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I think I understand your concern about dealership. But from a dealership perspective, I want to move units that I have on the lot. I'm not looking to add more at this moment. Add to model updates in production, it may be harder to sell.
I specifically asked that question re having too much stock etc, it had nothing to do with it, they just didn’t want the vehicle as felt they couldn’t sell it.
At the beginning of the year I went to a Mercedes dealer (who didn't know me until then). I wanted to find out about the new G model and spent a whole day driving it. When I came back, the salesman asked me if I would trade in the Grenadier if I bought a G model. I had no intention of doing so, as I am very happy with it and it fulfils my requirements. Nevertheless, I said that it would depend on the price. He said that he had walked around the car for a while, while I was away and had even laid down under it. I had been out in my meadow before and hadn't cleaned it.
Oh my goodness, I don’t believe a word of that.
I’ve never believed in that statement at all, not everything has a price in life, morals override that….if one has them, I do.
Same, mine has been nothing but problem after problem. And they refuse to even let me trade it on a new one. They keep trying to push me down the road saying wait for 2026. They want me to loose money so they can collect more if I trade.
You seem to be gearing up to embark on an anti Ineos crusade, while I appreciate that you feel aggrieved by your experience with your Grenadier surely you have better things to do with your time. Its an inanimate hunk of metal, if it no longer sparks joy in your life maybe you should do a Marie Kondo and discard it for the market price. The Grenadier is a niche model from a niche brand and its also the start of a new financial year in the UK, the UK economy is stuffed so dealers wont be taking risks buying vehicles like this outright when they can invest that money in other safer options. Wait a couple of months into the new FY (I would try June), find another vehicle that does bring you joy, go to a bunch of dealers on the last two days of the month and secure the best trade in deal you can haggle. All you need to find is a weak sales manager who has not met their targets for that month or quarter and has the dealer principal busting their chops, they will do almost anything to get your business. I recently ordered a new fully loaded Skoda 2025 Kodiaq for the other half, yet to be released new model where dealers usually don't offer deep discounts. Trading in our seven year old Kodiaq, could not get better than $42K changeover from a couple of dealers, I had offered to buy at $40K, did the rounds and found a different dealer who was hungry for business and signed up at $38K including a 5 year service plan (worth $3K). Otherwise sell it privately, look at the prices for same year & specced vehicles on the most popular UK private sale site, take the average of the lowest 25% of prices and advertise for that and you will move it.
Depends on where you look, when I looked today there was 40 on one site, all used , some private some from yards
That is until you go to buy a Landcruiser and you find they have sold their alloted amount for the UK. We will get very few due to the way manufacturers are fined for selling vehicles that cause their average emissions to be over a certain amount. Therefore it is becoming very difficult to purchase a vehicle in the UK that you would actually want to pay for and keep.
I searched for vehicles over 10,000 kms because under that are usually clickbait
You're pretty much already there.
