Volvo XC90

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Sat 14 Feb 2004 17:18
Volvo XC90 - JimT
Outrageous! thats all I can say about the prices for new and used XC90's.
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Sat 14 Feb 2004 17:25
Volvo XC90 - Ivor E Tower
Not at all - laws of supply and demand. With a 12 month wait for delivery of a new vehicle, Volvo can name their price. Latest "executive" trim level is getting on for 50 grand!!! Delivery wait also means that second-hand prices are holding up extremely well.
I'd love to buy one, but there's no way I can afford to.
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Sat 14 Feb 2004 18:24
Volvo XC90 - Aprilia
Very ugly looking thing. I can think of much better ways to spend that sort of money.
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Sat 14 Feb 2004 19:44
Premiums on Prices - Honestjohn
Look at it this way: A MINI cabrio is £2,500 more than the MINI it's based on. Futures on them are already being sold at £2k. By summer you might have to pay a £4k premium just for the privilege of being one of the first to show off your Riviera tan in the must-have fashion accessory car of the season. But that isn't entirely stupid because though you will lose a chunk of the premium on resale next Spring, you probably won't lose any more than people who go out and pay retail money for ordinary mass market cars.

HJ
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Sat 14 Feb 2004 20:01
Volvo XC90 - trancer
"Latest "executive" trim level is getting on for 50 grand!!! "

Is that with or without "full" leather seating?
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Sat 14 Feb 2004 21:29
Volvo XC90 - Ivor E Tower
Don't know about the leather, think that some degree of leather trim is included - I would hope so at that price!
Aprilia - if I had 30 grand to spend on a car I would consider the XC90 seriously. I like something practical and safe, and do not really care about looks. If I only had £30,000 to spend on everything rather than £30,000 to spend on a car, agreed I could think of many better ways of spending it. (but I can dream, can't I?)
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Sat 14 Feb 2004 23:36
Volvo XC90 - SjB {P}
... "Latest "executive" trim level is getting on for 50 grand!!! "

Is that with or without "full" leather seating? ...


Well, you do get 'special leather' on the front seats only.
The rear seats have the 'standard leather'!
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