After last week’s news that Renault is offering a free electric Twizy with its Laguna and Espace models in Spain, now comes the revelation that some Renault dealers in the UK are offering cars at cost price, plus £1.
According to The Daily Telegraph, some of the French carmaker’s outlets in the south of England are letting cars go for the same prices as Renault paid for them in the first place. All the franchisees ask is that for every vehicle they sell at cost, the buyer hands them a £1 coin.
Ok, it is only the Fiat 500, but any Fiat that is rated as one of the Top 10 slowest depreciating cars in the UK is still news.
The findings, from value experts Glass’s Guide and reported by industry magazine Auto Trader, show the trendy city car is seventh best among cars that lose their value the least.
” Going from a year in a 150 bhp Ford Focus Ecoboost to a 1.0 68 bhp Picanto could have been a culture shock. However, the first journey in the little Kia on a motorway proved to be a relief. Of course, it is noisier than the Focus, mainly because the smaller engine has to rev a lot higher, but it is bearable at any vaguely legal speed. The refinement means you are not reaching for a sixth gear that isn’t there: fifth gear provides decently refined cruising.
