Car Sourcing in Ireland: We Find the Car You Want
Car sourcing means you describe the exact car and RS Motors find it, through the trade in Ireland and the UK. A brief takes a minute to give, by phone or WhatsApp on 086 800 0001, Monday to Saturday from 9am to 8pm.
What Car Sourcing Is
Picture the car: the make, the model, the year or newer, the colour you will accept, the spec you will not go without, and the most you will pay. Nobody nearby has it. Your written brief goes in front of the trade, the dealers and auctions and private sales that never reach a public listing, and you hear back when a car matches all of it, not most of it.
The Cars We Are Asked to Find
Premium cars in a particular trim are the commonest brief: an X5 with a particular interior, a GLE in a colour that is rare here, an A6 with the right engine. Second is the ordinary car in unusual condition, a low-mileage Golf with one owner and every stamp. Third is the UK import, where the saving has to be weighed against VRT and the cost of bringing it over. The premium used cars page shows the kind of stock that comes through RS Motors.
How a Sourcing Brief Works, Start to Finish
Give the brief by phone or message. It is written down and read back to you, so nothing is assumed. When a car matches, you get the photos, the history and the full price landed in Clonakilty, including VRT and transport on an import, before you are asked to decide anything. A deposit secures it, the car comes to RS Motors for the same history check as the stock, and you view it, drive it and take it home, or have it delivered anywhere in Ireland.
Why Have RS Motors Source It
You could spend evenings on the marketplaces and drive to view cars that are not what the advert said. Sourcing puts that work on someone who does it every week and sees cars before they are advertised. The car arrives history checked, the price is the whole price with nothing to add, and if a good match never turns up you have lost nothing. Wherever in the country you are driving from, one brief and one trip to collect beats three wasted Saturdays.
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Car Sourcing Questions
What people ask before handing over a brief, and what happens when the car is found.
What is the most affordable way to buy a car in Ireland?
Privately, on paper, and then you carry every risk yourself. The most affordable way that includes someone checking the car is a sourced car from the trade, where the price is agreed before the car leaves the seller and includes any VRT and transport.
How to avoid paying VRT?
On an imported car you cannot. VRT is charged on every car brought into Ireland and is worked out by Revenue from the car and its emissions. A sourcing brief for an import quotes it up front, so the saving you see is the real saving.
What is the best age to buy a used car?
Three to five years old is where most of the first drop in value has happened and most of the life is still ahead. Sourcing works well at that age because the trade is full of them and the history is short enough to read in full.
What car holds its value the best?
Premium German SUVs in the sought-after trim, which is why so many sourcing briefs are for an X5 or a GLE. The premium used cars page explains what to look for in those.
How long does car sourcing take?
A common car in a common colour can turn up within a week or two. A rare trim, a rare colour, or an import takes longer, and you are told honestly at the start how long the search is likely to be.
What does a sourcing brief need?
Make and model, the oldest year you will accept, the colours you will accept, the spec you will not go without, and the most you will pay landed. The more exact the brief, the fewer near misses you are sent.
What if you cannot find the car?
Then you have paid nothing and lost nothing but the wait. The brief stays open as long as you want it to, and you can widen it at any time by phone. If you would rather sell first, the sell your car page explains the figure.
Ring RS Motors and hear what is in stock today.
Open six days, 9am to 8pm