New range of fiat cars.

[Mrmurano]

fiat is gonna have a few new models....

 

fiat:

panda 4x4 - looks much sportier!

grande punto 3 door - chio sia.

grande punto 5 door - sweet.

new doblo - van

 

sorry i don't have photots on the new fiat doblo, but the new one is definitely much better than the old one.

fiat has came a long way, and i think that fiat has absolutely did it. the grande punto is fantastic with everyone going GAGA over the maserati like car. the panda 4x4 can be a challenge to suzuki's ignis sport, the new doblo can also "fight" with renault's kangoo. fiat's stilo abarth michael schumacher's edition is another fantastic car.

tell me about how you feel about fiat, their new cars, and how fiat has changed from the past. if you have pictures to add, please do, as there are some fiat fans out there like me.

[Black320]

Fiat pricing is wierd.

Better value in the Opels, Ford, Alfas IMHO

 

Have not seen one on the road for quite a while

Edited February 1, 2006 by Black320

[Contax]

The 'published' price(in their website)is different from the selling price.

i.e punto 1.2 publish price is $67xxx , you can had it for ~55k ,whether you're taking loan or not.

[Black320]

I see

Always thought they are overprice.

 

In anycase, some dealers like MB and BM also like to 'overprice' their cars.

So they might be using the same tactics...

[Kaer]

Most of the time I find website prices are very very diff from the showroom prices

[Contax]

cannot run one.If you take the car OMV+current coe , you will then know the profit margin liao...if margin is extremely high and SE die die also cannot reduce price or give more freebie....walk away .

[Jts156]

yeah i noticed that too website and magazine published prices differs greatly from the showroom price.. i wonder why..?

cannot be just profit margin for the SE to bargain downwards?

[Potheader]

the red and yellow car looks quite weird..

[Black320]

I think the prize difference only applies to a few car makers. Namely BMW, MB, FIAT

As far as I know, Mazda, Nissan, KIA, Hyundai are quite close to the actual selling prize

 

Hmm... look at the names, seems like the contis are the ones that are unclear about their pricing

[Mmatrix]

I see the new punto... Very nice..

[Normal_aspirated]

wow, the 4x4 Panda looks cool.

I think it will definitely sell in the mini "SUV" segment, if priced same as koreans or lower than japs.

[Normal_aspirated]

hey the very sporty 3-door Punto Grande...........issit the GT or HGT version?

Edited February 1, 2006 by Normal_aspirated

[Limi]

I guess this is called "market positioning". They want to create a preception that Conti cars are expensive...

 

I recall a year ago when my wife bring back a price list from a roadshow for Alfa, the 147 1.6 was listed as $108k... My heart sank telling myself to say goodbye to even entry level Alfa... But... when I went to the showroom and talk directly to the SE, I was surprised!!!

[Acemundo]

yup.

 

did a comparison and found that the lowest margin cars are those PI cars and Fiat Punto.

 

so what if the vios and rios cost lesser overall than a Puntos? still paying more margin to the dealers niah

[Firstcall]

yeah i noticed that too website and magazine published prices differs greatly from the showroom price.. i wonder why..?

cannot be just profit margin for the SE to bargain downwards?

 

Actually, from what I heard previously from a dealer, the publish list price is the way of making the price 'official'. This is one way to allow people to buy the car at 100% loan. eg. if the publish rate is 100k, the actual selling is 90k and when you take 90k loan, though you are taking 100% loan, you are actually taking 90% on paper.

[Jts156]

i think they used to call it overtrade or something..