What is your view on buying a heavily discounted NEW EU imported car from a car supermarket type place?
I have been offered a new 2 litre peugeot 407 automatic-with 17 miles on the clock for less than 10k....On going to my local dealership, they couldn't get within thousands of this deal!
This 407 was first registered in the UK on the 1/9/08 & at the moment hasn't even got a VRM/Reg number.I am assured that it has not been previously registered abroad in any foreign country.
It is a brand new car with 17" alloy wheels, air con, cruise control & metallic paint finish. However, it is just a 407-there is no spec for the car i.e an SE/SW or whatever. It is also slightly different from the current UK Peugeot spec with regard to the spacia-that is the only obvious difference from a Uk model. In addition it is a 2 litre & UK peugeot's are only offered with the 2.2 litre petrol engine.
The supermarket does assure me that it has a spare key, warranty book & handbook for the vehicle.
When I have asked about the warranty, I was initially told it would be covered under the normal Peugeot 2yr warranty offered to all those buying a new Peugeot from outside of Peugeot dealerships in this country.
However, when I pressed this supermarket they told me they would contact Peugeot & call me back with a definitive response. I await this update-I suspect I may only get offered the 1 year pan european warranty?
Obviously I am aware that the european 17 number vin/chassis plate may put off future buyers in the UK slightly-but I do normally run my cars for five years until they are worth only about £1,500 part ex anyway!
I have run it past my insurance company-they seem happy enough.
Any advice you could give would be appreciated-is this too good to be true or am I just being paranoid?
Regards
Concerned of Aldridge
Dear Concerned of Aldridge,
How have you done it? How have you made something as much fun as buying a car so scary? Something so simple; so complex.
Why not buy a 2008/2009’used car’ with 2-10,000 miles (hardly anything) from a UK dealer for £10,000 and get the remaining two years and a bit of warranty? I found half a dozen on the market.
Or you can get a 2006 model with under 10,000 miles for less than £7,000…
You just need to shop about. Email me for the details of specific cars if you like, via the contact us page on Used Car Expert.
Otherwise, I think this car you have found will see you die young from stress.
Peugeot think that the UK warranty will be void and whether you are eligible for Europen warranty will depend whether the car is registered in Europe.
But either way, if you get a problem and want to claim I can see it being very hard work. Big companies all struggle to deal with problems that don’t fit their processes – any claim from you certainly won’t fit on the usual forms.
Be sensible,
Matt