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My father is trying to sell his SAAB 9000 CDE. Car is a '94 L 2.3 turbo auto with leather, aircon, electric seats etc. 87000 miles, full SAAB service history 2 months tax, just been MOTd. He's asking around £3700. Is this reasonable? There was a thread here a few weeks ago about big luxo motors, and consensus seemed to be that this sort of car is a good buy, given a proper service history and decent conditiion etc., so why's he had no luck so far? Not even a sniff.
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SAAB 9000s are way off the boil at the moment. Have a bad reputation in the trade for high refurbishment costs and big bills if something goes wrong. Keep feeling the marker, but I think three greand would be a lot more realistic as an asking price.
HJ
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You are right that these cars make good buys in the condition you describe.....because the buyer will not have to pay much for them. HJ is right to advise asking £3K, then the offers you would have to consider are anything over say £2,750. That is what makes them a good buy for the chaps mailing to this column who will take on and run such vehicles.
A friend has recently sold the same model Saab, but the other side of 100,000 miles. I was offered it for £2,250 prior to trade in.
Hope it finds a caring home,
David
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My worst ever car buy was a Saab 900. Lovely cruiser, but sloppy handling and way too thirsty. After talking to a number of traders I came to the conclusion that Saab's are virtually impossible to sell on unless they are at rock bottom price. The 'public' price guides are far too optimistic.
Regards
John
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Unfortunately, I have to agree. I used to have a similar model (2 years older with 120K on the clock, full SAAB history) but the best I could get in part-ex was £1500 for a much much more expensive car (BMW this time!).
Parts costs were horrendous, and that's the major problem with the depreciation and level of general interest in older ones.
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Yup, the low 2nd hard price is why big luxury car like this are a good buy. £3700 sounds way too much to me. You have got to remember the market for these cars in now small - thus they are cheap.
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