Second hand car prices

[Winmoz]

The market is crazy at the moment.

I was looking to change the family bus/tow car which was on contract from VW. Worked out better to just buy it from them as the book price was 13k higher than the final payment.

Just checked and a same spec and age (Skoda L&K 280 4x4 Superb Estate) is currently up for sale for £500 more than the retail price I was offered when I first got the car in 2018!

I tell you all of this as I am trying to man math myself into dropping a deposit on a Defender p400e. Clearly the chip issue will ease in the next 18 months (unless China makes a move on Taiwan and takes out TSMC) and the great ‘return to work’ will improve productivity, meaning supply will improve and prices soften.

All reasons to just wait and pick one up in a couple of years, but what if there is a zombie apocalypse this summer and I need the ability to wade a car through 1m of water and then drive up a mountain to keep my family safe?

Dilemmas!


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[GraemeW]

JLR have a backlog of 100,000 orders and I think most of those are on Defender. Have they told you lead-time ? might be quicker to get an Atom 4

[IanG]

This will give you some idea on the second hand car market

[atomiser]

Yep - I've done 30k in my 335d since the last evaluation and its £200 more now. - similarly the golf has gone up by 2k even though the mileage has gone up by 10k, my friend's puma ST went up by £3k

Free motoring wasn't something I'd associate with golfs and fqestas on stilts.