sueyh Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Has anyone had any dealings with this company http://www.aramisauto.com/ The prices seem very good but is there a catch?Many thanks for any help anyone can give.Suey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 i'd like to know too. we will need to buy a replacement car in may when we return to france.our local citroen garage say that they can't get hold of a new C1 basic model until november!!we can't wait that long.an online supplier was offering one with 6 week delivery but i was a bit scared of doing this.advice from the experienced please.actually, a second hand C1 would do us fine too.it's just that we are used to our local garage and need to be reassured that other places are ok to hand over our hard earned money to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Being in the market for a new car I checked out their site. They certainly do show a saving on the makers list price, which got me to wondering......The car of interest, in France is at euro 27,190 discounted to £ equiv 22,464The same car (albeit with the steering wheel on the other side) is discounted to c.£15000 in the UKWhy are cars almost 50% more expensive in France, and is a saving of £7,464 worth having a 'wrong side steering wheel' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Because Citroen sell on price in UK. Offering more or less fleet discount to the ordinary punter.The last C15 vans could be bought new for £3499 you will pay that for a secondhand one here.Check out prices of LHD cars in Portugal, Spain and Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueyh Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 Have looked at Spain, they are the same sort of price at the moment but they have offer on giving 5500 euro discount. But then do we have to pay export tax to bring it back to France?Suey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 What export tax? We're all good Europeans now!You would have to pay Spanish VAT at 16% and pay 3.6% more when you registered it in France as the rate is 19.6%.I don't know if you would pay Spanish road tax (around €85) or I presume there are export procedures available to save this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter@pons Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Be careful - cars in Spain attract a luxury tax as well as VAT, as do cars in Holland. If you dont buy tax free from Spain you will end up paying more. this is why some manufacturers are giving different deals in different countries. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 [quote user="Dog"]Because Citroen sell on price in UK. Offering more or less fleet discount to the ordinary punter.The last C15 vans could be bought new for £3499 you will pay that for a secondhand one here.Check out prices of LHD cars in Portugal, Spain and Germany.[/quote]A quick check at prices in Germany showed almost the same price as France for the car I am interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chezstevens Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I have nothing to do with these folk but ... it might be worth enquiring since they offer LHD Citroens. No guarantees but worth a shot?Quote ""I have had a look for you, we cansupply Honda, VW, Citroen and Renault in LHD, these will be to UK specificationonly. Unfortunately we can not supply any EU specification cars. Also with LHD’s,they are made to order and can take between 3-6months to be ready forcollection. Many Thanks Claire FirthForces Cars Direct Main Office Tel: 0044 (0) 1522 814010 Free Phone (from Germany): 0800 1800 119 Fax: 0044 (0) 1522 814011 Web Site: www.forcescarsdirect.com'' endquote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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