RAY MASSEY: Car 会社／堅いs are 削除するing new car prices ahead of September's plate change - with 割引s 利用できる on Citroen, Vauxhall and Volkswagen models

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Good news if you’re shopping for a new car 取引，協定 and want to save thousands of 続けざまに猛撃するs in a 不振の market ahead of the ‘69’ plate change on September 1.

Car 会社／堅いs are 削除するing up to a fifth off the price of their 乗り物s in an 試みる／企てる to 転換 在庫／株 ― and it’s not always predictable which marques will 申し込む／申し出 the biggest 割引s ― with 賞与金 brands such as Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and BMW の中で the biggest discounters.

排除的 new data from 消費者 magazine and website WhatCar? shows French car-製造者 Citroen has 申し込む／申し出d the biggest price 削減（する）s on its cars over the past six months ― 普通の／平均（する）ing 11.75 per cent.

That’s 意味ありげに above the indust ry 普通の／平均（する） of 7.6 per cent or £2,595.

Volkswagen ― 激しく揺するd by the ‘dieselgate’ スキャンダル ― has 現れるd as the second-biggest discounter, 普通の／平均（する）ing 11.12 per cent off 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） price.?

However, it has been chopping a whopping 22.62 per cent off the 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） price of its £25,495 Volkswagen Passat 1.5 TSi EVO ― a saving of £5,767 bringing it 負かす／撃墜する to £19,728.?

The German car 製造者, which this week 明かすd its funky new T-Roc Cabriolet, 利用できる next year, 定価つきの from about £25,000 ― has also 減ずるd the cost of a £26,450 Touran 1.6 TDi S to £21,189 ― a saving of £5,261 or 19.89 per cent.

Britain’s Vauxhall ― now part of フラン’s PSA Group 含むing Citroen and Peugeot ― is in third place 申し込む／申し出ing 割引s 普通の／平均（する）ing 10.52 per cent.

?That 含むs 20.93 per cent or £4,556 off the price of an 去っていく／社交的な Astra 1.0T ecoTEC SRi model, bringing the price 負かす／撃墜する from £21,765 to £17,209.

There’s also 18.43 per cent or £2,778 off a Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 energy 最高の-小型の 負かす／撃墜する from £15,075 to £12,297.

Making up the 残り／休憩（する） of the 最高の，を越す ten discounters are: SEAT (10.24 per cent), Smart (9.65 per cent), Mercedes-Benz (8.70 per cent), Ford (8.27 per cent), Volvo (8.17 per cent), Mitsubishi (7.94 per cent), and BMW (7.88 per cent). These ten biggest discounters account for nearly 50 per cent of all new car sales.?

の中で the price-削減（する）s 申し込む／申し出d by biggest discounter Citroen are a ディーゼル C4 Cactus 1.5 Blue HDi Flair hatchback 削減（する） from £23,335 to £19,637, a saving of £3,698 or 15.85 per cent.

And a Citroen C3 1.5 BlueHDi 100 Flair 5dr Flair 削減（する） from £18,940 to £16,096 ? a saving of £2,844 or 15.01 per cent.

WhatCar? has 最高潮の場面d big 割引s from 賞与金 製造業者s, too.

A BMW 118i M Sport 影をつくる／尾行する 版 3-door hatchback has been 減ずるd from £27,795 to £23,841 ? a 削減（する） of £3,954 or 14.23 per cent.

A BMW 520i SE 5dr SE (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 costing £39,770 has been 減ずるd to £34,280, a 減少（する） of £5,490 or 13.80 per cent.

Volvo has 削減（する） the price of its V40 D3 Cross Country プロの／賛成の Geartronic ディーゼル hatchback from £30,700 to £27,567, a 落ちる of £3,133 or 10.20 per cent.

Volvo’s S90 2.0 T8 Hybrid Inscription 加える all-wheel-運動 saloon also dropped from £58,415 to £52,640, a 削減 of £5,775 or 9.89 per cent.

Mercedes-Benz 削減（する） the cost of its C200d SE (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 ディーゼル saloon from £35,225 to £31,624, a 減少（する） of £3,601 or 10.22 per cent.

