car you want then research the garage

scwazrh · 07-06-2020 1:14am

Mintoe wrote: »

My point is most garages weren’t in fact closed, most were open...... so it’s entirely possible they sold 44 cars in may.... your point seemed to assume their claim of 44 cars sold was exaggerated

I took 44 cars sold as fact , I’ve no reason to assume it is false . OP asked about the garage , I commented that they claim approx €1.5m of sales during a month the country is in lockdown.
Sales like this would , to me anyway , show that they are a serious garage of good standing .

Murt102 · 07-06-2020 12:23pm

I think any car dealer managing to sell 44 cars during a month where there has been such a financial uncertainty, travel restrictions, and working behind ‘closed doors’ is doing very well!

Lleyn elec wrote: »

Thanks the stock nearly seemed a bit too nice!

OP were you looking at the Caddy or a different van?

bazz26 · 07-06-2020 1:15pm

I've seen a lot of their high end and high priced stuff photoed in front of units or a car park in an industrial estate. It makes me think what sort of setup sells 90k - 100k cars that doesn't seem to even have a premises not to mind a showroom. I personally wouldn't feel comfortable spending that sort of money on a car from that sort of setup.

Lleyn elec · 07-06-2020 1:25pm

Murt102 wrote: »

I think any car dealer managing to sell 44 cars during a month where there has been such a financial uncertainty, travel restrictions, and working behind ‘closed doors’ is doing very well!

OP were you looking at the Caddy or a different van?

Yep the caddy

07-06-2020 1:26pm

Why are a company with that name and that lineup of cars selling a Caddy anyway? They’ve a Touareg as well.

JCDUB · 07-06-2020 7:31pm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Why are a company with that name and that lineup of cars selling a Caddy anyway? They’ve a Touareg as well.

My thoughts exactly. The words "prestige" and a VW caddy certainly don't go together.

If they're serious about their "prestige" set up that caddy would be gone straight to the trade without ever being advertised.

maddness · 07-06-2020 9:18pm

I follow their page on Instagram, they have a serious amount of high end stock. Never dealt with them but looked at a car earlier this year and they were nice lads.

GarethN70 · 08-06-2020 8:02pm

Brought a fully loaded 2017 530d two years ago off them, gave me a better trade in on my F10 than main dealers.
Will be using them again when I change
Highly recommend them

bazz26 · 08-06-2020 11:03pm

Going to all the trouble of registering on boards to post a glowing recommendation and you don't even mention what time you open.

Seth Brundle · 08-06-2020 11:10pm

GarethN70 wrote: »

Brought a fully loaded 2017 530d two years ago off them, gave me a better trade in on my F10 than main dealers.
Will be using them again when I change
Highly recommend them

Newly registered & first time poster highly recommends car dealer under discussion :pac:

GarethN70 · 08-06-2020 11:51pm

take it for what it is, Everyone has to make there first post, I chose this topic

carsfan2 · 09-06-2020 8:39am

Any idea where the high end stock comes from?

How much better than main dealer were the trade in figures and what is the after sales support like?
That is where I would worry that you could be left high and dry if you run into bother.

GarethN70 · 09-06-2020 9:58am

carsfan2 wrote: »

Any idea where the high end stock comes from?

How much better than main dealer were the trade in figures and what is the after sales support like?
That is where I would worry that you could be left high and dry if you run into bother.

Mine was only 10 months old, was BMW management stock, they shift them at 9k miles apparently

Had no need for after sale support went to Bolands got a service pack

Trade in was a couple of k more than Bolands and Kearys Cork

It’s the extras that make the car for me and this has stuff I would never buy HUD,iCON lights etc etc

carsfan2 · 09-06-2020 10:26am

GarethN70 wrote: »

Mine was only 10 months old, was BMW management stock, they shift them at 9k miles apparently

Had no need for after sale support went to Bolands got a service pack

Trade in was a couple of k more than Bolands and Kearys Cork

It’s the extras that make the car for me and this has stuff I would never buy HUD,iCON lights etc etc

I agree re. The extras, makes a difference to the ownership experience but hard to justify when paying out.
Any grief from BMW dealers for not buying from them when it comes to service?

