New Almera ?

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Mon 26 Feb 2007 12:23
New Almera ? - geoff1248
Number 2 son is about to change cars. For the past 3 years he has driven a 1.4 Almera which has been totally reliable over 80k miles. Most of his driving is on motorways where the cornering and 0-60 times are pretty irrelevent. He needed reliability, a reasonable level of comfort and decent economy. This he has achieved in his Almera. Boring but reliable is how he put it. (It should be noted that he also has something rather different for evenings and weekends) He is toying with buying another Almera and reckons that as they are discontinued they should ber dirt cheap. But just how cheap should they be? Any ideas
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Mon 26 Feb 2007 14:24
New Almera ? - v0n
Most indie dealers and online brokers were flogging 1.5 litre base S, and SX trims for £6500 - £7500 right after Almeras were discontinued. Special edition Flare models could be had for as low as £6300 new. Petrol SXE trims (sat nav, all mod cons) with delivery mileage could be found for up to £8500. Diesels fetched around two grand more, closer to 10k mark. Looking at autotrader it seems used 56 plate base trims are being flogged for more now, perhaps it's the "rover" effect - people want to score bargain so badly the prices are higher than before the item fell into "grab a bargain before it's too late" category...
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