A friend of mine had a P Reg Honda Civic that she bought brand new and kept for 10 years. She traded it in for a new Civic, 56 plate, which she has kept for 6 years and is now looking to change.
No prizes for guessing what car is on her shopping list and she won't entertain the notion of any other type of car!
Anyway, been doing some research for her, these new ones came out at the beginning of this year and there are not many reaching the secondhand market yet, although a few demonstrators now are.
However Honda have a cracking deal on just now - buy a new Civic, put down 35% deposit, Honda will put £1500 towards it and you get 3 years 0% interest. Also included is some sort of service plan for 2 or 3 years as well.
Looking at the figures last night, assuming she is going to pay the car up, it is working out probably cheaper, or as cheap, to buy the brand new car rather than going ex demonstrator and paying an interest rate. If you were a cash buyer then the used is definitely the route to go.
Am going to approach a few dealers who have demonstrators to see if there are deals to be done on these but failing that , then it may well be the new car route.
However, it won't be from the dealer who she went into yesterday - brought me round the quote that she had been given and it was loaded up with every possible warranty / insurance / GAP etc etc. Thats fair enough I suppose but also included was a dealer servicing pre payment plan - the Honda deal includes 3 years free servicing so thats him struck off the list already in my eyes!
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