Bocanegra Pricing

[Bobanegra]

When I got my Dakota red Boc a year and a half ago I got it for the price of a Cupra with the Boc kit for free, which at that point cost me £15,995 (Boc should've cost £16,695 and keep in mind that the metallic paint is a £400 extra also)

I realise there's been a VAT rise of 2.5% but what else has changed since then to push the cost of a basic white Boc up to £18,280 (according to seat.co.uk), a near enough £1500 price hike?

I got a quote back for a new DR Boc with Xenon headlights and over 5 years that would skin me £21k at around £350 per month compared to the £270ish I'm paying ATM. I'm confused.

 

[Deleted member 33999]

From what I understand SEAT have had quite a rush on the Cupras/Bocs which has pushed the demand from the factories right up. I guess if they can't get em out of the factory quick enough dealers will have to pay more so they charge you more.....

That and VAG are really struggling to produce enough of the 2.0 Tdi's which will no doubt be having a knock on effect for people not wanting to wait til November for their new car. I bought my Cupra for £15,495 and now the same car again would cost me over £16.5k, it's all swings an roundabouts. Give it 6 months and the prices will move again

 

[Bobanegra]

Here's hoping, I can't wait to get rid of the Boc I'm in just now.

At this point in time I'm half tempted to even revert back to owning a Leon but with this supposed facelift Ibiza coming next year I don't know whether to wait for that or even, god help me, get a Skoda Fabia VRs

 

[Deleted member 33999]

How come you're not happy with the Boc?

 

[marksy93]

Here's hoping, I can't wait to get rid of the Boc I'm in just now.

Not happy with the boc??

 

[sly200sx]

Think Bob is just not happy with THAT boc...

 

[Bobanegra]

Don't get me wrong I used to love my Boc but it's never been the same since I took it in for a basic annual service. Sluggish performance, malfunctioning parts, whole things been a shambles and nobody will do anything about it. SEAT UK were useless as were the dealers who ****ed the car up with their "diagnostics says it's fine" bullshit.

So in short I'm looking to get it offloaded but with the price hike these cars have taken for whatever reason I'm either stuck with this one or I 'downgrade' to something nowhere near as good.

 

[warren_cox]

Don't get me wrong I used to love my Boc but it's never been the same since I took it in for a basic annual service. Sluggish performance, malfunctioning parts, whole things been a shambles and nobody will do anything about it. SEAT UK were useless as were the dealers who ****ed the car up with their "diagnostics says it's fine" bullshit.

So in short I'm looking to get it offloaded but with the price hike these cars have taken for whatever reason I'm either stuck with this one or I 'downgrade' to something nowhere near as good.

Have you taken it to a specialist VAG centre for them to mull it over before you part with it.
If all they did was service it they can't have fecked it up that bad.

 

[Deleted member 33999]

Yeah, I'd agree with warren cox there, it's pretty hard to believe they've managed to **** up a service that bad. Worst case, another service would sort it surely?

My stealers once put the wrong oil in after a service, I took it back complaining of misfires and juddering and they re-changed the oil and filter that afternoon! If they're not prepared to do at least that at a minimum then I'm sure trading standards would have something to say...

 

[Bobanegra]

You'd be surprised, the car went back to the original dealers 7 times - the first 4 of which they said nothing was wrong after messing about with it, so on top of the bad service the car was in their hands another 4 times poking about with things until they finally admitted something was wrong but its still not sorted. Then it went to another SEAT dealer who just plugged it into their diagnostics without even really checking what was wrong with it.

They and SEAT UK have wiped their hands clean and quite frankly it's easier for me to just get shot of it rather than start driving around more garages costing me even more money trying to get it sorted. The handling goes from being stupidly heavy to ridiculously light, there's no go between, the engine performance is sluggish, it takes the engine a few seconds to even realise that my foot is flat on the floor before it whimpers into action not to mention all the trouble I've had with the engine amplifier, I just can't be fecked with it.

 

[Bobanegra]

Just to add - the car was as good as perfect the first 12 months I had it, that service, a basic annual service, has totally ruined the driving experience and my faith in particular dealerships. God only knows what the **** they did to it.

 

[Deleted member 33999]

Blimey! That's defo not on... I can see why you're wanting to get shut now! As big a SEAT fan as I am, I think I'd be having the same idea as you after an experience like that....

 

[Bobanegra]

Likewise, all I've ever bought are SEATs but this experience has me in two minds of do I ditch SEAT altogether or do I just avoid the particular dealerships I've been dealing with in hope others aren't as bad

 

[Deleted member 33999]

Well, I don't know where you're based, but here in the nothwest Hobin SEAT have always been good for me (aside from the wrong oil hiccup, but that was a trainee ****-up). And tbh, I've always been told, even by the sales guys, that the sensible money is in the Cupra, the Boc is practically the same, you're paying for the prestige more than anything else.

 

[sly200sx]

I think there should be a Hall of Shame for these duff cars. Showing the Reg number etc.
Basically as a warning that a previous owner has had problems in the past with said vehicle...

 

[Bobanegra]

Well, I don't know where you're based, but here in the nothwest Hobin SEAT have always been good for me (aside from the wrong oil hiccup, but that was a trainee ****-up). And tbh, I've always been told, even by the sales guys, that the sensible money is in the Cupra, the Boc is practically the same, you're paying for the prestige more than anything else.

The Cupra just doesn't look as aggressive as the Boc IMO, I went and looked at a yellow Cupra in the showroom and it just looked a bit, I dunno, average? I have seen it in other colours like Speed Blue and Lumina Orange - those looked class

I think there should be a Hall of Shame for these duff cars. Showing the Reg number etc.
Basically as a warning that a previous owner has had problems in the past with said vehicle...

Agreed.

 

[J400uk]

If you want to get rid do it before the facelift comes out, as that will knock back the values of current shape Ibizas.

 

[Ibiza06]

Is the facelift likely to be that big of change to affect the prices significantly

 

[m0rk]

Shouldn't go up radically, just a little bit I'd have thought.

Depends how the spec changes will determine the pricing.

Also worth considering is x/rate fluctuations and annual hedging, which I'm sure SEAT UK will factor into their annual prices