GarethN70 · 09-06-2020 1:02pm

carsfan2 wrote: »

I agree re. The extras, makes a difference to the ownership experience but hard to justify when paying out.
Any grief from BMW dealers for not buying from them when it comes to service?

No they just wanted me to buy a service pack,which I did, no issues at all.

Reregistering the connect drive was an issue at first

Tacitus Kilgore · 09-06-2020 1:09pm

They are opposite the NCT in Naas

Their cars are all so clean they must get them laundered regularly

millington · 09-06-2020 2:38pm

Dealt with them a few times for different things. No issues. Seem to have good access to both Irish & UK stock.

Slightly strange to see no sign on the door, but the stock is an impressive sight.

dar83 · 09-06-2020 5:22pm

JCDUB wrote: »

My thoughts exactly. The words "prestige" and a VW caddy certainly don't go together.

If they're serious about their "prestige" set up that caddy would be gone straight to the trade without ever being advertised.

Same could be said for them having only 3 petrol's, 2 hybrid's and the rest diesel's....

Prestige farm machinery maybe. :P

(says more about the depressing market in Ireland than it does about the garage!)

MetzgerMeister · 10-06-2020 2:20pm

I viewed an M4 they had a few months back. The car itself was a UK import and the interior was a disaster. Marks all over the leather interior, worn buttons on the dash, everything was covered in that cheap slippery interior valeting crap, warning lights on the dash, front bumper had been resprayed but this was denied. The chap I dealt with was sound enough but overall I got a Srafelisd (sic) Motors type of feel from them.

I made an offer which wasn't accepted so I forgot about it (also helped that my own car had trouble which needed €€€). A few weeks later the car was priced at what I had offered and sold a few days later.

Golfgorfield · 10-06-2020 2:28pm

I went in recently to view a car, what i seen was cars covered in dust, flat wheels and general not many fks given if i bought or not.
When you see the tarted up pics online dont expect to find a glowing showroom.
as someone said, very high value cars being sold out of a dusty shed in an industrial estate by younglads.

Maybe its all above board and this is the future of prestige car buying.

hooch-85 · 10-06-2020 3:06pm

I have a feeling there might be more going on here than meets the eye.

California Dreamer · 11-06-2020 8:32am

GarethN70 wrote: »

Brought a fully loaded 2017 530d two years ago off them, gave me a better trade in on my F10 than main dealers.
Will be using them again when I change
Highly recommend them

And on a stark contrast I got a ****ty trade in offer on mine when looking to change!

Although a mate did buy a Range Rover Sport off them and was happy with everything.

traco · 11-06-2020 8:41am

I've seen the place while using the NCT. Not a clue about them so can't comment.

The only nugget I can offer is that I tend to buy the car and not the garage so if you don't know what you are at bring someone that does. Nice shiny stainless steel and glass as likely to sell rubbish as a lad working from a cow shed in my humble opinion.

bazz26 · 11-06-2020 10:13am

traco wrote: »

I've seen the place while using the NCT. Not a clue about them so can't comment.

The only nugget I can offer is that I tend to buy the car and not the garage so if you don't know what you are at bring someone that does. Nice shiny stainless steel and glass as likely to sell rubbish as a lad working from a cow shed in my humble opinion.

How many €100k+ cars have you bought that way though?

Henry Ford III · 11-06-2020 10:59am

bazz26 wrote: »

How many €100k+ cars have you bought that way though?

Similar to the rest of us?

MetzgerMeister · 11-06-2020 11:42am

Henry Ford III wrote: »

Similar to the rest of us?

As in none!

California Dreamer · 13-07-2020 1:42am

Is this company any “relation” to Motor Corp?

