Selling high value car privately

You might find a dealer who will sell it for a fee. I can't see anyone buying something that expensive on Done deal.

You might be surprised what the offers the online companies come back to you with.

Would definitely try and sell to a dealer to take a lot of hassle and risk out of it for yourself. There has never been a better time to do this. I would be trying at least 3-5 dealers.

Dealers are crying out for stock so you really are in luck. In normal times you would get absolutely screwed asking a dealer to buy your car but right now they will be happy to talk.

If you put it on donedeal you will get dealers calling you up I'd say given how short of stock they are.

You need to try the likes of lewis motors and beshoff motors to sell for you or buy from you

Your local Volvo dealers Lyons are buying in Jap import audis and vws to sell , so there a chance they might want to buy your Xc90

I know somebody who offered them a 2 year old v90 in perfect condition and they wouldn't even bid on it, but for sure shop around all the main dealers and see what they bid.

XC90 D5 is very sought after but can't see you getting 70k for it - a brand new XC90 T8 retails at 80k and has almost 400bhp and AWD. To sell it privately you are hoping to find not only somebody who will pay 70k without the garage experience, but also somebody who won't need any financing which I think will difficult

Thanks for the make and model (seeing as it was nosey me that asked) @higster... that is certainly a high end Swedish desirable car in anyones consideration!!

Just to back up @DullSpark 's suggestion that I've quoted, I know a few people that have had vehicles bought by mckinley competition and got good money for them. They're only interested in covering the costs of the projected tickets price so they may pay a decent price for a desirable "normal" car. The Ferrari and Lamborghini ticket sales suffer from the post win anxiety costs of tax, insurance and VRT. The Campervan's & high end family cars that have realistic & affordable future costings do really well.

I'd say you've contacted them all. If you haven't I would. These dealers always have someone in mind for cars like that, a flush repeat customer that wouldn't be arsed changing the car but would if they're contacted with a cracker of a car with all the extras.

Very strong money, seems like the market is a bit flooded with XC90 T8's that are a lot cheaper

Hope you got what you wanted if you sold it to whoever has it for sale, or... best of luck with the sale if you or an agent is selling it for you.

https://www.zucar.ie/vehicle/volvo-xc90-191ce1307-1635

I would assume this is it.

Not a big margin for the dealer.

Not sure what you call a big margin but its €6900 markup and they have a no haggle policy.

Having said that I think its overpriced and will sit a while but I could be wrong. I also sold a 191 Volvo to a dealer almost 5 months ago and its sitting there overpriced by about a grand all that time.

Seems a big mark up and don't know why they are selling it a car supermarket instead one of their volvo dealerships?

It’s priced at 72,800 now

You did well OP - it’s now at 68,900.,,

still cant see why they dont retail at one of their Volvo outlets with volvo warranty rather than a car supermarket ?

Thats a bit mad, so they spent €67k to make a return of about €1,500 after tax? They would have made more from a car worth €6k

Back another €1,000. Margin is now very tight for them.

Similar situation a friend of mine sold a nearly new BMW to Windsor recently for €50k and they now have it advertised for just €53k. I suppose these big supermarkets have lots of money to play with so maybe aren’t as concerned about margins

Now 65,800… I wonder is the top market cars getting harder to shift? Or is it that most people buying these machines like using PCP?

I don't think new car supplies areimproving, many dealers are giving unguaranteed delivery dates of 12 months or longer on many models.

Used car prices have been just going up and up for the last year or two so eventually it has to hit a saturation point of affordability. I'm looking at the same particular examples for sale online for a few months now and they are still not sold. Previous to that dealers had cars sold or had deposits on them before they even came into stock.

With talk of maybe a pending recession around the corner and the higher cost of living, inflation and rising interest rates kicking in now with many people, maybe paying overinflated prices for used cars is not as attractive as it was recently. Of course some people will feel it more than others.

Why did I post above.Is it board dom?