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[Paphitis]

The cars I am looking at have long warranties so that shouldn't be an issue.

Mesedez!

[Pyrpolizer]

As I wrote I got a 12% discount (€3650) on an Audi a few years ago and a few weeks ago a 9% (€1000) quoted discount for a small car. And I am referring to those two cases because I had shown serious interest (doing test drives etc). I got several more quotes over the years by just looking at a car and asking "what is the best price you can do" and I was always getting more than €500 discounts without even trying to negotiate. So €500 is certainly not the maximum, but more like the bare minimum. I'd say you should be able to get at least €1000 from any car, and a lot more for more expensive cars, especially when you add a lot of extra features.

The more expensive the car, the more discount you will get.
But for less expensive cars you actually said you got something from 3.5% to 9%.
It depends on the make, the conditions of sale, and the extras you want. Also on whether the car is readily available in stock or whether you are willing to wait.

The only time I bought a car at really low price (because I knew the importer personally) it was defective.
I suspected it from the very beginning, it's power steering would sometimes get slightly stuck on startup.
After a few seconds it was OK.
The garage was playing dumb.
Immediately after the guarantee expired it started leaking steering oil like hell.

I know in the past there were Agencies who kept slightly defective vehicles for those who were threatening them with arguments like "either you sell it to me at this price or I will buy the XYZ ". So be careful when you push for too much discount.

NB. Toyiota's are made in Turkey...

[Sotos]

I know in the past there were Agencies who kept slightly defective vehicles for those who were threatening them with arguments like "either you sell it to me at this price or I will buy the XYZ ". So be careful when you push for too much discount.

I don't think they can afford to keep in stock defective cars of every color and spec combination just so they can sell them in such cases. If they tell you "OK, I can give you that price, but only for this specific car I have in stock", then yes you should be suspicious.

NB. Toyiota's are made in Turkey...

Seems like this is true, but only for 3 models (Verso, Corolla, C-HR):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Mo ... ing_Turkey
Toyota's are not in my shortlist anyway, because they are missing certain feature I want.

[Get Real!]

Toyota's are not in my shortlist anyway, because they are missing certain feature I want.

No worries, you can get ashtrays aftermarket for like… $2