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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

1825.0. "MX6/XEDOS has anyone had a quote ??" by WARNUT::WINSTANLEYJ (Simon Coupland) Wed Jul 08 1992 15:02

Hi all

Having just test driven the new 2.0 V6 XEDOS I am very impressed well equipped,
reasonable go and very well put together.On balance I would say it compares very
well to a bmw 320se  but costs only 17,300  surely this will be cheaper on the
scheme.

The other car I am interested in is the MX6 all the car mags seem to be giving it
a good press and most of the dealers I have talked to are convinced that the over
2.00 ltr tax banding will disappear in goverment proposals in september all 
though they wont come into effect untill the 93/94 tax year.If this is the case
then the MX6 with a lovely 2.5V6  should again be good value as the list price
is less than 18k and the limited quantities due to there quota,s should mean the 
resale is okay.


Regards John

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1825.1		NEWOA::SAXBY	Vote for Perot : He's got $3B!	`Wed Jul 08 1992 15:06`	9
	Maybe things have changed in the last year or two, but Mazdas used to have lousy resale values. This'll be reflected in the lease cost, I guess. Talking of low resale values, anyone noticed how cheap Nissan 200SXs get after a couple of years! Mark
1825.2		KERNEL::SHELLEYR	Knocking on Heaven's daw-waw	`Wed Jul 08 1992 15:17`	10
	Re XEDOS How would you prnounce Xedos ? When I first read the word I thought "Zedos" as in Xerox, but after reading Auto Express they said it should be pronounced "Ker-cee-dos" What did the Mazda salesman call it ? Roy
1825.3		WARNUT::WINSTANLEYJ	john winstanley	`Wed Jul 08 1992 17:05`	10
	Roy Auto express have got it right and make sure you do otherwise you may well get the pronuncation lecture that I had to endure. But its worth it for the test drive they just gave me the keys and left me to play. Cheers John.
1825.4		KERNEL::FISCHERI	Lively up yourself	`Wed Jul 08 1992 17:50`	6
	I go along with Roy... I'd pronounce it "Zeedoss". Although I probably wouldn't pronounce it at all. It's a real ugly car. The MX6 is far better looking, or the 626! Ian
1825.5		KERNEL::FISCHERI	Lively up yourself	`Wed Jul 08 1992 17:52`	6
	Oh yeah, even though the price may be less than the BMW, this may not necessarily be reflected in the lease cost due to Japanese import restrictions. Didn't I read a quote in here for a 626 at something like 1500 quid when the price is only 15,000? Ian
1825.6	XEDOS, MX5 and TAX	SEDOAS::MILLER_N		`Tue Jul 14 1992 13:06`	19
	I also got the 'XEDOS' pronounciation lecture! The sales guy at the dealership had it down to a fine art introducing a sort of Arabic 'K', I thought he just had a bad cold at first....so according to hime it's "Ker (with flemmy sound) - zee-doss. Back to the main subject of this note, I was there to see/sit in an MX6, looks real nice and excellent autocar report. I'm awaiting a quote back but expect it will be similar to one in 1538 which came in at about 2.5K about 2 months ago? As for the Tax bracket, I have just seen likely new tax preposals, it seems anything over 17K list will attract about 4.8K benefit, independent of engin size...but then at that level it's more than the over 2 litre band anyway!! The decision is not what size engine any more but whether to use my own car..it looks like getting really pricy! Cheers Nig.
1825.7	MX6 DRIVER PRICE	SEDOAS::MILLER_N		`Mon Jul 27 1992 12:06`	1
	MAZDA MX6 2 DR COUPE - Quote Received 27/7/92 �2,752.00!