Hot car deals, 24 July 2009Get the UK's most reliable car for less
24 July 2009
Market Watch - new and used car deals
We've found huge discounts on popular models from BMW, Mercedes and Honda - this year's most reliable car brand.
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Honda and BMW discounts
Reliable Honda Accord is now cheaper, too
Drive the Deal has just announced a number of special summer offers. And in amongst them is an impressive 22% saving on the .
We mention this because according to the brand new 2009 Which? Car Survey, the Honda Accord is the UK’s most reliable new car, scoring an outstanding 99%. Drive the Deal’s special offer is on the entry-level ES saloon, complete with 2.2-litre i-DTEC turbodiesel engine and automatic gearbox.
List price for this specification of Accord is £23,245. Drive the Deal is selling it for £18,195 - a £5,050 reduction.
We’ll highlight a few more of Drive the Deal’s special offers soon, but another that’s definitely too good to miss is on the - a Which? Best Buy car.
A 320d M Sport saloon for £23,212? That’s a BMW-exceptional £5,383 less than the £28,595 list price - in other words, 20%.
Fully-loaded Mercs going cheap
Packed with gear: the Mercedes-Benz C280
Prefer Mercedes to BMW, and have a little more cash to spend?
Buy A Car has a UK dealer-supplied Mercedes-Benz C280 Sport saloon saloon in stock with automatic gearbox and massive spec list, ready to drive away. This car is packed with high-level sat nav, rear side airbags, AMG alloy wheels and parking sensors - to name just a few of the optional extras.
Priced at £32,495 it’s not exactly cheap - but Buy A Car reckons that’s still a saving of £4,164 over its original list, and the full Mercedes warranty is still intact.
Alternatively, there’s also a £5,133 saving on a stock A-Class five-door. This is an A160 CDI in Elegance SE trim with CVT automatic, and again comes with a load of fitted options - including £2k sat nav, automatic climate control and Active Park Assist.
It needs to be fully loaded, too - since even with that impressive discount it weighs-in at £21,995.
Save over £8k on a nearly-new Saab Turbo X
Big discounts on the Saab 9-3 Turbo X
All Approved Cars is currently advertising a tempting Saab 9-3 Turbo X.
Just 500 of these special edition models were sold in the UK, introducing Saab’s new ‘XWD’ four-wheel drive system. They all feature jet black paint, special alloy wheels, unique trim, and a powerful 276bhp 2.8-litre turbocharged V6. They cost a frankly staggering £33,600+ when new.
This example was registered in May 2008, has the optional automatic gearbox (boosting its original price still more), and has covered just 2,231 miles. It’s yours for £24,955 - meaning it’s lost well over £8,600 in value in 14 months, a saving to you that should help cover its prodigious thirst for fuel.
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