In the market for a Range Rover Autobiography - 4.4 diesel

One year old. 15,000 miles or less.
NOT Black
NOT White
Preferably NO Privacy glass
i.e. NOT drug dealer spec
Preferred colours - Stornaway, Baltic, Galway
Probably won't have side steps

Looking for a private seller rather than a dealer car.

Last edited by Emperor Mong on 31st Oct 2011 6:36pm. Edited 1 time in total

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have you tried james at lookers......gaz is on holiday btw otherwise i'm sure he would find you one....

Was thinking of a private sale rather than a main dealer.

What price range ... ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

depends what the spec is.

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Other than asking Lookers I think you are limiting your possibilities by asking on here, there isn't enough 4.4s on here yet.

Auto trader and PH are your best bet Discovery 4 HSE
1998 110 TUM HS FFR Hard Top XD WOLF
1982 Series 3 Hard Top

*Gone:L462 D5 HSE LUX, L663 Defender 110 HSE, Discovery 3 HSE, 2014MY Range Rover Sport 5.0 Supercharged AB Dynamic; L405 Exec Vogue SE 4.4, 5.0 Supercharged Autobiography, Defender TDCi XS CSW, Defender TD5 HT, Vogue SE TDV8, Vogue TD6, RRSport SC 4.2V8, Classic 3.9 Vogue Auto, Land Rover Series 3 SWB

Why would you want to buy one privately? If its this years model surely you wont save that much money buying privately... more than the risk of loosing the lot in a scam? Your a braver man than me my friend...

Craig

I am scanning PH and Autotrader.

I am a little concerned about a scam but the dealers seem unrealistic as to price - I was shown a 3.6TDV8 the other day where it is on retention at a dealer - the dealer is offered at £58k. The owner is happy to sell it to me at anything over £52k, as that is more than the dealer will return him.

I've seen another car where it has sat on the dealer's forecourt for over 2 months. The CAP value has dropped in that time from £58k to £52k. He had it offered at £70k originally, now at £68k with a "deal" at £67k. I'm very happy for the dealer to make a margin but more than £10k over trade-in seems a little much.

Main Dealer margins do seem to have increased probably due to poor used sales numbers.

£6250 is a fair Main Dealer margin on a 2010 Vogue SE according to my systems.

My margin would be £4750 as with most smaller Independents.

Hope this helps.

Gaz

The luxury car market must be a tricky trade to be in. I wouldn't want to fork out on stock that if I couldn't sell after a year I have to loose 10K depreciation on it .
I can understand why they need good margins which must sometimes have to cover losses on poor selling vehicles.

The funny thing is that I spoke to the dealer the day he bought this particular car and he accidentally blurted out what he paid for it. I immediately offered him £2k more than he paid before it even hit the showroom. He turned the deal down and now it has sat on his forecourt for two months, dropping £2k a month while the world drops into recession around him. I don't think he'll sell it to me now on principal. Hey ho.

There is a fair discount to be had on brand new. Obviously you have the depreciation factor, but you do get to personalise it to your exact specification. It worked out for me that I got mine for Autobiography TDV8 'list price' with almost £8000 worth of extras 'free.'

I think I might indeed go this route - £10k off a new one with three years warranty is a better prospect than a one year old one at the offered side of a main dealer.

Also, some run-out deals will be available when the L405 starts to scare away buyers.