Inchcape Certified Pre-Owned and Toyota and Lexus Certified Pre-Owned claim to bring brand-name reliability for a better experience to pre-owned car purchases in Singapore

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SINGAPORE – Borneo Motors has officially announced its pre-owned/used car retail operations for Toyota and Lexus – Toyota Certified Pre-Owned and Lexus Certified Pre-Owned, for each car brand respectively.

Cars sold through the business will undergo comprehensive quality checks, says Borneo Motors, and come with a ‘one-year minimum’ warranty. The Pre-Owned showroom will be at Toyota’s current premises at 33 Leng Kee Road, on the second floor. Its online address is www.toyota.com.sg/showroom/pre-owned-models. 

Along with that, Borneo’s parent company, Inchcape, also announced its Inchcape Certified Pre-Owned Business, which will be a general pre-owned car business and not limited to any one brand. Inchcape is the official distributor of  Hino, Toyota and Lexus (through Borneo) and Suzuki (through Champion Motors). 

Inchcape Certified Pre-Owned is located at 7 Chang Charn Road (just behind Leng Kee Road) and online at www.icpreowned.com.sg. 

Toyota and Lexus quality – for quite a bit less? 

The draw here, says Borneo/Inchcape, is the company’s strong reputation for reliability, excellent service as proven through decades in the business, transposed onto the used/pre-owned car buying experience. 

“Staying true to Toyota’s ‘customer-first’ philosophy, we endeavor to leverage on our strong brand presence and leading digital capabilities. Forged in partnership with Toyota Global, our new Certified Pre-Owned business will offer Singapore drivers a trusted household brand to purchase certified pre-owned Toyota cars,” says Ms Jasmmine Wong, CEO of Inchcape Greater China and Singapore (Borneo Motors and Inchcape Automotive services).

To back that up, each Toyota and Lexus Pre-Owned car will undergo a 145-point ‘vehicle certification’ (i.e. pre-owned vehicle check), with official replacement parts used where repairs/refurbishment is needed.

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One-stop preowned shop

Borneo also says another advantage of its pre-owned car sales is that it can offer customers the convenience of an all-in-one experience, as ‘each purchase comes with the full range of services including competitive financial schemes, insurance coverage from all major insurance companies, leasing options, valuation, after-sales support and more.’

For those who wish to choose virtually before making a physical appearance, both Borneo and Inchcape Pre-Owned websites have full functionality, including a trade-in valuation tool, searchable listings of all cars on sale, loan calculator and more. 

Inchcape Certified Pre-Owned customers can expect to enjoy much of the same benefits as Toyota and Lexus, although the preowned car warranty is 12-months – compared to Toyota/Lexus’ at ‘at least 12 months’.

Inchcape has one extra feature, though: Used car auctions, in what it claims is the ‘first-ever auction for pre-owned cars’. Bidding requires a S$500 deposit and there is a minimum bid amount, but otherwise you get to pitch what you think is a fair price for a range of used cars. Check out the auction car listings here.

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