teomingern Supercharged January 28 Share January 28 Anyway just dropping the package that was given to me after some hard bargaining... the dealer (VW) like not too hungry for sales... List Price: $169,900 (launch price) - original price was supposed to be $176,900 Discount: $8,000 Final Price: $163,900 No other possible discounts... so you've got to work really hard on the overtrade... provided you have a car to trade-in... I think Continental brands not interested in trade-in value... they kind of decide if they are willing to discount the car price... I think a lot depends on how hard you push... so that turned me off a bit... ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tkseah Turbocharged January 28 Share January 28 On 1/26/2025 at 1:40 PM, teomingern said: Ok guys... got an unbeatable package from Borneo Motors for the Corolla Altis... so the Octavia become $7000 more expensive than the Corolla Altis... so guess which car I signed up for? Ha ha ha ha.... U sign for Octavia? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern Supercharged January 28 Share January 28 (edited) On 1/28/2025 at 4:42 PM, Tkseah said: U sign for Octavia? No lar... signed for the Corolla Altis lor... $7000 more not worth it lar... I extremely price sensitive... ha ha ha... Edited January 28 by teomingern 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic January 28 Share January 28 On 1/28/2025 at 5:12 PM, teomingern said: No lar... signed for the Corolla Altis lor... $7000 more not worth it lar... I extremely price sensitive... ha ha ha... You got the full petrol altis? How much? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern Supercharged January 28 Share January 28 On 1/28/2025 at 5:57 PM, 13177 said: You got the full petrol altis? How much? I posted in the other thread for the Corolla Altis... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayabread82 1st Gear January 30 Share January 30 How is the long term servicing of Octavia and Corolla? Seem like the price now is very competitive to Japanese car.. the sound proof is much better than the current Corolla or civic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceecookie 5th Gear January 31 Share January 31 (edited) On 1/26/2025 at 1:40 PM, teomingern said: Ok guys... got an unbeatable package from Borneo Motors for the Corolla Altis... so the Octavia become $7000 more expensive than the Corolla Altis... so guess which car I signed up for? Ha ha ha ha.... Enjoy your altis! You reminded me of my uncle. Last year he was also looking to change his ride. I was trying to jio him to take the 1.0 TSI octavia which skoda was clearing at 140k (65k coe) But alas he ended up going for the altis 1.6 (ard 150k price) coz of the Toyota brand. Actually not that I dislike it - but the 1.6 NA engine at 170k now isn't very worth it. A Hybrid Toyota would be more worthwhile since fuel economy would be better. Edited January 31 by Ceecookie 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceecookie 5th Gear January 31 Share January 31 On 1/30/2025 at 7:16 PM, kayabread82 said: How is the long term servicing of Octavia and Corolla? Seem like the price now is very competitive to Japanese car.. the sound proof is much better than the current Corolla or civic? Skoda AD charge conti pricing when servicing, though it follows the 15k/1 year interval compared to 10k/6 month for Toyota. I'm still on my first 3 years free svc so don't have pricing to share, but if u look at older pages some ppl quoted like 1k-1.3k for one servicing. U can consider outside vw specialist workshop like Avantage or squad to do cheaper servicing once the 3 years free svc is over. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern Supercharged February 1 Share February 1 On 1/31/2025 at 10:26 PM, Ceecookie said: Enjoy your altis! You reminded me of my uncle. Last year he was also looking to change his ride. I was trying to jio him to take the 1.0 TSI octavia which skoda was clearing at 140k (65k coe) But alas he ended up going for the altis 1.6 (ard 150k price) coz of the Toyota brand. Actually not that I dislike it - but the 1.6 NA engine at 170k now isn't very worth it. A Hybrid Toyota would be more worthwhile since fuel economy would be better. Ha ha... if the difference was $10,000 then definitely I go for the Octavia lor... that would still be some savings even if the servicing and parts and subsequent repairs more expensive... after all, only service once a year, my mileage is only 12,000 km or less a year... Unfortunately, the 1.5 L can't be so cheap at the current $93,000 COE... if Skoda doesn't drop the price, the sales consultants can 'pah bang' for the rest of the life of this model... ha ha ha... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
13177 Hypersonic February 1 Share February 1 On 1/31/2025 at 10:26 PM, Ceecookie said: Enjoy your altis! You reminded me of my uncle. Last year he was also looking to change his ride. I was trying to jio him to take the 1.0 TSI octavia which skoda was clearing at 140k (65k coe) But alas he ended up going for the altis 1.6 (ard 150k price) coz of the Toyota brand. Actually not that I dislike it - but the 1.6 NA engine at 170k now isn't very worth it. A Hybrid Toyota would be more worthwhile since fuel economy would be better. Skoda Octavia selling at 140K, consider cheap le. Even a altis cheapest for standard version also need 150k. But is the octavia a hybrid model? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceecookie 5th Gear February 1 Share February 1 On 2/1/2025 at 9:00 PM, 13177 said: Skoda Octavia selling at 140K, consider cheap le. Even a altis cheapest for standard version also need 150k. But is the octavia a hybrid model? It's not a true hybrid like Honda/Toyota hybrid. Instead the pre-facelift 1.0 TSI and the facelift 1.5 TSI are mild hybrid engine. