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Fri 29 Feb 2008 15:00

Slow seller? - v0n

I'm averaging

about 1 sighting per 5 000 miles of driving. That suggests to me they aren't

selling many ...

I thought the same about Kia - as I almost never see one in my area - until I mentioned it here and someone pointed me to annual sale statistics and it turned out both Kia and Hyundai outsell Skoda in UK, which, considering I literally can't walk 200 yards without passing at least one Octavia minicab and there are some models of Hyundai I actually never ever seen in flesh anywhere, was complete news to me. Apparently there is a spot on the map in the northern wilderness somewhere where there are only Kia and, presumably, Lada dealerships and everyone buys Rio and Picanto.

What I'm getting at is that C30, being the least practical, yet relatively pricey model in volvo range, might have a specific market - like Volvo 480 before it - you know, that single spot on outskirts of Chiswick where every lawyer bought one instead of Mini for his wife, to take shitzu to hairdresser in Richmond. And so it's quite possible the only place you would ever see C30 in a "herd" is that 800 yard long queue through backstreets of Kew at 1pm in weekdays...

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 29/02/2008 at 18:55

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Messages	Author	Date
Slow seller?	Martin Wall	Fri 29 Feb 2008 02:11
Slow seller?	shawad	Fri 29 Feb 2008 08:09
Slow seller?	Waino	Fri 29 Feb 2008 08:44
Slow seller?	runboy	Fri 29 Feb 2008 08:58
Slow seller?	Ed V	Fri 29 Feb 2008 11:38
Slow seller?	colinh	Fri 29 Feb 2008 11:51
Slow seller?	SpamCan61 {P}	Fri 29 Feb 2008 12:12
Slow seller?	v0n	Fri 29 Feb 2008 15:00
Slow seller?	hugopogo	Fri 29 Feb 2008 15:15
Slow seller?	Bill Payer	Fri 29 Feb 2008 16:41
Slow seller?	jmaccyd	Fri 29 Feb 2008 22:18
Slow seller?	Tornadorot	Fri 29 Feb 2008 23:29
Slow seller?	Dave N	Sat 1 Mar 2008 07:28
Slow seller?	Brian Tryzers	Sun 2 Mar 2008 16:39
Slow seller?	mike hannon	Sun 2 Mar 2008 17:23
Slow seller?	Brian Tryzers	Sun 2 Mar 2008 18:49
Slow seller?	Pugugly	Sun 2 Mar 2008 18:57
Slow seller?	mike hannon	Sun 2 Mar 2008 21:03
Slow seller?	Bilboman	Sun 2 Mar 2008 21:58
Slow seller?	chewy	Mon 3 Mar 2008 17:15
Slow seller?	Pugugly	Mon 3 Mar 2008 17:51
Slow seller?	drivewell	Sun 8 Jun 2008 15:43
Slow seller?	Avant	Mon 3 Mar 2008 20:18
Slow seller?	sony	Sun 8 Jun 2008 08:18
Slow seller?	krs one	Sun 8 Jun 2008 10:57
Slow seller?	pd	Sun 8 Jun 2008 11:44
Slow seller?	Falkirk Bairn	Sun 8 Jun 2008 14:33
Slow seller?	Brian Tryzers	Sun 8 Jun 2008 23:25
Slow seller?	Bilboman	Mon 9 Jun 2008 00:32
Slow seller?	Avant	Mon 9 Jun 2008 00:51
Slow seller?	mattbod	Mon 9 Jun 2008 01:41
Slow seller?	BazzaBear {P}	Mon 9 Jun 2008 20:59
Slow seller?	Pugugly	Mon 9 Jun 2008 21:48
Slow seller?	Brian Tryzers	Mon 9 Jun 2008 22:57
Slow seller?	gmac	Mon 9 Jun 2008 23:09
Slow seller?	Ed V	Tue 10 Jun 2008 10:41
Slow seller?	Shaz {p}	Tue 10 Jun 2008 11:01