Is this a deal or should I go back for more GTI MK VI

[Glennb]

Seems strange that you guys are being told different delivery times.
My dealer told me about a month ago, that the next GTI build wouldn't start until week 6 of 2010, and would then take the 16-18 weeks to be delivered. So there was no rush to order a factory GTI as it makes no difference to the delivery time up till about the end of January.

Unless they were hoping to match the specs of your orders with a car that is on it's way out here already that hasn't been sold??

[Corey_R]

That's the same situation as myself. I put my order in 2 weeks before X-mas and just found out yesterday that I've been allocated a February build date, thus the earlist I'm looking at getting it is mid April, but realistically I'm looking at an end of April / start of May. Rather annoyed at that given that I was given an approximate of March, end of at the latest at the time of signing!

There is another side to this. If you weren't given a February build date, then you probably would've been given a 51/09 build date like another member of this forum was. Yes, you only put your order in a few weeks before that, but there is nothing saying that VW hadn't already built a car which was close enough to your spec that they could have just adjusted that. In this case, you'd have a 2009 built car instead of a 2010 built car, so you'd lose about $1500 on resale if you sold it in say 4 years time. So the fact that you're getting a February build date instead of December is a good thing!

Seems strange that you guys are being told different delivery times.
My dealer told me about a month ago, that the next GTI build wouldn't start until week 6 of 2010, and would then take the 16-18 weeks to be delivered. So there was no rush to order a factory GTI as it makes no difference to the delivery time up till about the end of January.

Unless they were hoping to match the specs of your orders with a car that is on it's way out here already that hasn't been sold??

It's not really that strange.
Week 6 2010 is February 2010. So this story alines with what Christopher has been told. It's fairly obvious why they do them in batches as it means less issues and problems on the production line.

And yes, the VW factory, VW Australia, and the dealer, will try and match the specs to a car which is already manufactured/in transit if it hasn't been sold. If the purchaser is happy with that spec or didn't have something like "must be 2010 built" in their contract then it's only beneficial to everyone involved

[Christopher]

Corey,

and those are the exact thoughts I was having this morning after having slept on it. I'm definitely happier now to wait the extra couple of months to ensure that I have '10 build. I suppose, it's just the initial frustration of being told there are delays...

Reading that post that you were talking about was what actually prompted me to call the dealer to see how things were progressing.

[Glennb]

It's not really that strange.
Week 6 2010 is February 2010. So this story alines with what Christopher has been told. It's fairly obvious why they do them in batches as it means less issues and problems on the production line.

And yes, the VW factory, VW Australia, and the dealer, will try and match the specs to a car which is already manufactured/in transit if it hasn't been sold. If the purchaser is happy with that spec or didn't have something like "must be 2010 built" in their contract then it's only beneficial to everyone involved

Christopher's case makes sense, it was actually elisiX that has also been told of delayed delivery from the end of March till end of April, where I figured that March delivery for a factory built GTI was never realistic.

[elisiX]

So essentially Christopher and I will be getting the cars which are built as part of the first 2010 batch. (ie; none are made in Jan)

[Christopher]

now that is something to smile about..

[elisiX]

Dont ya see me grinnin

[EndlessMKI]

spoke to barlow up in syd today.........orders now will come around end of May. This is indeed gay.

current shipment have mainly DSG's all decked out.

[EndlessMKI]

My dealer told me about a month ago, that the next GTI build wouldn't start until week 6 of 2010, and would then take the 16-18 weeks to be delivered.

consistent with what I heard today as well.