New company car time....what to go for??

StevieP said:
It doesn't specifically and I might get away with a 2016 if it's the right deal but generally they look for no more than 12 months old!
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Sounds fair enough TBH. I've been warned my next car is likely to be "whatever is going cheap at auction" so I've expressed a strong preference to an allowance!
 
Well I went to have a look around one of these car supermarkets yesterday with the following results:

Volvo V40 and Mercedes A-Class - felt too small. (I'm 6'3" so meed loads of leg room and the back seats need to be able to fit 2 kids car seats!)

Quite liked the look of the Skoda Octavia and Superb, Mazda 6 and Nissan Qashqai though!
 
StevieP said:
Well I went to have a look around one of these car supermarkets yesterday with the following results:

Volvo V40 and Mercedes A-Class - felt too small. (I'm 6'3" so meed loads of leg room and the back seats need to be able to fit 2 kids car seats!)

Quite liked the look of the Skoda Octavia and Superb, Mazda 6 and Nissan Qashqai though!
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can get a brand new mazda 6 at around your budget
 
StevieP said:
As title I've been informed by work that the time has come to chop in my 2014 plate Mondeo for something a bit newer!

Max budget is £16k
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Are you sure you can get something credibly better than a 3 year old Mondeo for 16k?

I'm not sure you can really?
 
[TW]Fox said:
Are you sure you can get something credibly better than a 3 year old Mondeo for 16k?

I'm not sure you can really?
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£16k will easily get you behind the wheel of a decent f10 - indeed an AUC example - am I right to assume therefore you deem a 3year old Mondeo better than said f10?

I’m assuming, of course, that his work deem “better” by what year a car is, regardless of what it is....

Disregarding the above, there’s plenty for £16k that’s way better than said Mondeo to my eyes....

Edit, ignore, I’ve just read their requirements - less than 12 months old ideally- what a daft requirement in this day and age!
 
Shivy011 said:
Shame as there are actually some nice 520d for that price
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Yeah, just thought about it and read back a bit further in the thread...

A requirement drafted by someone who’s clueless about the current car market!

Shame, a 520d would be perfect.
 
There are plenty of cars in this budget including new and I suspect the company has set this budget based on the Astra end of the market. Whilst boring it is functional.

The 1 year age criteria will be to mitigate risk of maintenance out of warranty etc plus probably form part of their accounting and asset purchase / depreciation policies.
 
Obviously any F10 is a far better car and my old one was sold as an AUC for smack on budget but it was almost 7 years old not a year old...
 
Scrutinize said:
The 1 year age criteria will be to mitigate risk of maintenance out of warranty etc plus probably form part of their accounting and asset purchase / depreciation policies.
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Exactly, they're aiming to provide a collection of new looking cars with the first year depreciation hit gone but still in warranty to minimise repair costs.
 
Kenai said:
Exactly, they're aiming to provide a collection of new looking cars with the first year depreciation hit gone but still in warranty to minimise repair costs.
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This reasoning has always been my understanding!

Quite like the look of another Octavia to be honest - there is a 17-plate with a very good spec within budget and I loved my last one - the only downside is that I've had one before and quite fancied trying something different!
 
StevieP said:
This reasoning has always been my understanding!

Quite like the look of another Octavia to be honest - there is a 17-plate with a very good spec within budget and I loved my last one - the only downside is that I've had one before and quite fancied trying something different!
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In your budget, there isn't really much better. Worth having a look on broadspeed for a quick indicator on new car discounts and carwow for some actual dealer pricing.

The 1.5 TSI SE 150PS looks to be available new sub 16k.
 
Scrutinize said:
In your budget, there isn't really much better. Worth having a look on broadspeed for a quick indicator on new car discounts and carwow for some actual dealer pricing.

The 1.5 TSI SE 150PS looks to be available new sub 16k.
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Having looked at broadspeed and carwow recently for the vRS versions, broadspeed was bettering carwow quotes by several thousand.
 
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