Pricing Question Nav Or Not To Nav

[wildebed]

I have tried to find and answer - here and elsewhere so I'd appreciate a little help.

When comparing the new prices (using Parkers) I see that the 2.0 HDI 16v VTR+ (160bhp) 4d is actually more expensive that the Nav version - I can't for the life of me see any other difference. I would have thought that the inclusion of a SatNav would have increased the sales price.

Am I missing something?

[paul.h]

Welcome to the forum.

 

What year of C5 are you looking at ? I have looked in some old brochures and on most recent years it looks as if the sat nav is an option so it may not be possible to get a new +Nav version. Current brochures and Citroen's price list brochure can be downloaded from Citroen's site.

[wildebed]

Thinking of a 09 to 11 second hand car/estate. Just really tying to understand the anomaly - Parkers is the source of the information:

According to that site the Nav version is £435 cheaper. It seems to be exactly the same car and, as I say, I would have thought the  Nav would be the more expensive.

As I'm sure you can imagine, a difference might be something significant the I can't identify. 

Certainly, when I check the equipment levels in Parkers and features, the cars are identical.

Edited January 12, 2015 by wildebed

[paul.h]

From a 1/2011 Citroen price list the VTR 4 door was only available in the 1.6 hdi at £19695 on the road (tourer £20795). The 2.0 hdi VTR+nav was £22695 on the road for the manual gearbox (tourer £23795). There may have been deals at the time that reduced these prices. A VTR+ without nav is not listed.

 

A 4/2013 price list has the VTR+ at £22795 (4 door 2.0 hdi) but VTR+NAV is not listed but the nav is an option at £700 inc a few other things.

 

Without looking in detail at the brochures, in general, Citroen have reduced the number of standard extras on more recent cars but you will find that Parkers will not list everything to allow an accurate comparison.

A 11/2010 brochure has the following for the VTR+nav C5:

Intelligent Traction Control System

(excludes Auto models)

• Snow mode (Auto models only)

• MyWay – colour satellite navigation,

auxiliary socket, live traffi c information,

European mapping and Bluetooth®

system (VTR+ NAV models only)

• 17” ‘Persian’ alloy wheels

(set of four – excludes 1.6HDi model)

• 16” ‘Iroise’ alloy wheels

(set of four – 1.6HDi model only)

• Electrically folding door mirrors

• Electrochrome rear view mirror

• Front fog lights

• Chrome effect side rubbing strips and

front fog light inserts

• Visibility Pack – automatic

rain-sensitive windscreen wipers and

automatic illumination of headlamps

• Automatic dual-zone air conditioning

with soft diffusion system

• Rear centre armrest with ski fl ap

• Height-adjustable front seats

• Lumbar adjustment on driver’s seat

• RDS stereo radio/MP3 compatible

CD player with bi-tuner

• Front passenger seat Isofi x child seat

anchorage point

• Dark tinted rear windows (Tourer only)

• Rechargeable torch in the boot

(Tourer only)

 

A 2/2013 brochure has the following for the VTR+ model C5:

• Snow mode (automatic models only)

• 16” ‘Iroise’ alloy wheels (set of four)

• Connecting Box – Bluetooth® system with USB socket

• Electrically folding door mirrors

• Front fog lights

• Chrome effect side rubbing strips and front fog light inserts

• Visibility Pack – automatic rain-sensitive windscreen wipers

and automatic illumination of headlamps

• Automatic dual-zone air conditioning with soft diffusion system

• Rear centre armrest with ski flap

• Height-adjustable front seats

• Lumbar adjustment on driver’s seat

• Rechargeable torch in the boot (Tourer only)

[nevcco]

my ha'penny worth -I have a tourer exc trim with sat nav.I dont like it because you get a bizzare radio with built in phone using its own sim card and a satnav (navteq) integrated with it .The sat nav is one of those duff ones you cant enter a postcode which is what i want to do most times ,it also doesnt display speed limit ,a most useful feature on eg a cheap Garmin ,which can really help on our poorly signed roads.The radio doesnt have a usb input or bluetooth.my radio has already had a complete electronic meltdown ,rendering the satnav screen blank,I had to send it to an excellent guy in Alicante,Spain who had to change the HDD it has inside it ,a not uncommon fault apparently......rant over

To sum up -the Satnav version gives you a poor satnav electronically integrated with an odd radio with limited features.The "lower " spec car has a radio you can swap for your choice of kit and use a cheap fully specced satnav from the high street .Maybe Citroen admitted this with the pricing

[paul.h]

Probably not worth adding to this topic, the original poster has not been back to read the replies.