I saw a listing for a new 05 vehicle at a car dealership.?

Question

How can a car be 3 years old and still be new, is this common? They also had a new 06 vehicle.

It is a 05 Nissan Pathfinder. It is listed as 25,270. Do you think it would be a good buy since its been sitting so long? Should I ask any particular questions about it?

Answer 1

Occasionally a car may not get sold during it's model year, if so it can still be on the lot a year later, 3 is pretty unusal but not impossibe. It happens all the time with motorcycles. If it's never been titled it coulds still be considered new.

Answer 2

Technically, a dealer can declare a car a "dealer demo car" and never actually title it, making you the "first" owner when you buy and title the car. That might be what happened here??

Also, certain cars can sit on dealer lots and when the dealer refuses to come down in price once a new model year comes out, they don't sell. I once test drove a "new" 2003 Ford Focus SVT with 128 miles on it when the 2005 model year cars were coming out. The dealer was offering a whopping $500 off the sticker price of the '03 because it was an '03 model in late 2004 - which is why it never sold.

Answer 3

dealers are given an allocation of vehicles they have to sell before they are allowed the newer models, also they are allocated a number of index plates in batches of ten which they are also enticed to use.
So at the end of the year before the new plate starts dealers will register vehicles to clear them off of their stock books as un registered so that the manufactures will supply the newer models.
Also the NCAP tests andnew EU3 regs coming in some earlier vehicle won't pass these tersts so can't be registered after certain dates ,but if theyt were already registered they would pass through the net without detection..You get a new car / bike/ van/etc with a full warranty but you will have to get it mot'd after the first year.. you can get the dealer to build this into the service/ warranty package with mot protection for up to 5 years.. Also many manufactures can supply two year old cars and then reg them as current but wouldn't tell you they have done it..
Prereg vehicles often offer high spec vehicles for basic spec new model prices

Answer 4

I would beware of these. Dealers sometimes pre-register vehicles in order to meet manufacturer's targets, and then they stay around for ages to be sold as 'used'. A car does not like to be stood without doing anything, and in my experience may well be a problem in the future. On the plus side it will be cheaper than a new one.

It wouldn't be a Rover by any chance?

Answer 5

yes the car is new but not sold in the market, years is passed and it stand were it is, so it is new but older years, , and ofcours its selling value is also comes down not as the years of made.....

Answer 6

It happens sometimes, especially with unpopular vehicles.

Answer 7

proper handling of cars can make that new i think o.O