Resale on the Passat - any experience?

[richdave]

I am considering changing cars over and wonder what others have sold their Passat for recently. Looking at CarSales it seems that high 20's is about the going price for a MY08 wagon at the moment.

If you've sold recently I'd be interested in the sale price, km, and car spec.

[ope126]

I sold mine in April this year, check the following link for price / specs;
http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/f23/...fsi-43122.html

Sold it in 3 days for $30,990, had a crap load of options and someone got a bargain!

Bought a 2008 Toyota Kluger KX-S and got rid of it within 6mths.

Now back in a Passat, this time 125TDI Highline Wagon (Brand New)...

I hope this gives you a guide...

[Darks RS]

Bought my My07 FSI V6 4motion with bugger all k's and all options for mid 20's...

[richdave]

You'd be lucky to get low $20'sK now on carsales. My trade offers ranged from $16.5 - $17.5K from VW dealers however I managed to get $19K on my Volvo and my balloon on the CHP was under that so I wasn't disappointed.

[passatpout]

Yet another reason why I reckon I'll keep mine until it dies... Assuming I get it back - now into week 5 at panel beaters....

[Buzy_Robot]

Just begun looking at replacing my current 2011 B7 125TDI Passat sedan. Had a serious look at the new top sec Mazda6 Atenza and they initially offered me $27,000 for my Passat. After a lot of haggling, they offered $30,000. Initial changeover price was $24,000, but I haggled it down to $21,000. Guess what? I've still got my Passat!

Nothing particularly wrong with the new Mazda6. The test drive demonstrated that this is most definitely a dynamically accomplished car, but not dramatically better than the Passat. Anyway, I'll be checking out the Volkswagen CC later this week. Will be interesting to see how much a VW dealer will offer me for my Passat though. Who knows? I might end up with another Passat albeit a MY13 including sports package, electric seats and Dynaudio.

Time willl tell .....

[VAG newbie]

Just begun looking at replacing my current 2011 B7 125TDI Passat sedan. Had a serious look at the new top sec Mazda6 Atenza and they initially offered me $27,000 for my Passat. After a lot of haggling, they offered $30,000. Initial changeover price was $24,000, but I haggled it down to $21,000. Guess what? I've still got my Passat!

Nothing particularly wrong with the new Mazda6. The test drive demonstrated that this is most definitely a dynamically accomplished car, but not dramatically better than the Passat. Anyway, I'll be checking out the Volkswagen CC later this week. Will be interesting to see how much a VW dealer will offer me for my Passat though. Who knows? I might end up with another Passat albeit a MY13 including sports package, electric seats and Dynaudio.

Time willl tell .....

You must be rich! Why would you trade-up the same car when yours is barely over 1 year old. The depreciation is highest the first year!

But if you insist, I would suggest going private sell. You should be able to get $30000 privately, then haggle another $5500 off the new car. That way you can view as having your car traded in at $35000 and make you feel good.

[Buzy_Robot]

Let's just say investing in properties, managed funds and a lot of hard work always pays off!

The B7 Passat was released in April 2011, so my car will be 2 years old shortly. I've already had that nasty first year depreciation hit. Hence, why I'm sussing out the situation now.

VAG newbie, I don't think you read my post properly as the Mazda dealer offered me $30,000 trade-in for my Passat. On that basis, I would assume that I could get approximately $34,000 - $35,000 via private sale. Not sure any car dealer would be willing to knock off $5,500 off a new car to a regular buyer. Of course, there's always car brokers, which I think you've recommended in the past. Let's see how I go shall we? My aim is to improve on my current Passat and there are quite a few interesting choices out there.

How's your Skoda Superb going? I remember you had something happen to the windscreen and you've had some issue with installing a reversing camera. Let me tell you, I really enjoyed test driving the Superb. All thing's considered it's equal to the Passat except that MY13 Passat has Sat-Nav and RVC as standard at a more competitive price point than that currently offered with the Superb.

[VAG newbie]

Let's just say investing in properties, managed funds and a lot of hard work always pays off!

