No, it is no longer new as in order to get a number plate and roadtax (to be road worthy so that it can be driven around instead of being driven on the back of a truck) it has to be registered. Therefore on the car registration card, the first owner would be VW Malaysia. It will be considered as secondhand by the bank when it sold to the buyer. Pre-Reg, Pre-owned, Pre-whatever are just terms used by the car manufacturers to hide the word "secondhand"....

This post has been edited by sleepwalker: Oct 16 2012, 01:40 PM

Think of it this way..

A showroom car is not registered and not used but no longer spanking new. By the time they sell it, it could be months or years since it left the factory and touched by thousands of people. However, you will still be the first buyer as it is usually not registered as long as they don't need to drive it on the road.

Pre-owned and pre-registered are the same, just different terms. Both already have 1 owner on the registration card but may not be used extensively.

Demo/test-drive car, well.. the pre-registered car that gets trashed by all potential customers...