Its A Class A180 AMG Line 5dr AMG Line hatchback dropped from £26,075 to £23,556 - a saving of £2,519 or 9.66?per cent.

Jaguar has 発表するd it is to end 生産／産物 of its 現在の 旗艦 XJ リムジン. So if you fancy some posh leaping-cat wheels there’s £10,239 or 16.41 per cent off the XJ 3.0d V6 高級な model 減ずるd from £62,400 to £52,162.

Least haggle room is with 予算 brand Dacia (part of French 巨大（な） Renault) ? whose stylish Duster SUV is 急速な／放蕩な 達成するing 教団 status ? but which prices low to begin with and so 申し込む／申し出s 割引s 普通の／平均（する）ing of just 0.96 per cent.

The モーターing 肩書を与える 公式文書，認めるd: Dacia’s cars are の中で the cheapest in the UK, with the Sandero starting from いっそう少なく than £7,000, and the brand still enjoyed 重要な growth.’

Dacia is follo 結婚する by Korea’s SsangYong (1.86 per cent), MG (2.49 per cent), Infiniti (2.875 per cent), Land Rover (3.33 per cent), Subaru (3.66 per cent), Mazda (3.68 per cent), Lexus (4.18 per cent), ‘DS’ (4.20 per cent) and Toyota (4.23 per cent).

WhatCar? has a team of ‘mystery shoppers’ who haggle to find a ‘的 price’ of what 消費者s should be able to 達成する in a showroom. This also 知らせるs what prices should be 始める，決める by car 会社／堅いs selling 経由で its own website (www.whatcar.com/new-car-取引，協定s).

The 報告（する）／憶測 says: ‘にもかかわらず their typically higher price tags, 分析 of our mystery shopper data also 設立する 賞与金 brands 含むing BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volvo 申し込む／申し出 some of the biggest 割引s for new car 買い手s’.

It 公式文書，認めるs: ’Some individual car models have even been 申し込む／申し出d with more than 20 per cent off their 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） price’.

What Car? editor Steve Huntingford said: ‘In this 騒然とした market we cannot 強調する／ストレス enough the importance of doing your 研究 when buying your next car.’

全体にわたる new car sales were 負かす／撃墜する 4.1 per cent in July - the lowest since 2012 ? and 負かす／撃墜する 3.5 per cent in the year to date, though electric car sales nearly trebled in July to 2,271. The used car market is 負かす／撃墜する 2.8 per cent for the second ４半期/4分の1 of 2019.

BMW-3 series left me beaming??

I had a lot of fun behind the wheel of the new BMW 3-series plug-in hybrid saloon ― it’s faster, cleaner, more 燃料-efficient and goes その上の than its 前任者.

I was astonished this electrified 見解／翻訳／版 of the German car 巨大（な）’s big-selling ‘bread and butter’ Bimmer will account for one in four (25 per cent) of the 3-series models sold in Britain. It 連合させるs 広大な／多数の／重要な 運動ing 業績／成果 with 続けざまに猛撃する-saving 燃料 economy (138mpg is （人命などを）奪う，主張するd).

The new twin-turbocharged BMW 330e costs from £37,875 and 構成するs a clever 184 hp 2-litre four-cylinder 石油 engine linked to an electric モーター 統合するd into the eight-速度(を上げる） (a)自動的な／(n)自動拳銃 gearbox 伝達／伝染.?

This 押し進めるs total 力／強力にする up to 252hp ― and its XtraBoost system will whip it up to a hefty 293hp.

?A perfect recipe of 星／主役にするs and F1 cars

For families wanting to mix cars with 星／主役にするs, all roads lead to former F1 支持する／優勝者 Jody Scheckter’s Laverstoke Park Farm in Hampshire next 週末, August 23 to 25.

That’s where 放送者 Chris Evans is hosting CarFest South for a 週末 of 乗り物s and music.

Celebrities 含む TV chefs James ツバメ and Prue Leith with 業績／成果s from Boy George & Culture Club, Jools Holland and Rick Astley. Tickets at carfest.org.?

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