Hi
Collecting my new abarth 500 at weekend and tried to push for a freebie or two but dealer wont budge...not even for a set of mats.  Am I not trying hard enough or do they all take this stance?

Hi Rinsor,

Depends on how generous the dealership is and your negotiating skills. We got mats, discount and full ish tank of fuel. Probably too late now to get something, this needs to be done before you pay deposit while they are still hungry.

Martin

hi johnny,
dont forget the keyring and hours free labour with yellow tape ....lol

hi johnny,
dont forget the keyring and hours free labour with yellow tape ....lol

forgot the key ring, & I thought the hours free labour was part of the 'labour of love' for the product 

Crikey Wilksy - did well there, think that's the most i've heard of on an Abarth! Two different sets of mats as well! Impressive! I managed to get a free ipod kit (included the little usb convertor stick with ipod holder and retracting cable) which was nice and really useful! Oh and 'discounted' abarth mats. Mats are worth getting. Pretty thin and i think they'll wear quickly, but the Abarth logo makes them!

I got mine from Richard Hardie last Sunday and got the following free with the car:

Set of Abarth Mats. (well, actually 2 sets as there was a set hidden in the boot - shhhhh!!! lol!  )
Full Tank of petrol. (The salesman even took me to the petrol station and filled it up himself, top bloke!!!)
12 months AA recovery cover.
12 months tax.
An Abarth key ring.
And about 3 cups of coffee and a bunch of stickys to put my private plate on. Lol!

I know Abarth dealers are notoriously strict and it is near impossible to knock any money off the price of the car. As one of the earlier posts mentioned I think it depends alot on who you deal with. I spoke to 3 other dealerships in the UK and I had to haggle hard just to get a free set of mats. Dealerships need the sales at the end of the day and if your going to be paying alot of money to buy a car so you should be entitled to some freebies. My tip would be to ring other dealers in the UK and see what they can offer before going to your local dealer and haggling. That way if they don't budge you can say that you'll take your business elsewhere.

no freebies when picked up  but did get a good deal on it  but my son got a toy car cost about £15 (he did trash his showroom the last time we came) thinking about it now i should of got my son to do the deal

Did anyone with the SS get the key covers as I am still 'discussing' this with dealer. Also did you get 2no. remote keys??