Richford Motor Company

AJ!

I passed by this place today and I'm surprised that I've never heard about it before. In the showroom they have a Porsche 911 GT2, Cayman, and an Aston V8 Vantage. Has anyone else heard of these or know how long they've been around?
http://www.richford.ie

They have a Gallardo too but it wasn't in the showroom...I'm pretty sure its the same one that Des Cullen has. Anyone know anything about this?

http://www.carzone.ie/lamborghini

drdre

i was actually going to put a thread up about them today.its only around a few months.they were 2 young guys who formed it. they ised to work for a well known garage in dublin i think it was a ford garage.they are expanding their business and tring to keep it to the high end market like des cullen.
some amazing cars at their show room.i love the escalade.

drdre

The business name was registered on 14/11/2005, so it is a fairly new company.
AJ i thin the gallardo is not the same as des cullens one because they both have different spec and also different black colours.

spartacus93

I just found this place on Carzone, looking at the new Aston, just came on here to do a search. What a collection. I'll defo call in next time i'm in Dublin.

spartacus93

Look at the two lambos closely on carzone, they have the same reg as far as I can see. Why the 40k price difference?

drdre

yes i looked at the 2 lambos and the plates look nearly the same but picture is not clear.

the funny thing is that richford had the lambo for sale before and price on website was 199,000 and on carzone it was 230,000 and now des culen are selling it for around 175,000.

but lambos do depricate alot around 50000 sterling in the 1st year.:eek:

but still id prefer it over a ferrari 360 as i love the shape and have alway loved that car.

Big Balls

I think one of the lads was involved in Denis Mahony cars before..

MercMad

One of the lad used to work for Joe Duffys, I believe his father is quite wealthy and without wishing to suggest that he has used this situation to good effect and not from his own hard work......................I just have !!

And I believe there are still strong Joe Duffy connections !

el tel

I wonder if it is carzone.ie or the dealer that is responsible for listing the Gallardo as a 6.0? If it was the dealer it doesn't really inspire much confidence.

Wow I could spend my mortgauge on a house or car that will fall apart within years!

drdre

el tel wrote:

I wonder if it is carzone.ie or the dealer that is responsible for listing the Gallardo as a 6.0? If it was the dealer it doesn't really inspire much confidence.

Yes its only a 5 litre.Someone must of mande a mistake.

prospect

el tel wrote:

I wonder if it is carzone.ie or the dealer that is responsible for listing the Gallardo as a 6.0? If it was the dealer it doesn't really inspire much confidence.

It is listed as 6.0L on the Richford site aswell.

drdre

well then i think they are just taking the pi$$. Or tring to confuse customers.

turbo

The 2 guys used to work for joe Duffys

turbo

MercMad wrote:

.......................................

And I believe there are still strong Joe Duffy connections !

your right there

drdre

i think they will do alright as theres alot of demand for such cars in ireland nowadays.

AJ!

drdre wrote:

the funny thing is that richford had the lambo for sale before and price on website was 199,000 and on carzone it was 230,000 and now des culen are selling it for around 175,000.

The GT2 that they have is on carzone again, but this time from a private seller in Waterford. He mentions that it is on english plates and is asking for 105,000. Richford dont mention that its english and have it for 145,000. Is that extra 40,000 the VRT on the car?

drdre

AJ! wrote:

The GT2 that they have is on carzone again, but this time from a private seller in Waterford. He mentions that it is on english plates and is asking for 105,000. Richford dont mention that its english and have it for 145,000. Is that extra 40,000 the VRT on the car?

AJ it does look like same as mileage is the same, also it does look like the same car because of the colour. i would really love to find out. someone should ring them and ask them the story on the gallardo and gt2.

also the gt2 has a roll cage in it and most pourshes donot so it would be the same.

AJ!

drdre wrote:

lambos do depricate alot around 50000 sterling in the 1st year.:eek:

Des Cullen has the 04 Lambo for 189,950 with 3000mi on it. Now compare that with the 05 Ferrari F430 he had a few months ago. He was looking for 299,950! And it had nearly double the mileage!
If you were looking for an F430 or a Gallardo and you had these two examples to choose from which would you go for? You would take the Gallardo obviously and if you still wanted a Ferrari you could get the F355 Spider he has and still have money left over!
I don't know what the depreciation is like for the second year on the Gallardo but i'm sure it's not as bad as the first. That Lambo is a steal compared to the the F430.
http://www.carzone.ie/ferrari

drdre

AJ! wrote:

Des Cullen has the 04 Lambo for 189,950 with 3000mi on it. Now compare that with the 05 Ferrari F430 he had a few months ago. He was looking for 299,950! And it had nearly double the mileage!
If you were looking for an F430 or a Gallardo and you had these two examples to choose from which would you go for? You would take the Gallardo obviously and if you still wanted a Ferrari you could get the F355 Spider he has and still have money left over!
I don't know what the depreciation is like for the second year on the Gallardo but i'm sure it's not as bad as the first. That Lambo is a steal compared to the the F430.
http://www.carzone.ie/ferrari

I do love the f430 but i would choose the gallardo. because 1- its cheap and 2- it looks beautiful and 3- as you said i can get a f355 and still have money left over:D

but i have always loved the gallardo's. but i donot know why theres that much deprication? i have read that its approx 50000 sterling in the 1st year.But i donot know if its true.

colm_mcm

Yes, the gallardo is a regular bargain alright..............

smash

el tel wrote:

I wonder if it is carzone.ie or the dealer that is responsible for listing the Gallardo as a 6.0? If it was the dealer it doesn't really inspire much confidence.

It's the dealer that's responsible for the engine size input.

drdre

steve06 wrote:

It's the dealer that's responsible for the engine size input.

i wouldnot say so as des cullen and richford both have 6.0 litre as the engine size.I think carzone just have the lambo's as a 6.0 litre option and nothing lower.

spartacus93

All the info on them carzone ads is entered by the dealer / seller. See screen grab of my account

drdre

spartacus93 wrote:

All the info on them carzone ads is entered by the dealer / seller. See screen grab of my account

So that means des cullen and richford donot have a clue what there talkin about.:D

spartacus93

drdre wrote:

So that means des cullen and richford donot have a clue what there talkin about.:D

Worrying......

drdre

spartacus93 wrote:

Worrying......

It is i would love to find out whats going on as they have gallardo the same as des cullen, and they have a gt2 or 3 same as one owned by someone in waterford or wexford and the funny thing is its 40000 more on richford website.

if anyone has more info please share it with us.

smash

spartacus93 wrote:

All the info on them carzone ads is entered by the dealer / seller. See screen grab of my account

Dealers don't use this system, they have a different one and Lambos aren't listed because they're so rare, but the Dealers do enter the info themselves.

drdre

steve06 wrote:

Dealers don't use this system, they have a different one and Lambos aren't listed because they're so rare, but the Dealers do enter the info themselves.

its still the same thing we are talking about.that the dealers entered the wrong information.They must of done it on purpose.:rolleyes: Why?

Mickk

Had a bit of bother with the hummer and rang richford motors, very nice blokes and very helpful. Must go in and have a look at the motors in there.

drdre

Mickk wrote:

Had a bit of bother with the hummer and rang richford motors, very nice blokes and very helpful. Must go in and have a look at the motors in there.

Did you get that silver hummer from them?They do look proffesional.