Seems to be same situation. High end. Good prices. Websites built the same way.

bs2014 · 15-07-2020 11:12pm

Never dealt with them. Personally I always get a tad nervous by garages who don't have a person's name over the door. Lack of personal touch etc. They could well be fine....and even if they are gangsters if the price and trade in is right and the car is right happy days... but you only really get to know a good garage when something goes wrong. There is a garage close to where I live is selling bucket loads of fancy UK mercedes and bmws. Has a shady past loosing franchises and moving premises. Their cars look class and I was asking a few local mechanics and people and they told me dont go near him hes a Del boy......however.....the son of the owner is a whizz on social media. But......i notice about 1 in 10 cars seem to only sell locally....alot of fly by night customers from Dublin Donegal Tipperary etc. Yes we have online sales but true good dealers have a strong local presence. Its increasingly difficilt to cut through what is good marketing for a good business and good marketing for a cover up gangster

California Dreamer · 16-07-2020 7:21am

bs2014 wrote: »

Never dealt with them.

Well this was a fairly sweeping statement and said with no actual back up? :eek:

millington · 16-07-2020 12:59pm

bs2014 wrote: »

Never dealt with them. Personally I always get a tad nervous by garages who don't have a person's name over the door. Lack of personal touch etc. They could well be fine....and even if they are gangsters if the price and trade in is right and the car is right happy days... but you only really get to know a good garage when something goes wrong. There is a garage close to where I live is selling bucket loads of fancy UK mercedes and bmws. Has a shady past loosing franchises and moving premises. Their cars look class and I was asking a few local mechanics and people and they told me dont go near him hes a Del boy......however.....the son of the owner is a whizz on social media. But......i notice about 1 in 10 cars seem to only sell locally....alot of fly by night customers from Dublin Donegal Tipperary etc. Yes we have online sales but true good dealers have a strong local presence. Its increasingly difficilt to cut through what is good marketing for a good business and good marketing for a cover up gangster

I know exactly who you're talking about and I honestly don't know how they're selling stuff. Their social media is totally unproffesional and the cars aren't even very well prepped. The owner does of a bit of a reputation from years back alright, although I'm sure the cars are fine.

bs2014 · 16-07-2020 3:58pm

millington wrote: »

I know exactly who you're talking about and I honestly don't know how they're selling stuff. Their social media is totally unproffesional and the cars aren't even very well prepped. The owner does of a bit of a reputation from years back alright, although I'm sure the cars are fine.

Place I'm referring too social media is very very professional (in my opinion) and that's what makes them so convincing if you are just buying a car purely online.

California Dreamer · 16-07-2020 5:17pm

millington wrote: »

I know exactly who you're talking about and I honestly don't know how they're selling stuff. Their social media is totally unproffesional and the cars aren't even very well prepped. The owner does of a bit of a reputation from years back alright, although I'm sure the cars are fine.

I have said in a previous post they offered me a crappy trade in value on mine but I now 2 people that have bought cars there and they couldnt have been happier with the service and price. Those fancy BMW/Audi/Range Rover showrooms have to be paid for so thats why they are more expensive.

bazz26 · 16-07-2020 6:22pm

I'd be more concerned about them being around in 6 months time when you have to go back to them with a problem with your 100k car. A let unit in an industrial estate just doesn't inspire me with confidence in regards to long term business commitment. Just too easy to pack up and be gone overnight imo.

dave45dave · 17-02-2021 4:41pm

Was up there today. Two very ignorant lads. Was looking for a newish 5 series or x5. Pulled up in my work van so they couldn't be arsed dealing with me. One place I won't be going back to

goochy · 30-11-2021 12:02am

They appear to have a garage in UK also dealing in similar stock . Strange !! Most ' normal.' Garages do well to be in one country never mind two.

California Dreamer · 30-11-2021 8:50am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116314787#Comment_116314787

Not the first time I have heard that. Sense of self entitlement, we know what we have and if you don't buy it someone else will.

goochy · 30-11-2021 11:34am

dont think it really matters whether someone buys cars from them or not - dont think thats there main purpose !

theres quite a few irish people running car businesses in the uk ad theres a reason they are over there ! just as why theres certain people over the other side of the world rather than here

User1998 · 02-12-2021 3:53pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118243884#Comment_118243884

Have you ever spoken to the owner or bought a car from him?

Trying to sell high performance cars in Ireland is hard enough as it is, never mind what Brexit has done to the market.

Made sense to expand into the UK market and he seems to be doing great over there. Fair play to him

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