Saab are offering a 15% discount across the whole range - a saving equivalent to paying no VAT. This deal is available on all Saab models, the 9-3 Saloon, Sport Wagon and Convertible and the 9-5 Saloon and Estate. By taking advantage of this Saab no VAT offer you could get a brand new Saab 9-3 Saloon Vetor Sport 1.9TID 150bhp for £20978, saving £3116. The Saab no VAT offers are available until 31st March 2009 and full details of this offer and all other Saab no VAT offers can be found at the Saab offers website.
BUT…. is this offer really that good? We suspected that by shopping around we could find a better offer on the new Saab we looked at above, and we were right. uk-car-discount.co.uk have an offer for a new Saab 9-3 Saloon Vector Sport 1.9 TID 150bhp for £19550, saving a further £1400 off the Saab no VAT off and a total of £4545 off list price. They even have the 180bhp model for less than the Saab no VAT offer on the 150bhp model. So, our advice to you is to take this offer from Saab (and all manufacturer offers for that matter) with pinch of salt and still continue to shop around as you will generally be able to find an even better offer.
Yeah… another major point…
Taking 15% off the price is NOT equivalent to removing VAT…they are actually removing more than the added VAT! Basic GCSE level Maths!
A quick example : if the original price is £10000, and you add VAT (15%), the sale price is £11500. If you now reduce this price by 15% (10% is £1150, 5% is £575, 15% is £1725, the sale price is £9750…
They’re being a bit more generous that they’re advertising! I guess that’s fine!
@Matt
You are absolutely correct of course, a 15% discount is not the same as removing the VAT. It is, as you say, a more generous discount. If the offer was phrased slightly differently – e.g. “we pay the VAT for you, that’s the equivilent of a 15% discount” – then as you have pointed out that would be inaccurate and could cause the company making the claim some problems!