Comparison
Part exchange is the least effort available. It is also the transaction where it is easiest to lose money without ever seeing where it went.
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A part exchange deal has a price for the car you are buying and a price for the car you are giving up, and the dealer can move either. A generous part-exchange figure frequently accompanies a thinner discount on the new car.
That is not dishonest — it is simply how the arithmetic works. The problem is that most buyers only watch one of the two numbers.
When the dealer is competitive on the car you are buying, when your car is ordinary and would attract trade money anyway, and when you value having it done in one afternoon.
There are also VAT and timing considerations for some buyers. If the numbers are close, the convenience is worth something real.
Questions
Usually a trade figure, yes. Whether that costs you depends on the discount you get on the car you are buying — judge the total cost to change.
Agree the price of the new car first, then introduce it. Otherwise the two numbers move against each other.
Yes. The dealer settles it and any equity goes toward the new car.
Tell us about it once. We check the market and come back with the strongest price we can confirm.
Takes a couple of minutes.
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