Dacia Dealer - Boroman
I popped in to my local Dacia dealer to have a look at a Stepway and was informed by the salesman that they make a loss of £150 on every Sandero/Stepway/Logan they sell. When I expressed some scepticism at this he began to backtrack and said well they do get some money back from Renault at the end of they month and every sale goes towards their overall Renault/Dacia sales target. He also couldn't tell me anything about service costs, nor would he give me a trade price on my 11 plate Fiesta. The cars themselves looked more than ok, but this guy was as unhelpful as any I have ever encountered.
Has anyone encountered anything like this before?
Dacia Dealer - Bromptonaut

Not with Dacia but similar stuf about pricing with citroen.

Looking for a Berlingo 1.6/115 in XTR trim late last summer we found one at a good price with Perrys. Well over £3k off list. Only trouble was it was 25 miles away on other side of Milton Keynes. Thought it would be better to see if local franchise could get near.

I'd happiily have paid a couple of hundred more for goodwill etc of a local family business. They claimed however to be only making £200 after knocking off the £1k contribution from Citroen and a couple of hundred more of their own. All but £3k morethan Perrys.

Guess which dealer's sticker is in back window of my car?

Dacia Dealer - Wackyracer

I have heard of this sort of thing before and judging by the low prices of the Dacia's I doubt there is much room for dealer profit.

Dacia Dealer - Collos25

There is more profit percentage wise on Dacia than most vehicles they cost peanuts to make, use old technology the factory uses old hand me down equipment yes they make good profits probably a lot more then the parent company does on its Renaults.Still a good car though its what a lot of people want although it seems dear in the UK.

Edited by Collos25 on 23/02/2014 at 09:24

Dacia Dealer - groaver
Guess which dealer's sticker is in back window of my car?

I have never left a sticker on my car showing any dealer's name.


If they want to advertise, they can damn well pay me for it!

Dacia Dealer - Wackyracer
I have never left a sticker on my car showing any dealer's name.


If they want to advertise, they can damn well pay me for it!

I have the same views, It's my car not an advertizing board.

Dacia Dealer - oldroverboy.
I popped in to my local Dacia dealer to have a look at a Stepway and was informed by the salesman that they make a loss of £150 on every Sandero/Stepway/Logan they sell. When I expressed some scepticism at this he began to backtrack and said well they do get some money back from Renault at the end of they month and every sale goes towards their overall Renault/Dacia sales target. He also couldn't tell me anything about service costs, nor would he give me a trade price on my 11 plate Fiesta. The cars themselves looked more than ok, but this guy was as unhelpful as any I have ever encountered. Has anyone encountered anything like this before?

The trade in value of your fiesta is a good bit against a stepway, (stepdown?) I took an old friend to a dealer near south west herts.. for a sandero and the same story, made no money on the car, valuation of the "old " 09 aveo peanuts, went and found a nearly new aveo for £7191 with 889 miles, (lady customer did not like it, balance of 5 year warranty included..)

Plenty of cars out there.

same problem here in west wales, go to large chain dealership in cities and larger towns and save £000,s

You being faithfull to the dealer nowadays has almost no value.

Dacia Dealer - madf

When buying a car, my approach is to be prpeared to travel over 100 miles for a great umnissable deal.

£50 of petrol costs are insignificant to £2k off the price..

Dacia Dealer - thunderbird

When buying a car, my approach is to be prpeared to travel over 100 miles for a great umnissable deal.

£50 of petrol costs are insignificant to £2k off the price..

What car do you drive that uses £50 of petrol in 100 miles? Thats 12 mpg.

Dacia Dealer - Armitage Shanks {p}

A Bentley Continental? Fact is £50 is pretty close to the TOTAL cost of a 100 mile journey. AA have a chart which includes depreciation and fixed overheads plus running costs and nothing new(ish) can be run for less than 45p a mile.

Dacia Dealer - Boroman
It would have been useful to find out whether or not my Fiesta was indeed "a good bit against a Stepway". If he would have taken the trouble to offer peanuts for my car I would just have thanked him for his time and left knowing the price to change; which was all the information I required at this stage.
Dacia Dealer - oldroverboy.

Am currently looking for replacement for cruze. went to a dealer 30 miles away, where there was a car on the forecourt i was interested in. (less than a year old, flat battery so would not start)

Sales executive looked down his nose at my chevrolet, "Did sir have an appointment?" ( car is 3 years old) (good condition, service history/tyres) thats not worth much (no figure) no you can only have a 15 minute test drive by appointment..