The B7 Passat was released in April 2011, so my car will be 2 years old shortly. I've already had that nasty first year depreciation hit. Hence, why I'm sussing out the situation now.

VAG newbie, I don't think you read my post properly as the Mazda dealer offered me $30,000 trade-in for my Passat. On that basis, I would assume that I could get approximately $34,000 - $35,000 via private sale. Not sure any car dealer would be willing to knock off $5,500 off a new car to a regular buyer. Of course, there's always car brokers, which I think you've recommended in the past. Let's see how I go shall we? My aim is to improve on my current Passat and there are quite a few interesting choices out there.

When Mazda offered you $30,000 trade in, did they knock off any thing from the RRP? If not, then they are not really offering you $30000 for your Passat, but rather they have added whatever allowance they have on the new car price into your trade in price. As many will say, the change over value is what counts.

See if you are entitled to corporate discount. For Passat, expect $5500-6000 off RRP even if you don't use a car broker. I work for QLD health, and the dealer told me I should expect about $5800 off the RRP. (I was quoted $54500 drive away for the Alltrack, optioned with Adaptive Cruise Control, Visibility & driver's assistance package, MP, and park assist 2, and that was before any negotiation!)

How's your Skoda Superb going? I remember you had something happen to the windscreen and you've had some issue with installing a reversing camera. Let me tell you, I really enjoyed test driving the Superb. All thing's considered it's equal to the Passat except that MY13 Passat has Sat-Nav and RVC as standard at a more competitive price point than that currently offered with the Superb.

I made some comments on the Superb thread. I love the Superb. I might seem a bit p**sed off in my comments on VWa, it's because I love my Superb, yet VWa has dines its best to make sure Superb is not a perfect car.

The windscreen was replaced. No trouble, although I recently had a little chip on the windscreen after a piece of pebble hit it on the freeway. You just can't avoid these kind of nuisance.

Most of my RVC issue has been sorted. It integrate with the OPS so well that you can't tell it's 3rd party. The only time you would know its 3rd party is that it occasionally would not show the image, and turned into rainbow color bars. I've had my unit taken apart by a fellow forum user here, he reckon my dealer ripped me off by putting the wrong video module (a module that is designed for Playstation rather than RVC). He reckons if I use a genuine VW RVC it will be fine.

However, at the time it wasn't an option. VW didn't offer RVC in 2011-2012 after the Tsunami in Japan. So I had no choice.

I went back to the dealer hoping they can solve the issue. Turn out to be big mistake, they ruined all my VCDS coding. I had to get the same fellow forum user to fix it for me.

I would say, at this stage, Passat and Superb are about equal value for money. Passat has more equipment for the money, but Superb is bigger and more luxurious.

I am hoping that by the time when my lease is due, there will be face lifted superb available, and that RVC plus will be included, plus many advanced safety feature like City EB & ACC on the Passat will be available for Superb.

[Buzy_Robot]

Mazda definitely didn't budge on the $51,000 RRP with the top spec petrol Mazda6 Atenza. You're absolutely right about the importance of the changeover price. They initially wanted a changeover of $24,500 and after a lot of haggling where I cited I'd pursue a private sale of my Passat that would offer a better monetary return, the dealer principal actually walked over to me, sat down and made a final offer with a changeover price of $21,000. He even wanted me to sign a sale contract for the Mazda and adjust accordingly depending on what I did with the Passat. I absolutely refused as I said to them from the start that I wasn't willing to go above a $20,000 changeover and that I owed it to myself to see how much I could get for my Passat via private sale. Besides, as good as the new Mazda6 is, it's not necessarily better than either the Passat or Superb. It really boils down to a different design aesthetic and driving experience when comparing German and Japanese cars.

I'm afraid I'm not eligible for a corporate or fleet discount, but it'll be very interesting to see how I go later this week with VW as I want to check out the CC very carefully.

I believe there is a new Superb on the way, so let's hope Volkswagen Australia do the right thing with such a fine car.