I've found some new 2004 A6 Avants, but they've been "marked" (for lack of a better word) as service loaners so that the dealer could take advantage of all the incentive money from Audi (about $6K off sticker). They haven't been placed into service. They're still new vehicles as far as I'm concerned. But is that going to screw things up for me with the ACNA and Owner incentive programs? Will the car still be considered "new & untitled" or will it instead be "pre-owned"? The latter will reduce and/or exclude me from those additional incentives that I was looking forward to.

 

Look at the title does it have 0 miles on it? it is in AoA's name or the dealers' name. How many miles are on the car?

 

Dunno about name on title. Dealer said over the phone that it has about 50 miles on it.

 

If they were truly service loaners, they would have miles (substantial) on them and are bought by the dealership from the factory at a reduced price. The cars you are talking about sound like brand new units.

 

The way it was described to me is that they were purchased from Audi (I thought as service loaners) before the incentives expired. The net result is that they are able to sell them for less than invoice. That's already a good deal, but I want to get even better if I can with these additional incentives.

 

It's a 2002, bought in April 2003 with 11,000 miles on it.

The car was part of the Audi loaner program and was run by the dealer with dealer tags on it so it was technically still a new/ untitled car.

All new incentives were applicable at the time, including great APR, and lease money factors.

In addition, AoA was offering the dealers an additional $4000 in factory to dealer rebate on it's allroad service loaners. At the time, if I recall, an A6 carried $2500 and A4 $2000, but that was a long time ago. But I think the cars had to have 5,000 miles on them to qualify for this additional money.

So my $47,500 allroad, cost $36,500. And I got a lease money factor of .00025 (roughly 2/3%). And Audi was allowing dealers to Assure the cars, so my allroad also has a 6/100 warranty. And dealer threw in a free road hazard policy on the wheels and tires- good for any wheels or tires I have on the car as long as I own it.

So ask your dealer about any Audi loaner incentives to the dealer. Factory to dealer incentives are not required by law to be disclosed to the consumer, so you may have to arm twist a bit. My dealer was very upfront about it.

Bottom line- I'm extremely pleased with my experience. But I also have enough of a relationship with the service management that I trust their opinion on condition of a loaner. They actually steered me away from another loaner which had some paint work done. So be careful, and be persistent. And don't be afraid of a loaner if it's condition is nice.