It was a korean twin manufacturer, (H) and the other half of the twin (K) in a completely different showroom a few miles away completely ignored me.

Thanks guys, spend my money elsewhere.

Dacia Dealer - gordonbennet
It was a korean twin manufacturer, (H) and the other half of the twin (K) in a completely different showroom a few miles away completely ignored me.

Thanks guys, spend my money elsewhere.

I'd be quite happy to see 99% of these sales executives down the dole office.

A chap i know owns considerable property, he aint short of a bob or two put it that way, his money he does not spend on things that depreciate like cars, a few years ago he fancied a new BMW 3 series, so popped down in his current hatchback, he stood round for a while and after a short chat with a sales executive was informed he should come back when he could afford one.

In the unlikely event said executive numpty had a brain lurking anywhere between his shell likes and only looked out the window, he would have noticed that the personal plate on this chaps car was worth about the same price as a 7 series, number one plate for his profession.

Said non sales exec did look quite snazzy in his sharp suit though apparently, see you can polish a turd.

I wonder if he's ended up at your local Korean car non sales emporium ORB, sounds like he's making just as much an impression there.

Edited by gordonbennet on 23/02/2014 at 16:00

Dacia Dealer - Armitage Shanks {p}

Asking politely why you want/need a Stepway? Is it because it appears to be a bit higher/easy access? I am only asking as the ouspoken Clarkson road tested a Sandero and said it was the worst thing he had ever driven! Could you not find something you lke 3 years old with the balance of a 7 year warranty for the cost of a new Dacia? I think depreciation on a Dacia will be steep, albeit from a low starting price.

Dacia Dealer - Boroman
The Fiesta is just about to go out of warranty and Ill probably hang on to it for a good while yet. I just wanted to what my options I had. A new Fiesta is out of my price range. The Fiesta has probably lost about 50% of its value in three years which isn't great but I would expect the depreciation curve to flatten out now.
I'm not in any way hung up on getting a Dacia, I was just exploring options. If offered a decent deal and I liked the car following a test drive then I would consider it. The opinion of Jeremy Clarkson would have no bearing whatsoever in my choice.
I have driven a few Korean cars and found them to be ok. I do hear stories of expensive servicing and spare parts which does put me off a bit.
Incidentally, the Dacia did look very DIY friendly which is appealing to an old school home mechanic like me.
Dacia Dealer - Collos25

The Dacia range has one of the best residual values if the press is to believed, JC views are purely for show and bear no meaning in the real world any body who believes a word he says about cars must be as daft as he is .

Dacia Dealer - oldroverboy.

And How much do you believe the rest of the motoring press?

Dacia Dealer - groaver

Every word that HJ writes...

Dacia Dealer - Collos25

Every word that HJ writes...

I hope thats sarcasm

Dacia Dealer - groaver

Every word that HJ writes...

I hope thats sarcasm

Do you think it might? ;)

Dacia Dealer - SteveLee

I think the Stepway will hold its value well because the crossover segment is very popular - ie more secondhand buyers than there are first time buyers, the basic Sandero probably won't. The 1.5 DCi Renault engine is a peach, reliable economical and performs pretty well.

The situation is the same for the Panda 4x4, secondhand demand completely outstrips the number sold new - hence residuals are excellent. Oh, and although I like JC as an entertainer - I would take anything he says about cars with a pinch of salt.

Dacia Dealer - oldtoffee

Last year I was considering a Logan MCV and went to have a look at the Stepway and Duster just to see how they were put together, seats, cabin, switchgear. They let me take out a Stepway with the 1.2TCE engine in it. Went very well and at 75 ish on the motorway a lot quieter than I expected. If you look cosely you can see the corner cutting on trim vs metal, the injected seat mouldings and some but not all the switchgear. In a few years time I'll be tempted to have one with a 7 year 100k warranty for the low price and peace of mind. A 3 year old Ceed would also make my list but not a 3 year old Golf or Focus.

Dacia Dealer - mark45

I have a Dacia Sandero 900cc TCE Ambience myself for about 7 months now.

It is strange as I remember my experience with the salesman he actually said they made £150 from each sale.

This I hasten to add was [i]before[/i] the £200 list price increase now and for information £20 increase for metallic paint and £45 increase for spare tyre since me buying it and current prices.

Dacia Dealer - Ethan Edwards

What the dealer makes per sale is totally none of my concern. If it is insufficient stop selling them otherwise do your job or I'll find another dealer to sell me a vehicle but it won't be you matey.