Just had an email from the dealer that sold me my V60 two years ago asking I was interested in doing a straight swap for an identical new one. Presumably this helps them get another sale and I get four new footwells to fill with rubbish.
Any risks in it for me? Apart from the fact that the finance timer restarts its 4 year countdown? If anything it'll work in my favour as I pay no deposit this time around but have a newer car.
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I have been in a company car for years up until this year so a little limited with my knowledge but will you be paying more for vehicle excise duty and insurance may be more expensive for a newer car.
Also is the car the same spec and not a lower spec model to get to the right price?
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Same spec. Not sure about tax, would need to check.
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Road fund licence will probably be more. It changed in April hence car sales down.
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If you don't need an estate/diseasel have a look at the 'specials' on drivethedeal.com just now.
Mercedes C200 SE saloon petrol auto (9-spd) £21k which is £10k off list. 0-62 7.2s, 123g/km.
Tad over £22.2k for an estate.
Last edited by: Lygonos on Sun 9 Jul 17 at 19:28
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Do you like the V60 enough to want another one FF? Sign of a good car if you do.
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>> Any risks in it for me? Apart from the fact that the finance timer restarts
>> its 4 year countdown?
If you're certain of your income for the next four years!
There's a new V60 due out next year, so there are discounts around on the old one.
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It all depends if you are worried about residuals at the end of the finance deal - After Volvos announcement on engines, there wont be any.
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>> It all depends if you are worried about residuals at the end of the finance
>> deal - After Volvos announcement on engines, there wont be any.
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Mmm. I've held off for the time being, forgot the new V60 was out next year and it'll come with newest version of adaptive cruise. More tempted by the Golf GTE at the moment though, depending on what Volvo do with their engines... ;-)
Having said that the V60 is easily the best car I've owned, would have another in a heartbeat.
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I think tax will have a bigger impact; after all VW's dieselgate and the vilification of that fuel hasn't noticeably impacted residuals I don't think!
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I don't agree that Volvo residuals will be rubbish: not everyone will want to buy a used hybrid which could go wrong expensively (unless it's made by Toyota).
It could be worth seeing if the dealer will swap for a petrol V60. They now do them with the T4 engine, which wasn't available when I ordered my V60 early last year. I think it's diesels in general, rather than Volvos in particular, which will lose value faster.
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Volvo enjoys considerable brand loyalty, so there will inevitably be a decent number of people who love Volvos but aren't ready to ditch internal combustion. On that basis, you might argue that the residuals of the current generation of Volvos will be among the best ever.
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Swapping V60 for... V60 - zippy
