Curious MMC pricing

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Curious MMC pricing

Post by ryallm » Mon Mar 02, 2015 3:21 pm

Figure this out. Rather nice new Exige V6 advertised by MMC for 57k for the last few weeks is now up at 3 grand more on PH http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/ ... ew/3229972 I thought cars were supposed to come down in price when they don't shift out the showroom :?

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Post by Jeremy » Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:31 pm

Time of year ? There must be a huge shift in Lotus demand when the daffodils come out.

In the past I have always found MMC pricing to be on the curious side with considerable savings to be made by buying in England, not sure if that is still the case.

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Post by Fluoxetine » Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:49 pm

Not unusual to find dealers putting prices up occasionally.

I was monitoring the prices of a certain model (non-Lotus) in 2013, and clocked the fact that one of the cars on my radar went up £1k overnight.

I contacted the franchised dealer to see what was on offer for the additional £1k, and received the following reply...

"We research our prices on a daily basis to make sure we are competitive and sometimes the market moves up as well as down.

I could not see a like of like car in our market area anywhere near as competitively priced as ours and moved our price up.

If however you can see a like for like car at a reputable dealer that you think offers better value please let me know and I will gladly revisit our price".

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Post by Andy G » Mon Mar 02, 2015 4:53 pm

supply and demand

You should have bought it 3 weeks ago :cheers
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Post by j2 lot » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:19 pm

There are offers attached to some cars too. Lotus have been offering loyalty discounts so maybe normal price resumed when an offer expired.
Or as above - supply and demand.
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Post by hendeg » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:23 pm

I was chatting to the guy from McLaren Glasgow yesterday and he was saying they've had one traded in that they'd like to offload.

Maybe a deal to be done for someone... http://www.parks.uk.com/used-cars/22970/lotus-exige/
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Post by woody » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:36 pm

hendeg wrote:I was chatting to the guy from McLaren Glasgow yesterday and he was saying they've had one traded in that they'd like to offload.

Maybe a deal to be done for someone... http://www.parks.uk.com/used-cars/22970/lotus-exige/
Like that a lot, spotted it on auto trader a few weeks ago.

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Post by campbell » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:45 pm

Aye. Snooze you lose etc.
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Post by ryallm » Mon Mar 02, 2015 5:50 pm

woody wrote:
hendeg wrote:I was chatting to the guy from McLaren Glasgow yesterday and he was saying they've had one traded in that they'd like to offload.

Maybe a deal to be done for someone... http://www.parks.uk.com/used-cars/22970/lotus-exige/
Like that a lot, spotted it on auto trader a few weeks ago.
Noticed that one too. Not sure about the colour - think I would need to see it in the plastic :)

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Post by tonyg » Mon Mar 02, 2015 6:37 pm

Prices do seem to be on the up.

Murray's have what is basically my car, it 's the same age and similar spec (although the Bilsteins might be an upgrade?)

http://www.murraylotus.co.uk/pre-owned- ... 0-%2710%27

Two years on it 's now £2k more than i paid for mine.
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Post by renmure » Mon Mar 02, 2015 7:39 pm

hendeg wrote:I was chatting to the guy from McLaren Glasgow yesterday ....
He did seem a very popular man 8)
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Post by BigD » Mon Mar 02, 2015 8:28 pm

woody wrote:
hendeg wrote:I was chatting to the guy from McLaren Glasgow yesterday and he was saying they've had one traded in that they'd like to offload.

Maybe a deal to be done for someone... http://www.parks.uk.com/used-cars/22970/lotus-exige/
Like that a lot, spotted it on auto trader a few weeks ago.
Yes very nice. Just like Doug's. :)

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Re: Curious MMC pricing

Post by GraemeLotus » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:30 am

RVs on all models continue to strengthen; remember the Elise S won best residuals of any car on sale:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/lotus/elis ... -220-s-678

Lotus Loyalty (assistance from me to help current owners to buy a new Lotus) runs out at the end of March so you have a limited time frame to further maximise your return :wink:

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Re: Curious MMC pricing

Post by j2 lot » Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:36 am

GraemeLotus wrote:
Lotus Loyalty (assistance from me to help current owners to buy a new Lotus) runs out at the end of March
Your assistance was much appreciated :thumbsup
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Post by Stu160 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:50 pm

GraemeLotus wrote:RVs on all models continue to strengthen; remember the Elise S won best residuals of any car on sale:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/lotus/elis ... -220-s-678

Lotus Loyalty (assistance from me to help current owners to buy a new Lotus) runs out at the end of March so you have a limited time frame to further maximise your return :wink:

/salesmodeoff
Could be interested in a chat about that Graeme....

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