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tohto Hypersonic February 2 Share February 2 On 2/1/2025 at 10:58 PM, Ceecookie said: It's not a true hybrid like Honda/Toyota hybrid. Instead the pre-facelift 1.0 TSI and the facelift 1.5 TSI are mild hybrid engine. The drive of the Octavia will be so much more fun and enjoyable compare to the boring drive Altis and most Toyota car. Especially the 1.6L is still using a old engine. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lala81 Hypersonic February 2 Share February 2 (edited) Bit confused. so octavia after bargaining is 164k. and altis is 157k according to @teomingern actually why are u in a rush ar? your sonata not so fast expire yet right. Edited February 2 by Lala81 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamburger Hypersonic February 2 Share February 2 The feel behind the wheel is intangible. Hence I would not choose a boring Altis over any conti drive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern Supercharged February 2 Share February 2 On 2/2/2025 at 4:49 PM, Lala81 said: Bit confused. so octavia after bargaining is 164k. and altis is 157k according to @teomingern actually why are u in a rush ar? your sonata not so fast expire yet right. The Octavia is $161,900; the Corolla Altis is $155,000. After bargaining only for the Skoda; there's effectively no bargaining possible for the Corolla Altis. Not actually in a rush but just trying to maximize the value of my current car... Right now the PARF value of my car is just $19,000 (1 Feb). Both Skoda and Borneo Motors willing to give me $4000 over that value for trade-in. That's significant. My car COE expires on 3 April 2026. If I wait past 3 Apr 2025, no AD will give me any value above the PARF. I had the sad experience with my Subaru Impreza before... can't even get $500 more for that car cos it was a month before its 9th birthday... So if I wait until early 2026 (before 03 Apr), my value would just be $12,000. So between now and then, the value of my car drops about $11,000. Right now the CAT A COE premium is $93,000 give or take a couple of thousand dollars... since Jan 2024, the COE has hovered around $85,000 to $103,000... given that the LTA is back-filling some COEs over the next 2-3 years, the COE will likely soften slowly over the year... I am not sure if I wait until early 2026, the COE will drop by over $11,000 or not... that's anybody's guess... If the COE premium softens slowly, I expect that changing car now is best value for me... if the COE plunges cos either economy is really bad or the COE backfills increases supply so much that demand can't keep up, then I actually lose lar... my view, I doubt the economy will plunge so badly or the supply of COEs will increase that much... effectively, there is also a significant pent-up demand... if the COE drops to $65,000, everyone will surge into buy cars... which is what happened over the last year as the COE premium fell drastically mysteriously... Finally, given the uncertainty around the COE trends, ADs will likely keep car prices up to maintain their margins for bidding as well as keeping the business on an even keel... so a $10,000 drop is COE may not be matched by a corresponding car price drop... So after thinking about it, on the balance it seemed best to maximize my car's value at this point... My thinking before this was to keep my car... renew the CAT B COE at around $100,000 - $110,000. This was the trend until the last huge jump to $121,000... since time left for my COE is short, it would mean that I would be badly impacted by unexpected jumps in CAT B COE premiums since I have to pay the PQP which averages 3 months... renewing the COE before the expiry date would mean losing more than just the PARF at the 10th year... therefore not good value to renew before the final year... which also puts me in a situation where I may be badly exposed to the above... On weighing all the above, and given the opportunity presented by Borneo Motors to buy a new car at a price that I could still stomach... albeit with some dieting required, I took it lor... only time will tell if this is the best decision but given the info I have now, I think it's the best for my circumstances lor... Your analysis may differ though... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern Supercharged February 2 Share February 2 On 2/1/2025 at 9:00 PM, 13177 said: Skoda Octavia selling at 140K, consider cheap le. Even a altis cheapest for standard version also need 150k. But is the octavia a hybrid model? That was just a 1.0 turbo 3-cylinder... and with a mild hybrid I think... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
teomingern Supercharged February 2 Share February 2 On 2/2/2025 at 3:03 PM, Tohto said: The drive of the Octavia will be so much more fun and enjoyable compare to the boring drive Altis and most Toyota car. Especially the 1.6L is still using a old engine. Beggars can't be choosers lar... based on my situation, buying a new car was out of the question until the price soften lor... can say until the Octavia got tiger got dragon but at the end of the day, money rules... no money, no talk... so I buy based on my pocket... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shouyi 3rd Gear February 5 Share February 5 The new Skoda Superb is coming to Singapore as a wagon with a 1.5L (148bhp) mild hybrid engine. ↡ Advertisement 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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