Trade In Price?

Greeny6 · Post by **Greeny6** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:45 pm

Wondering whether anyone here has had any experience of trading there polo in, either to a VW dealership or as part of a deal with any other buyer?

I've got a Polo 6n 1.6 at the moment (R reg) and was wondering how much i could get for it in a trade with a newer polo (2000 onwards) or Polo GTi (2001)? Any advice would be great, im craving a polo gti, but im not exactly sitting a bad car at the moment so if i can't get much in a trade, maybe its not worth it?

Thanks for the help

omicron · Post by **omicron** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:50 pm

Parkers' says:

Volkswagen Polo Hatchback (94-00)
1.6 CL 3d 1997/R
Average mileage 90,000 miles
Original Price Â£10,570
Independent Dealer Â£1,540
Private Good Â£1,320
Private Poor Â£725
Part Exchange Â£1,155

Which seems about fair.

Greeny6 · Post by **Greeny6** » Thu May 10, 2007 6:12 pm

Thanks very much omicron, think i might start searching for that Polo GTi.

I guess I might be able to get a little more in part exchange seeing as its mileage is 34,000, which I get the impression is quite low or at least certainly lower than others on the used market. Whether or not a VW dealership would want to part exchange is another thing I guess?

Thanks for the help

dragon_green · Post by **dragon_green** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:15 pm

the parkers website gives a retail price.... when you px it in you'll get something around trade price. it'll be a fair bit lower than the price on parkers.

the cheapest way to do it is probably sell your mk4 privately and buy a gti separately.

Greeny6 · Post by **Greeny6** » Thu May 10, 2007 7:28 pm

Yeh from looking around, autotrader and the like, selling mine privately, then buying another car would be the most cost effective. Thanks again for the help. Might post my polo up when I come to sell it, see if anyones interested.