Hi,

just wondered if anyone has purchased new car over in Spain, particulary around Huelva and how you went on? where are the main dealers especially Nissan. We are considering the Nissan Note, anyone heard any good reports?

Tom

I was going to buy new but eventually just bought second hand from a garage owner. It was 2 years old with 23 k on the clock in near perfect condition for 7000 euros under the new price. (This was a Suzuki Grand Vitara).
This involves a gestoria sorting out the papers for me but seemed quite painless. Theres plenty of car dealers on the internet or in the local costa papers. If you hit on the right car you can save yourself a bit of money going for a relatively recent second hand model.

We brought a new car, there was only a 2000 euro saving on the one we brought and then we would have had to use a Gestor, but it was still hard we had to get form after form, infact it was harder than buying the house.

On a note our spanish friends have just had a problem, sold there car a year ago, did all the paper work, and have just had a fine from the Garda Civil for 1800 euros for something the purchaser has done, it has already cost them 500 euros to engage a lawer.

We were wondering about selling our car and buying a second hand car when we get to Spain. Would it be better to keep our car and re-register it? Seems like it is a lot of bother buying a car in Spain

No Lionda its not a lot of bother. I bought second hand from a reputable Suzuki dealership owner (privately) and as part of the deal he paid for the gestor / transfer. As I said, I paid a lot less buying a good second hand model. You must of course make sure that the re registration documents are done correctly.

I have to admit however I wouldn't have been 100% confident buying from a private sale, I think the key is buying from a reputable dealer

I also have a British car that I have bought over which I will need to register on Spanish plates. I am going to use a gestor for this. I've been told that there is a lot of hassle involved with this but its a specialist car that is my hobby. If it hadn't been for that I would have sold it and just bought the car in Spain.

I bought a brand new Nissan Almera last year and it´s a great car- check around as a lot of the dealers have special discounts at this time of year eg the Peugeot range have varying discounts depending on model and engine...if you buy brand new, the dealer will sort out all the paperwork for you. If you buy second hand from a car dealer, they normally sort all of it out for you as well. If you buy privately, you´re probably better dealing with a gestoria if you don´t speak the language.

7000 euros thats not a bad price I thought car prices in Spain were really expensive I suppose it must be if you buy new. Was it easy with the language barrier getting your car after all there is a lot of technical talk or did they speak a bit of English? Personally I do not know why people take there British cars over is it not awkward driving on the other side?

Helen

I can´t understand that either. Everytime you have to go through a car park barrier, or toll booth on the motorway, or even overtake it must be a real pain!

I think cars in Spain are generally expensive by european standards, but cheaper than the UK (which is rediculously expensive). Second hand cars hold their value very well in Spain - good if you are selling, bad if you are buying. I bought a Citroen brand new, it was about 3000 euros cheaper than in the UK.

My dealership didn´t speak any English at all. But they were extremely helpful with the bureaucracy - went with me to the Hacienda to get some sticky little bar codes (don´t know why!) and other general form filling.

Keith

Didn´t he say €7000 UNDER the NEW price Helen? As the new price for a Suzuki Gran Vitara is about €18,000+, he still paid quite a lot. We bought our Suzuki Gran Vitara new in Spain two and a bit years ago but recently sold it in part exchange for another car for €9,000 (and the garage didn´t even inspect the car at all, he just went on age and mileage) so it sounds about right that the garage would sell it on for €11,000. We lost a lot but had a super time exploring all the mountain dirt tracks! I´m certainly glad we didn´t bring out our English car. I´d far rather buy a left hand drive here from a reputable garage that you can ring easily to come and fix any breakdown.

Oh my mistake I thought it was cheap!!!!

Helen

brought our car and motorbike from The Netherlands....second hand cars are cheaper there than Spain. it also seems that a lot of second-hand cars here in Spain are imported from Germany. Audi's and Mercedes etc.


the white car is of a guest.:scared:

Yeah right

Might be a good time to buy a secondhand car, I was in a cafe and over heard someone talking about a car dealer who used to sell at least 7 secondhand cars a day, now he's doing that in about 6 months. I also know some in UK also having a few problems selling cars the last year whereas before they were doing well. If the market isn't doing well, might be a time to do some hard negotiating....

Its not awkward driving on the other side as long as everyone else is doing it ! ! !

One classic car is enough for Irene to take, but two would just tip her over the top!