I bought a red 2009 Audi TT on Monday.
CAP Clean £6600, hammer price £5600, sold.
The car came from a large dealer group and I assumed it was just a very clean p/x. I put the reg number in Google and found a current advert for it on Motors.co.uk for £8000 by a branch of the same national dealer group (Cambria, branch was Bury Motors).
The Audi came with full history and just before being offered for sale it had new discs and pads all round, new service, new cambelt kit and water pump. The internal invoice by that same dealership was for over £800 and less than 2 months ago. I assume the car was for sale around 45 days then shipped to the block and sold to the first bidder with half-decent bid.
But what was the point?? After they've done all this prep why not leave the vehicle for sale a bit longer so they make some money out of it? All they will do is get another part ex or direct-buy and spend ££££ on it. Why not leave the prepared and ready car for sale a bit longer...
What does everyone think about slightly overage stock?