We bought the Pulsar 1.6 DIG-T in February 2018, nearly 4 years ago. The dealer was clearly not going to let us walk away without a car and we made sure he paid for his transparent need to have our money. The car should have cost about £19,000 including paint and service pack, we paid about £12,250. Other members on the Pulsar forum said we were mad since the car would be worthless when we came to sell it but that discount made it worth the risk. What Car estimated it would have lost 68% of its original value by its 3rd birthday, £6080, a dreadful loss on list but on the price we paid acceptable to us.
4 years on we are looking at changing (again) but its difficult since new cars are way more expensive now. The closest in terms of power, size, kit etc, is the Kia Ceed 1.6 GT and the best price I have seen on that is £23,000 (plus paint), virtually double what we paid 4 years ago.
Just had a look at on-line valuation sites and the PX for the Pulsar looks at being about £7500 but that is for one with 40,000 miles, ours has nearer 25,000. Retail is about £10.000 but again that is with 40,000 miles.
So in 4 years we would have lost £4500 if the valuation is correct, would be happy with that but the price to change would still be an eye watering £15.500.
Looked on Autotrader and there are no 1.6 DIG-T's on either a 2017 or 2018 plate. A 2018 1.2 DIG-T to the same spec/ but a few less miles is priced between £10,400 and £12,000.
Totally crazy.
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